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Buckeyephan 05-24-2020 07:59 AM
The Prayer - Celine Dion/Andrea Bocelli and many others

fdpaq0580 05-24-2020 08:01 AM
Falco
 
Der Kommissar and the German version of Rock me, Amadeus. Sung by Falco

Scorpyo 05-24-2020 08:03 AM
My Favorite
 
Cuando Calienta el Sol. Sung by Vikki Carr, Connie Frances. Englebert, Ray Charles singers, Trini Lopez and more. The exact same music as Love Me With All Your Heart but completely different lyrics. I liked it so much I learned to sing it in Spanish.

MacScuba 05-24-2020 08:05 AM
Shakira -
 
Hips don’t lie

bragones 05-24-2020 08:12 AM
Una Paloma Blanca
Domo Arigato Mr Roboto
Psyco Killer

MacScuba 05-24-2020 08:32 AM
Rico Suave‘ – Gerardo

Barryb46 05-24-2020 08:42 AM
Cae Sera Sera - Doris Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcWbZUgymkw
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by LI SNOWBIRD (Post 1769864)
I'll start
The Singing Nun - Dominique https://youtu.be/EO7cD6qmydo
Cae SeraSera - Doris Day

OrangeBlossomBaby 05-24-2020 08:45 AM
Ma cherie amor - Stevie Wonder
this one is famous in English, but the original was (and still is) a Russian Folksong. I grew up hearing the Russian, before I ever learned to talk:

Theodore Bikel & Geula Gill - Dorogoy Dalnoyu (Russian Folksong) - YouTube

coppadad 05-24-2020 08:50 AM
Seaman by Lolita
Lolita - Sailor, Your Home Is The Sea (U.S. hit version 1960) - YouTube

EnglishJW 05-24-2020 08:56 AM
There are many wonderful songs in other languages that are used by dancers - all different types of dancers. Here is but one - a rumba or bolero. Son By Four - Donde esta tu amor ♥ - YouTube

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.


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