“I want my baby back”
Los Bravos “La Moto” Columbia. (1966). Los Bravos was the first Spanish group to reach #2 on the UK charts and #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. That one-hit wonder, “Black is Black,” sold over one million copies worldwide. (A sad aside: One of Los Bravos’ founding members Manuel Fernandez committed suicide on 20 May 1967, at the age of 23after the death of his bride Lottie Rey in an auto accident. He had been driving the car and was riddled with guilt.)
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March 5th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
By the way, calling Los Bravos a One Hit Wonder is ludicrous- they are still going strong all over the world, filling auditoriums.
March 6th, 2010 at 10:19 am
I’m sure they’re selling out the boardwalk pavillions in FAB FOUR fashion!
“Black is black…. I want my walkers back?!”
July 19th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
“I can’t shoot, my Silver Salutes, they go OFF TOO STRONG!!!
WOW!
Maybe if she, would come back to me, then it CAN’T GO WRONG…”
(as heard by the ears of an eight-year-old in 1966).
November 29th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Black is Black is still a great song. I’ve been playing it in bands since ’66. For me, it’s a staple..mixed in w/ Elvis Costello, Big Star, Foo Foo Fighters & other contemps–the tune holds up 7 always well received by an audience of young & old alike.
Vaya con Dios Manuel.