Rida & Annadema – Hammouda (Tunisia, 1980)
Rida with Annadema
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Galia Club Mascara
Fene Ouel Amal & Galia Club Mascara – Fight Song
Music and lyrics by Meghdir ben Ali.
Jacky Baron
Jacky Baron – Charly Run (1979)
Jacky Baron is pretty mysterious, although he does appear to have his own youtube channel with seven (now 8) loyal subscribers. Most of the twelve songs on Don’t Play That Song were co-written by Elliouz Rabin, a prolific Israeli songwriter and former goalkeeper for Beitar Ramla F.C., a second-tier Israeli football club.
José Vicente Asuar
José Vicente Asuar – Así Hablo El Computador (1979)
The best thing to ever come out of Chile was created with the COMDASUAR, a computer with only 76 bytes of memory.
Tino Contreras
Tino Contreras y Su Grupo – La Rana Loca (1980)
The group performed eight concerts in front of a full house at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. You can enjoy a perfect view of the historic Palacio on the 9th floor of the Sears department store right across the street. (Apparently Sears is still doing ok in Mexico.)
The Holy Ghost Reception Committee #9
The Holy Ghost Reception Committee #9 – Know They’re You
(The Torchbearers, 1968)
To alleviate the boredom of weekly Mass, students from Regis Jesuit High School in New York City started writing and performing their own songs. They ended up with a recording contract with the Church of the Apostle of St. Paul.
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja – Angel (1985)
From the Tamil film Naanum Oru Thozhilaali. Vocals by S. Janaki.
Compaore Issouf
Compaoré Issouf – Ouedraogo
A joyful ditty from the Burkinabe carpenter-turned-musician who grew up listening to his mother hum the traditional songs of Burkina Faso.
The Now Generation – People Make The World Go Round
The Now Generation – People Make The World Go Round (1972)
A song originally recorded by The Stylistics, it’s been covered by everyone under the sun including Michael Jackson, Ramsey Lewis, and Raven Symoné (shudder). This one out of Jamaica is next level.
Aleksey Rybnikov – Milky Way
Aleksey Rybnikov – Млечный Путь (Milky Way)
From the 1974 Soviet science-fiction film “Большое Космическое Путешествие” (A Great Space Voyage). Three Soviet teenagers travel to space and return as heroes, only to discover they were in an underground simulator the whole time.