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fdpaq0580 05-24-2020 08:56 AM
(Hope I get close on the spelling)
Les Bicycklettes du Belsize by Mireille Mathieu

EnglishJW 05-24-2020 09:00 AM
Here is an older one most of us are likely to remember: Astrud Gilberto-One note samba - YouTube

fdpaq0580 05-24-2020 09:11 AM
Written in 1924 and sung by Sofie Tucker, Tom Jones and lots, lots more in many languages. My Yiddisha Mame.
There's an oldie for ya.

Michael A. David 05-24-2020 09:21 AM
Dank a Shane By Wayne Newton
 
By Wayne Newton.

fdpaq0580 05-24-2020 09:36 AM
Not entirely or entirely not?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus (Post 1769911)
I thought I read "...that are entirely not in English." And the example OP started with was a song entirely in French.

Hmmm. Now that I think of it, it could be ambiguous. Songs that are entirely not in English to me means the whole song is not in English. But if it's interpreted as "songs that are not entirely in English," then Ma Belle Amie and songs like OBB's In Your Eyes are valid. But for what it's worth, the question was phrased "entirely not in English."

Perhaps OP will clarify.
However you interpret it, got to admit it is a fun mental game. Reaching back into the shadowy, cobwebs filled corners of the mind to hunt down long un-remembered musical treasures from your past that celebrate different cultures is, in my opinion, fun.
Thanks to LI Snowbird for getting us started.

DavidK 05-24-2020 09:48 AM
How about Baby Elephant Walk by Henry Mancini? It is not entirely in English, just the title, no words at all.

kathy1516 05-24-2020 09:48 AM
Sukiyaki in 1963 by H. Nakamura

kathy1516 05-24-2020 09:54 AM
Quando Quando Quando by Engelbert Humperdinck

Rosie1950 05-24-2020 10:00 AM
All I know of love
Barbara Streisand and Josh Groban

If u never heard this song well worth a listen

Scorpyo 05-24-2020 10:21 AM
Parlez-vous Francais
 
Les Feuilles Mortes (literally “The Dead Leaves“). The French version of Autumn Leaves.

SouthJerseyGirl 05-24-2020 10:52 AM
Good try on the phonetic spelling. It is Danke Schoen.

Linda in St. James 05-24-2020 11:12 AM
My Sweet Lord by George Harrison

Voulez Vous by ABBA

Iko Iko by the Dixie Cups and others

bobdelange 05-24-2020 12:42 PM
How about "Que Sera?

mjpuleo 05-24-2020 12:48 PM
Volare - by various - Lou Monte, Bobby Rydell, etc.

bobdelange 05-24-2020 12:49 PM
How about a little cancion called ?Que sera?" It made the top of the charts back then.

Scorpyo 05-24-2020 12:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthJerseyGirl (Post 1770259)
Good try on the phonetic spelling. It is Danke Schoen.
Bitte. Give them kredits four twying.

llmcdaniel 05-24-2020 01:39 PM
I agree with Sukiyaki. We used to put my little brother down for his nap with this song in mid-1960’s. Still love the song.❤️

MacScuba 05-24-2020 01:50 PM
Night Prowler
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bragones (Post 1770093)
Una Paloma Blanca
Domo Arigato Mr Roboto
Psyco Killer
Shazbot, Nanu nanu.

Barborv 05-24-2020 02:05 PM
Despacito song by Justin Beeber,Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
Los Del Rio- "Macarena",
Falco- " Rock me Amadeus
Lolita- sailor(Your home at sea)
The sandpipers- Guantanamera
Mocedades-Eres Tu(Touch the wind)

Chi-Town 05-24-2020 02:39 PM
Louie Louie


The Kingsmen - Louie Louie - YouTube

larcha 05-24-2020 02:43 PM
If you frequented the squares back when ... how about La Macarena ( Full Spanish Version with Lyrics ...)

Aspillaga60@yahoo.com 05-24-2020 06:28 PM
Besame mucho 😊

OrangeBlossomBaby 05-24-2020 06:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by MacScuba (Post 1770360)
Shazbot, Nanu nanu.
These songs are so ten bleems ago. Wake up and drive the grembo pasati.

Pilodent 05-25-2020 12:08 AM
Al di la by Dominico Modino and Dean Martin.

Clarinet 05-25-2020 05:48 AM
The girl from Ipanema

Boomer 05-25-2020 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 1770210)
However you interpret it, got to admit it is a fun mental game. Reaching back into the shadowy, cobwebs filled corners of the mind to hunt down long un-remembered musical treasures from your past that celebrate different cultures is, in my opinion, fun.
Thanks to LI Snowbird for getting us started.

I agree with you. This is fun.

I woke up this morning with “Guantanamera” playing in my head. I guess my brain works on this while I am asleep.

fdpaq0580 05-25-2020 09:05 AM
Have you heard?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1770826)
I agree with you. This is fun.

I woke up this morning with “Guantanamera” playing in my head. I guess my brain works on this while I am asleep.
Love that song. Many more years ago than I care to remember, a friend gave me a cassette copy of an album by Los Lobos. It was mariachi music and the rendition of Guantanama on that album was the best I've ever heard.
I don't Utube much, but I'll bet you could find it there.
Now I've got it stuck in MY head. Thanks a lot.

dillywho 05-25-2020 10:19 AM
Guess I'm probably the only CW fan on here.

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Before The Next Teardrop Falls
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Vaya Con Dios


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