Sylvia and the Matador

[JussiK]

I'll be programming:
Sylvia: Y VIVA ESPANA - the English version by Sylvia Wrethammar of Sweden. The lyrics go:
"If you want to check the matador,
in some cool cabana,
and meet senoritas by the score,
Espana por favor!"
She also sings about pale and pasty girls who turn tasty once they get brown and other scintillating things.
Sylvia also did a great bongo version of AND THE BEAT GOES ON and DANCE THE SAMBA WITH ME. Another Swedish woman, Lill Lindfors, should be noted for her excellent, sexy and smooth rendition of MAS QUE NADA. Both women beat Abba.
Adriano Celentano: AZZURRO
Booker T & MGS: SOUL LIMBO
Manu Dibango: BIG BLOW
Righeira: VAMOS A LA PLAYA (a Bionda Bros production)
James White's Flaming Demonics: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
George Benson: SUMMERTIME
Yello: SANTIAGO
Bette Midler: ONLY IN HAVANA
France Gall: LE COEUR QUI JAZZE
Lots of Sophie Ellis Bextor

[nrgbeat]

With the exception of "Vamos A La Playa" I have never heard any of the songs on your list.

[markydefad]

The Bette Midler song is actually "Only in Miami"...at least that's what my version says.

"...only in Miami, is Cuba so far away"

Good song.

[JussiK]

You're right of course. Careless, me. This timeless not-quite-an-actual-club-record-but-extremely-danceable track must have been big on the dancefloors of Miami or what? They must have wonderful stuff there in rotation we never get to hear in much of Europe, salsa house records and interesting mutations of all sorts. - I used to seque "only In Miami" out of Yello's "La Habanera" here quite a lot, a bit obvious a move I know but it worked well.

[QUINNY]

Jussik: Thanks for reminding me of Y VIVA ESPANA, something I NEVER played when released, even though I was working there. Luckily for a man of my sensitivity, the locals knew NOT to ask for it. :lol: Ditto for BACCARA.
Have you ever dragged out Adriano Celantano's PRISENCOLINAINSINENCUSOL or whatever it was called?

[Marcio**]

There's "I Viva Spaña" by CHRISS SUGAR (woman) but it is not a disco !!!

[Nano]

I remember also a "¡Que viva España!" hit song by Pedrito Rico, not disco either. From around the Fifties/Sixties. Pedrito Rico was a (very faggy) Spaniard singer dressed as a torero. He did a lot of movie musicals with macho love stories that, in my memory at least, seemed pretty bizarre.

[JussiK]

I don't thnk too many people played Y Viva Espana when it was realesed - or did they? I was far too young then to get into clubs but have, like most of us (?) grown to appreciate the tune only later. As for Adriano, no have never heard of that titleWorth seeking out that one then? Apart from "Azzurro" and the disco lp I'd rather forget I only have his okayish "Yes I Do" 12" (RCA label).

[QUINNY]

Jussik: Y VIVA ESPANA was played a hell of a lot at the time in the really pop discos, especially in Spain. Same goes for Baccarra.
PRISENCOL....... don't know if it's worth serious ferretting for. It's a bit strange in that it really puts emphasis on the 4th beat of each bar. It was played in the UK in some clubs, circa '72, and was still very popular in Spain when I started there in '74.
Bit of an oddball, might just be right up your street.

[JussiK]

Thanks for the info - I'll start my search for the Adriano. But please, it's Baccara, NOT Baccarra!!! ! And naturally, we all danced to those girls like mad!