OUR DAILY OLDIES: BY 1964, AMERICA WAS UNDER MUSICAL INVASION BY BRITAIN. HEADED BY THE BEATLES, MANY OF THE TOP 40 HITS IN AMERICAN RADIO WERE BY THE BEATLES AND OTHER BRITISH GROUPS. THE BRITISH INVASION OPENED THE WAY FOR OTHER EUROPEAN GROUPS LIKE 'LOS BRAVOS' FROM SPAIN (BLACK IS BLACK). BY 1967, ARTISTS FROM AFRICA WERE ENTERING THE AMERICAN MUSIC SCENE. MIRIAM MAKEBA (FROM SUDAFRICA) HAD A HIT ON AMERICAN RADIO WITH 'PATA PATA', THAT BECAME NUMBER 1 IN NEW YORK. LATER THAT YEAR SHE CAME TO AMERICA AND WAS ON AMERICAN TV. ENJOY IT!

OUR DAILY OLDIES: TODAY'S SONG IS "BE MY BABY" BY THE RONETTES BUT AS USUALLY, AMERICAN SONGS HAD VERSIONS IN OTHER LANGUAGES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. ONE EUROPEAN VERSION OF THIS SONG IS BY LES SURF FROM FRANCE AND EVEN MORE INTERESTING IS THEY ARE SINGING IN SPANISH. IT IS COMMON IN EUROPE THAT PEOPLE ARE FLUENT IN MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE. MELANIA TRUMP,ORIGINALLY FROM SLOVENIA, CAN SPEAKS IN 5 LANGUAGES.

THE 1960s WERE THE YEARS OF THE "BRITISH INVASION". THE BEATLES INVADED NOT ONLY THE U.S.A. BUT THE WHOLE WORLD, OPENING THE WAY FOR MANY OTHER GROUPS, NOT ONLY FROM BRITAIN BUT FROM OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, AUSTRALIA AND EVENTUALLY FROM EVERYWHERE IN THE PLANET. THE BEATLES INSPIRED MANY EUROPEAN GROUPS. THIS VIDEO SHOWS 'LOS BRINCOS' FROM SPAIN IN A FRENCH TV SHOW. ENJOY IT!

OUR DAILY OLDIES: OUR OLD SONG TODAY IS "THE LETTER", ORIGINAL BY THE BOX TOPS BUT SINCE I INCLUDE INTERNATIONAL OLDIES, THERE ARE ARE THE EUROPEAN VERSIONS OF THE SONG, ONE FROM SPAIN AND ONE FROM ITALY, ALL 3 IN THE SAME TRACK. ENJOY IT.

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OUR DAILY OLDIES: WHEN I STARTED THIS SECTION TO SHARE OLD MUSIC, I PROMISED OLDIES AND RARITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, NOT ONLY OLD SONGS FROM AMERICAN RADIO. THE DECADES BETWEEN THE 1950s AND 1970s (MAYBE SOME 80s TOO) WERE PRODIGIOUS DECADES WHERE THE BEST MUSIC OF ALL TIME WAS PRODUCED, NOT ONLY IN THE U.S.A. BUT AROUND THE WORLD. THERE WAS A GOLDEN AGE OF EUROPEAN POP MUSIC AND TODAY'S SONG IS FROM THOSE TIMES. TODAY WE GO BACK TO ITALY WITH A BEAUTIFUL SONG FROM "MINA".

Why are European leaders so determined to destroy Europe? This is happening in almost every European country and most of the leaders have the same position.
🄴🅄🅁🄾🄿🄴 It’s the staging ground for no borders and one world government.
Afghan migrants take over the streets of Paris in a terrifying show of force against the local population.

Hundreds of Afghan men have stormed through the streets setting off smoke, attacking vehicles and causing havoc.
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