songuy 0 Report post Posted January 6 I need help compiling a list of early songs that were allowed in China, and that became popular throughout the 90s. things in the same category and popularity as: El Condor Pasa Yesterday Once More More than I Can Say Sealed with a Kiss Tennessee Waltz Before the Next Teardrop Falls etc Any help of any songs you remember would be greatly appreciated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
889 1,753 Report post Posted January 7 "Early English Songs"? I thought you meant something like "Greensleeves." Anyway, as for older contemporary music once popular in China, look at anything by the Carpenters or Kenny G. Simon and Garfunkel also had quite a following. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 814 Report post Posted January 7 If you count Irish, The Chieftains toured way back in the 80s and gained a bit of a following: https://www.thechieftains.com/1980s/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
realmayo 1,832 Report post Posted January 8 May not qualify but - the theme tune for Titanic was staggeringly popular by the end of the 90s. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xiao Kui 149 Report post Posted January 11 There was an "Oscar" album that was immensely popular in the late 90s. It had songs from Oscar winning movies including Titanic. On more than one occasion they would slip it in the CD player seemingly for my laowai benefit when I walked into a cafe. Of course, as you mentioned "Yesterday Once More" was the long reigning champion for many years. Some other songs I remember hearing in the 90s in China that many seemed to be familiar with: 1. Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver (an easy #2 after the Carpenters' hit) 2. Hotel California - the Eagles Every college student with a guitar was banging this out in the 90s. Every cafe cranked it out on a regular basis. I developed a deep seated hate for this song as a result. 3. Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel 4. Lemon Tree 5. Love Story movie theme (also on the Oscar songs album) There was a Don Williams greatest hits album that also got a lot of play back then so I became more familiar with his version of "Fever" than the Peggy Lee one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites