1967, ten years old, and having immigrated to this great country (USA) a mere two weeks earlier, I heard "Hey Jude" by The Beatles on my uncle's tube radio (Fisher). Couldn't understand a single word of the lyrics, but my God, I had never heard anything like it! Had never heard r&r. I will never forget that moment. In a way it encapsulated everything that was new about leaving a communist country for a free one.
Then there was Navrath singing Canteloube's "Songs of the Auvergne" thiry years later, and .....
Then there was Navrath singing Canteloube's "Songs of the Auvergne" thiry years later, and .....