The Voice of Aotearoa

 
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Paul Walden
The Voice of Aotearoa

[ Frenzy / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 21 June 2013

The Voice of Aotearoa features 25 of Paul Walden's most well-known tracks.

The intention was to call this album 'Paul Walden: The Forgotten Voice of Aotearoa'. Things changed dramatically when Paul agreed to appear on Jim Sutton's nostalgia radio show on Newstalk ZB in December last year. Within a few minutes the ZB switchboard was jammed in incoming calls from fans and fellow musicians wanted to talk to him. The switchboard remained full for the duration of the four hour show. As it transpired, Paul had not been forgotten, a clutch of iconic recordings, many fans and years of touring with Eddie Low, the Quin Tikis, John Hore and Howard Morrison is testament to that.

Paul Walden was signed by HMV in 1958, and with his deep, rich, resonant voice and smooth good looks, boyish charm and crowd-pleasing personality soon found himself with a string of radio hits and busy performing schedule. In 1959 he headed to London where he sang with the BBC Light Orchestra, was resident entertainer at the Down Under Club, and acted in several films. In the early Sixties he was home again, and starring in TVNZ's first entertainment series After Dark. He also did radio shows on the YA network and continued releasing singles and albums, and did several legendary tours organised by Joe Brown (crowd-pleasing concerts that also starred Howard Morrison, Peter Posa, John Hore and the Quin Tikis).

Tracks:

1. The King of Holiday Island
2. Blue Blue Day
3. Look What You've Done
4. Heartaches By the Number
5. Sunflower
6. Guess things Happen That Way
7. Molly
8. Moscow Nights
9. Suki-Yaki
10. No Moa
11. When the All Blacks Come Marching In
12. The Big Fish
13. Hinemoa & Tutanekai
14. The Lonely Mountain
15. Back in Baby's Arms (with John Hore)
16. Sea of Heartbreak (with John Hore)
17. Kewpie Doll
18. Love Me Sweet
19. I Make Believe It's You
20. Santa is Crying Tonight
21. A Penny Christmas Card
22. By the Banks of the River
23. Emmanuelle
24. Fields of Gold
25. Emily