El Cóndor Pasa (song)
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| - | '''El Cóndor Pasa''' can refer to: | + | '''El Cóndor Pasa''' is a song from the [[zarzuela]] ''[[El Cóndor Pasa (play)|El Cóndor Pasa]]'' by the [[Peru]]vian composer [[Daniel Alomía Robles]] written in 1913 and based on traditional [[Andean music|Andean folk tunes]]. |
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| - | * [[El Cóndor Pasa (song)]] | + | It is possibly the best-known Peruvian song worldwide due to a cover version by [[Simon and Garfunkel]] in [[1970]] on their ''[[Bridge over Troubled Water|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]'' album, which is called '''El Condor Pasa (If I Could)'''. [[Paul Simon]] used only the melody and wrote entirely new, unrelated lyrics. Later that year, [[Perry Como]] released a cover of Simon's English version on his album ''[[It's Impossible (album)|It's Impossible]]'', while [[Julie Felix]] took advantage of Simon and Garfunkel's decision not to release their version as a UK single, and had a UK Top 20 hit with it. Simon & Garfunkel did release their version as a single in the U.S. and it reached # 18 on the [[Billboard Pop Singles]] chart in the fall of 1970. |
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El Cóndor Pasa is a song from the zarzuela El Cóndor Pasa by the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles written in 1913 and based on traditional Andean folk tunes.
It is possibly the best-known Peruvian song worldwide due to a cover version by Simon and Garfunkel in 1970 on their Bridge Over Troubled Water album, which is called El Condor Pasa (If I Could). Paul Simon used only the melody and wrote entirely new, unrelated lyrics. Later that year, Perry Como released a cover of Simon's English version on his album It's Impossible, while Julie Felix took advantage of Simon and Garfunkel's decision not to release their version as a UK single, and had a UK Top 20 hit with it. Simon & Garfunkel did release their version as a single in the U.S. and it reached # 18 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the fall of 1970.
