This mega-hit by artist Nena maybe the most widely known German pop song from the 1980s and is still rocking Oktoberfest crowds today. It doesn’t have the same traditional music feel or crowd chanting as some of the other German songs on this list, but it is still guaranteed to put ev...
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South Kensington is well known for its old buildings, fantastic restaurants, and many designer shops. But the real reason visitors flood here is for the chance to experience three of the city’s best museums: Victoria and Albert Museum, the National History Museum, and the Science Museum. All...
“Silent Night” comes in fourth place among the most popular songs of all time. The song was originally written in German in 1818 by Austrian Catholic priest Joseph Mohr. The song quickly spread in German-speaking parts of the world, becoming a highly popular Christmas carol. In 1859, Rever...
With varying estimates of around 118 million native speakers, the last spot on the list goes to… Lahnda, a Pakistani macrolanguage that primarily includes Western Punjabi! (SorryGerman— you got dumped from top world languages a few years back.) That doesn’t even include Eastern Punjabi, ...
Germanhard rock bandScorpions slowed it down a bit in 1984 with their metal ballad, "Still Loving You." TheBillboardHot 100 hit came off of their ninth studio albumLove at First Sting. Scorpions songwriter and rhythm guitaristRudolf Schenker explainedhow the song had a hand in the mid-1980...
In 1936, German Karl Daniel began manufacturing his Tefifon player and cartridges. The Tefifon consisted of a looped reel of plastic tape, embossed with grooves similar to a standard record. Each Tefifon cartridge could hold an astonishing four hours of music. But, with the first home-use...
In 1936, German Karl Daniel began manufacturing his Tefifon player and cartridges. The Tefifon consisted of a looped reel of plastic tape, embossed with grooves similar to a standard record. Each Tefifon cartridge could hold an astonishing four hours of music. But, with the first home-use...
She began her opera career in 1968 singing for many German operas. Her opera works are extensive, her most famous being Carmen by Georges Bizet. She also starred as an opera singer in the Austrian filmDuett.Her most recent performance was at the Greek Opera House in 2017. ...
Some songs are so transcendent, they require no words to inspire a legion of covers—such is the case for the 1936 jazz record "Caravan' by Barney Bigard and Jazzopators. Bigard was a clarinetist who was most well known for the work he did with the legendary Duke Ellington, who is fea...