For a few years in the 1960s, popular music was influenced by the music of India, mainly due to the interest in it of George Harrison of The Beatles. In particular, there was an interest in Indian instruments like the sitar and drums like the Tabla. George studied the sitar and developed a degree of skill in this complicated item. One example of how this influenced mainstream music is "Within You Without You," a song from the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Do you like the sound of the sitar and tabla on this song? Here is the link if the clip doesn't work. https://youtu.be/HsffxGyY4ck

We mentioned the musical style reggae in the previous survey but another beat from the Caribbean is called Ska. A big hit in 1964 was "My Boy Lollipop" by 17 years old Jamaican singer Millie (Small). The beats are different but, even if you didn't notice, did you like the song?

And now for something completely different. A song that was a (surprising?) hit in the UK in 1963 was called Click Song (Qongqothwane) by Miriam Makeba. This iconic singer known as "Mama Africa," was from South Africa, born in a township near Johannesburg in 1932, and became a global voice against apartheid, remaining in exile for decades before returning home in 1990. Do you like this song (feel free to try to replicate the click sound)?

Returning to Brazil, I will leave you with the wonderful samba song called in English "One Note Samba" by Astrud Gilberto's husband and writer of the song João Gilberto. I would have shared the Astrud Gilberto version but Stan Getz on sax overpowered her voice. Do you like the song.