Song #444: "Una Paloma Blanca"--The George Baker Selection (1976)

Moving our way through Mrs. Ellis' third grade class at Beaverdam Elementary, here came a song out of nowhere from someone called The George Baker Selection. Already a European hit the year before, Una Paloma Blanca made it big in the U.S. early in 1976.

The story goes that Baker framed the song as a story about a farmer dreaming of being a white bird experiencing his freedom. Whatever it means, it was different, it was catchy, and it was probable you'd hear it on WRVA getting ready for school in the mornings with Alden Aaroe. Now, whether he'd let the entire song actually play or not was another story.  :) :)

And no, the Slim Whitman version is a complete disaster, do not substitute this for that.  :)