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Johannes (Hans) Bouwens (Hoorn, 8 December 1944), known under his pseudonym George Baker, is a Dutch singer-songwriter, best known for his group George Baker Selection with which he recorded hits like ’Little Green Bag’ (1969) and ’Paloma Blanca’ (1975 “Paloma Blanca“ (Spanish for “white dove“), often called “Una Paloma Blanca“, is a song written by George Baker and recorded and released by his band, George Baker Selection. The single—the title track of the group’s fifth album—was released in 1975. The song was a hit throughout Europe, reaching No. 1 inThe Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, and it also topped the charts of New Zealand and South Africa. In the United States, the song became a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Easy Listening Singles chart on 14 February 1976 (becoming that chart’s overall No. 1 song for 1976), peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached No. 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In Canada and the United Kingdom, “Paloma Blanca“ peaked at No. 10, and in Australia, it reached No. 2. The song sold over two million copies worldwide. This Paloma Blanca version is a 1984 performance, recorded during the ’End of the year Toppop celebration’ of December 31, 1984. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: December 31, 1984 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.
