James Last
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Last learned how to play piano as child, switching to bass as a teenager. He joined Hans-Gunther Oesterreich’s Radio Bremen Dance Orchestra in 1946, when he was 17 years old. In 1948, he became the leader of the Becker-Last Ensemble, which performed for seven years. During that time, he was voted as the best bassist in the country by a German jazz poll for three consecutive years, from 1950-1952. After the disbandment of the Becker-Last Ensemble, he became the in-house arranger for Polydor Records, as well as for a number of European radio stations. For the next decade, he helped arrange hits for artists like Helmut Zacharias and Caterina Valente.
Last released his first album “Non-Stop Dancing” in 1965. The record of brief renditions of popular songs, all tied together by an insistent dance beat and joyous crowd noises. It was a hit and helped make him a major European star. Over the next four decades, Last has released over 190 records, including several more volumes of Non-Stop Dancing. On these records, he varies his formula by adding different songs from different countries and genres, as well as guest performers like Richard Clayderman and Astrud Gilberto.
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Country Roads
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Games That Lovers Play
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Music from Across the Way
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Star Boulevard
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CDPETE01
one of his best albums was a latin feely one entitled Copa cabana,anyone know if this out on Cd anywhere ??,i cant find it
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Heizdeckchen
"So sick of seeing your face when I look through records at op shops." So true, its the german Barbara Streisand
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Kaoru_is_here
Jedes Mal wenn ich meine Großeltern besuche und bei denen das Radio läuft höre ich früher oder später "Biscaya". JEDES! MAL! Und das schon seit mehr als 20 Jahren...
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Julie208
The Lonely Shepherd - I'm proud of this Moldavian melody
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tattooolli
on the road again - James Last ! SUPER !
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CDPETE01
My dad loved James Last in the 70s,now my dad is in his 70s and still likes to listen to MR last.
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LarkCGN
A genius!!! :)
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Xylvanya
If you like ambitious and relaxing music, maybe it´s possible you like XYLVANYA: „Anxious“; „Beach II“ „SA RIERA part I“, "Imperial Crown" „Climbing“ or „Ex-Mannequin“ or „Horizont (III) or "Gewitter-Regen" or "Erinnerungen an meinen Vater" or "Trust (Piano-Version)" or "Norwegen" or "Retrospective view" and many many more.....(all in all 6 hours of music, all songs free download) . Thank you for listening, support or feedback! Peace, Xylvanya
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Dis guy can play
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love
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katia111 пишет: Август 2009 "The Lonely Shepherd" Как раз она играет в данный момент)
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So sick of seeing your face when I look through records at op shops.
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James forever................!! er ist der Größte mit bestem dancesound.......!!!
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The one and only!
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Ekstra weekend!!
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