- James Last( Hans Last )【 57 songs in total 】
- James Last (born Hans Last; 17 April 1929 – 9 June 2015), also known as Hansi, was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. Initially a jazz bassist (Last won the award for 'best bassist' in Germany in each of the years 1950–1952), his trademark 'happy music' made his numerous albums best-sellers in Germany and the United Kingdom, with 65 of his albums reaching the charts in the UK alone. His composition 'Happy Heart' became an international success in interpretations by Andy Williams and Petula Clark.
Last is reported to have sold an estimated 200 million albums worldwide in his lifetime (figures vary widely, for example British Hit Singles & Albums (2006) reports 100 million at that time), of which 80 million were sold by 1973 - and won numerous awards including 200 gold and 14 platinum discs in Germany, the International MIDEM Prize at MIDEM in 1969, and West Germany's highest civilian award, the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) in 1978. His album This Is James Last remained a UK best-seller for 48 weeks, and his song 'Games That Lovers Play' has been covered over a hundred times. Last undertook his final tour months before his death at age 86, upon discovering in September 2014 that an illness (the exact illness was never disclosed) had worsened. His final UK performance was his 90th at London's Royal Albert Hall, more than any other performer except Eric Clapton.
Last's trademark sound employed big band arrangements of well-known tunes with a jaunty dance beat, often heavy on bass and brass. Despite at times being derided by critics and purists as the 'king of elevator music' or 'acoustic porridge', his style and music was popular in numerous countries and cultures, including Japan, the former Soviet Union, the USA and UK, and his native Germany, where it became 'the archetypal soundtrack of any German cellar bar party', and made him the 'most commercially successful bandleader' of the second half of the 20th century.
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All You Need Is Love
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Alle Vogel(Provided)
2013
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Always On My Mind
2013
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4
Amazing Grace
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5
Beatles Medley: Cant Buy Me Love / A Hard Day Night / Ob La Di Ob La Da(Provided)
2013
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Believe(Provided)
2013
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Biscaya(Provided)
2013
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Blanket On The Ground
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9
Candle In The Wind
2013
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10
Carmina Burana
2013
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11
Czardas Von Monti(Provided)
2013
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12
Dancing Queen
2013
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Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
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14
Dont Cry For Me Argentina
2013
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Downtown(Provided)
2013
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Dunrobins Gone
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El Rancho Grande
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Fanfare(Provided)
2013
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Fernando
2013
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Games That Lovers Play(Provided)
2013
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21
Gimme Gimme Gimme
2013
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22
Gimme Hope Joanna
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Granada / Lady Of Spain(Provided)
2013
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24
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman(Provided)
2013
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25
Heart of Gold
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26
Hero
2013
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27
Hey Jude
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28
I Just Called to Say I Love You
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29
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
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30
I've Got You Under My Skin
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31
Jigs And Reels(Provided)
2013
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32
Kiss Me Honey, Honey Kiss Me
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33
Let It Be
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34
Love For Sale(Provided)
2013
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35
Love Must Be the Reason
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36
Mama Mia
2013
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37
Mambo No. 5(Provided)
2013
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38
Medley (Do Wah Diddy / Hey Baby)(Provided)
2013
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Medley: A Gay Ranchero / El Rancho Grande
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Medley: Besame Mucho / A Gay Ranchero / Volare(Provided)
2013
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Medley: Love Is In The air / Perhaps / Ave Maria / No Moro (live)(Provided)
2013
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42
Medley: Rock Around The Clock / See You Later Alligator / Hound Dog(Provided)
2013
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43
Morning At Seven(Provided)
2013
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My Heart Will Go On
2013
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My Way(Provided)
2013
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Nature Boy(Provided)
2013
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47
Orange Blossom Special(Provided)
2013
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48
Over The Rainbow(Provided)
2013
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49
Put Your Hand In the Hand
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50
Reach Out(Provided)
2013
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51
Roses From The South(Provided)
2013
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Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Jamai
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53
Sweet City Woman
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54
The Living Years
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55
The Sandpiper
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Trumpet Medley String Of Pearls(Provided)
2013
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57
When Doves Cry
Prince Rogers Nelson