Gyöngyhajú lány

"Gyöngyhajú lány"
Song by Omega from the album 10 000 lépés
Recorded 1969
Genre Progressive rock
Language Hungarian
Label Qualiton
Writer Anna Adamis
Composer Gábor Presser
10 000 lépés track listing
  1. "Petróleumlámpa"
  2. "Gyöngyhajú lány"
  3. "Tűzvihar"
  4. "Udvari bolond kenyere"
  5. "Kérgeskezű favágok"
  6. "Tékozló fiúk"
  7. "Tízezer lépés"
  8. "Az 1958-as boogie-woogie klubban"
  9. "Spanyolgitár legenda"
  10. "Félbeszakadt koncert"

Gyöngyhajú lány (The girl with pearly hair) is the song by Hungarian Omega band, recorded in 1969 and released on album 10 000 lépés. This song was very popular in some Eastern Bloc countries, such as Poland, Czechoslovakia or Bulgaria.

Lyrics was written by Anna Adamis, music was composed by Gábor Presser and song was sung by János Kóbor.

In 1970 the single titled Petróleumlámpa / Gyöngyhajú lány was released and then the song gained popularity.

Omega recorded also other versions of this song in foreign ianguages: English (Pearls in her hair) and German (Perlen im Haar).

Gyöngyhajú lány was mostly covered in Poland (as Dziewczyna o perłowych włosach) and Czech Republic (as Dívka s perlami ve vlasech). It was also covered by Scorpions (as White Dove) and Frank Schöbel (as Schreib es mir in den Sand). Song was also remixed (e.g. by Kozmix).