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Kandiah Kamalesvaran, born 13 November 1934), better known by his stage name Kamahl, is a Malaysian-born Australian singer and recording artist. His highest charting Australian single, “Sounds of Goodbye“ (1969), reached the top 20 on the Kent Music Report singles chart. Another single, “The Elephant Song“ (1975), peaked at number one in both the Netherlands and Belgium. Generally, his repertoire comprises pop and adult contemporary music. He made his debut in 1959, but his breakthrough in the Netherlands was not until 1975 thanks to The Elephant Song. The record was featured in a TV documentary about the World Wildlife Fund. Producer Hans van Hemert wrote the song for Kamahl and the recording became a huge success in Europe. The text was by Gregor Frenkel Frank. The record spent five weeks in the top spot of the Top 40 and the National Hit Parade. Subsequent successes such as Chanson d’amour, White Christmas, Save the Oceans of the World and Save the Whale still made it to the charts, but Kamahl was no longer in the position of number one. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 1975-07-11 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
