[media=https://youtu.be/QqJvqMeaDtU] This song was written as an orchestral piece by Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles in 1913. Since then, over 4,000 versions of the melody and 300 sets of lyrics have been produced. Peru declared the song to be a part of its national cultural heritage in 2004, and it is now regarded by many as the country's second national anthem.
In 1970, Simon & Garfunkel released a popular English language version of “El Cóndor Pasa”. Paul Simon had heard Los Incas, an Andean folk music group, perform their instrumental arrangement of the song a few years earlier and was favorably impressed. With their permission, he used the group’s instrumentals as the base track for his own recording, adding lyrics that he had written.
Also, Paul Simon turns 81 years old today. Happy birthday to Mr. Simon.
I guess was 15, when I first heard and loved that song. I still have the abum I played so often, in the 70's. I hadn't thought of or heard it for many years though, until now.
@Piper You're talking about the Bridge Over Troubled Water album. I really don't think it's an exaggeration to say it's one of the best albums of popular music ever made.
Part of the 'soundtrack of my life' in the early 70s. First of all at school, where I heard the album time and again; and then when it was one of the first cassettes that I bought to play in my car. Every song on the album was different ❤️
@Rutterman yes it is on you tube .it is was released in 1970 and was in the uk charts i think mid 1970 where i think the simon and garfunkel version was never released as a single in the uk
