Hans Poulsen
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Hans Sven Poulsen (born Bruce Gordon Poulsen, March 7, 1945 â February 17, 2023) was an Australian soft rock, folk, and country singer-songwriter and musician from Melbourne. He performed on mandolin, autoharp, and bouzouki. Poulsen established the group Rimfires in 1961 and the 18th Century Quartet in 1965.Launching a solo career in 1967, Poulsen wrote the song âIt's Only a Matter of Timeâ, which reached Number 1 in Australia in 1969. His own discography featured the hits âBoom Sha La La Loâ and âThere's a Light Across the Valleyâ (1970). He composed âRose Coloured Glassesâ for John Farnham. Between 1972 and 1976, Poulsen resided at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland, recording the albums What a Way to Look at Life, It Can't Be Described in Words, and Universal Hands. After recovering from cancer and a stroke, he worked as a music therapist. Poulsen died in 2023.
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- Natural High (reprise)
- Sweetest Girl I've Ever Seen
- Lost and Found (On Higher Ground)
- Sing the Song I Love You
- Goodnight Irene
- Hayloft
- Boom Sha La
- Mother of Mercy
- Melancholy World
- The Wanderer's Song
- Meet Me in the Valley
- Love Games
- Boom-Sha-La-La-Lo
- Hoedown
- My Place
- Kirsty (Put Your Nightshirt on)
- Coming Home the Long Way Round
- Under Full Sail
- There's a Light Across the Valley
- Sweet Sue
- Just Too Heavy
- Stick of Incense
- Realization River Boat Ray
- Seagull
