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Sign in to saveBaBalu is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. It was released independently by Bublé in 2001.
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The eight piece band features Colombian singer Irma Monsalve Botero, a pioneer of the Sydney salsa movement whose passionate stage performance with a characteristic timing phrasing and feeling, captivates the audience leaving them breathless. Irma was born in Cali, The Salsa Music Capital of the Americas, a place that gives birth to an exceptional number of musical talents, where the roots of Cuban music are an essential part of everyday life and greatly influenced her early years. <a href="htt
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BaBalu is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. It was released independently by Bublé in 2001.
==Background== Bublé stated that his interest in singing jazz and swing standards stems from his listening to old Mills Brothers recordings, as is evident on albums such as BaBalu, where he re-records several Mills Brothers hits, such as "Lazy River". Bublé says, "Although I like rock 'n' roll and modern music, the first time my granddad played me the Mills Brothers, something magical happened. The lyrics were so romantic, so real, the way a song should be for me. It was like seeing my future flash before me. I wanted to be a singer and I knew that this was the music that I wanted to sing." The track "Spiderman Theme" was later remixed by Junkie XL, released as a single and also used in the movie Spider-Man 2. "Spider-Man" is misspelled on the original album packaging, omitting the hyphen.