Artist: James Last
Author: James Last/Gheorghe Zamfir
Label: Polydor
Year: 1977
On lp Russland Erinnerungen, with Gheorge Zamfir on pan-pipe. Also known as The Lonely Shepherd and as Thema van de Verloren Mijn.
Covers:
Nana Mouskouri [English vocal version as The Lonely Shepherd]
RZA [rap version used in Tarantino film Kill Bill]
RZA probably inspired by Nightmares On Wax using a James Last sample for their Ethnic Majority (see: Washington Square).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)