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Today, December 20, 2021, is Alan Parson’s 73rd birthday. That is why we publish his great composition ’Old And Wise’ today. Alan Parsons (London, 20 December 1948) is a British composer, musician and producer. He is known as a producer of, among others, Pink Floyd (’Dark side of the moon’) and worked at the famous Abbey Road Studios. He later formed the band The Alan Parsons Project with Eric Woolfson in the 1970s. With many (more and less) known studio musicians, this co-creation made very polished concept albums. Best known are the single “The Turn of a Friendly Card“ (sung by Chris Rainbow) and “Old and Wise“ sung by ex-Zombies singer Colin Blunstone. This single has been in the Top 2000 in the Netherlands from the first edition of this list. This years position is: no 80. Colin Edward Michael Blunstone (born 24 June 1945) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Blunstone came to prominence in the mid 1960s as the lead singer of the English rock band the Zombies, which released four singles that entered the Top 75 charts in the United States during the 1960s, including “She’s Not There“, “Tell Her No“, “She’s Coming Home“, and “Time of the Season“. Blunstone began his solo career in 1969, releasing three singles under a pseudonym of Neil MacArthur. Since then, he has released ten studio albums and one live album under his real name. His solo hits include “She’s Not There“, “Say You Don’t Mind“, “I Don’t Believe in Miracles“, “How Could We Dare to Be Wrong“, “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted“, and “The Tracks of My Tears“. In 2019, Blunstone was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of The Zombies. He is also known for his participation on various albums with the Alan Parsons Project, as he sang their song “Old and Wise“ which became famous with Blunstone’s vocals. This performance by Colin Blunstone was broadcast in the TROS tv program ’Belfleur’ on October 10, 1991. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 10 October 1991 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.
