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    The instrumental piece "The Lonely Shepherd" was originally composed and recorded by James Last with panflutist Gheorghe Zamfir. Though initially planned for an album of Last's original compositions, it was ultimately released on Last's album "Memories of Russia" and as a single, finding success in Germany. The piece has since been used in numerous films and television shows as background music and covered by various artists. It remains popular today.

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    The instrumental piece "The Lonely Shepherd" was originally composed and recorded by James Last with panflutist Gheorghe Zamfir. Though initially planned for an album of Last's original compositions, it was ultimately released on Last's album "Memories of Russia" and as a single, finding success in Germany. The piece has since been used in numerous films and television shows as background music and covered by various artists. It remains popular today.

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    The instrumental piece "The Lonely Shepherd" was originally composed and recorded by James Last with panflutist Gheorghe Zamfir. Though initially planned for an album of Last's original compositions, it was ultimately released on Last's album "Memories of Russia" and as a single, finding success in Germany. The piece has since been used in numerous films and television shows as background music and covered by various artists. It remains popular today.

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    The Lonely Shepherd

    The Lonely Shepherd, also known as Einsamer Hirte or


    Der Einsamer Hirte in German, is an instrumental piece
    by James Last, rst released in a recording with the Romanian panutist Gheorghe Zamr.

    Background

    Originally, the title was planned for the album Filmusik


    ohne Filme, which was only to contain original compositions by James Last. This album was never released,
    so The Lonely Shepherd " was published on James last
    album, Russland Erinnerungen (Memories of Russia).[1]
    In the same year, it was also released as a single, which
    reached 22nd on the music charts in Germany. With this
    recording, Gheorghe Zamr, who had already published
    a number of records, succeeded in an international breakthrough. Among other things, he accompanied James
    Last in his 1978 tour.
    The Lonely Shepherd has repeatedly been used as
    soundtrack. In 1979, it was used as the title theme for
    the six-part television series Golden Soak (Das Gold der
    Wste)[2] and again in 1984 in the Oscar-nominated short
    lm Paradise Verwendung. In 2004, Quentin Tarantino
    used the recording as soundtrack in a scene and in the
    closing credits of his lm Kill Bill: Volume 1.[3] On the
    DVD, Gheorghe Zamr is mistakenly recognized as the
    titles producer.
    The title enjoys unbroken popularity up to today and is
    newly recorded by numerous artists.[4] A rap version by
    Lamar in 1999 was quite successful, as well as a version
    by Leo Rojas, which enabled him to win the Television
    talent-show Das Supertalent in December, 2011.[5]

    References

    [1] http://www.discogs.com/
    James-Last-Russland-Erinnerungen/release/2378788
    [2] Golden Soak at the Internet Movie Database
    [3] James Last at the Internet Movie Database
    [4] Liste der Coverversionen auf coverinfo.de
    [5] http://www.rtl.de/cms/
    das-supertalent-2011-leo-rojas-spielt-der-einsame-hirte-von-gheorghe-zamfir-963525.
    html

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonely_Shepherd?oldid=711706872 Contributors:
    AnomieBOT, BG19bot, Garagepunk66, CAPTAIN RAJU, Ciridae and CoherentBass

    3.2

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    File:Eighth_notes_and_rest.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Eighth_notes_and_rest.svg License:


    CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors:
    Eighth_notes_and_rest.png Original artist:
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    title='User:DoktorMandrake'
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    class='mw-redirect'>Mandrake</a>
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    Contributors:
    Created from scratch in Adobe Illustrator. Based on Image:Question book.png created by User:Equazcion Original artist:
    Tkgd2007

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