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Los Bravos A Spanish Rock Quintet From The 60s Were Most Famous For Their Single "Black Is Black" Which Reached #2 In The U.K. Charts And #4 In The U.S. In 1966. They Were One Of The Only Rock Groups From A Non-English Speaking Country To Have An International Hit Impressively Managing To Transcend Cultures And National Boundaries Even In The Turbulent Sixties. Based In Madrid Spain They Achieved Some Further Success But The Tragic Death Of Key Band Member Manuel Fernández Brought Things To A Screeching Halt. "Black Is Black" Remains A Staple Of Many Classic Rock And Oldies Stations.
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"Black Is Black" Is A Song By Rock Band Los Bravos Released In 1966 As The Group's Debut Single For Decca Records. Produced By Ivor Raymonde The Song Reached #2 In The UK. #4 In The U.S. And #1 In Canada. With The Song's Success Los Bravos Became The First Spanish Rock Band To Have An International Hit Single. A Dance Remix Of The Song Was Released As A Single In 1986. Four Members Of Los Bravos—bassist Miguel Vicens Danus Guitarist Tony Martinez Organist Manuel Fernandez And Drummer Pablo Sanllehi—had Previously Worked Together In The Spanish Band Los Sonors. Together With German-Born Singer Michael Kogel The Group Set Out To Achieve Success In The European Market Making English-Language Pop Music. After Signing With The Spanish Division Of Decca Records The Band Went To England To Work With Ivor Raymonde A British Producer Arranger Conductor And Composer Who Had Been Involved In Making UK Hit Songs With Such Artists As Marty Wilde Billy Fury And Dave Berry. Lead Singer Mike Kogel's Vocals Sounded So Similar To Gene Pitney That Many Listeners Assumed That "Black Is Black" Was A Pitney Single. In August 1966 The Song Debuted At #100 On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. It Peaked At #4 In October And Spent 12 Weeks On The Chart. The Song Reached #1 On The Canadian Singles Chart And Peaked At #2 In The UK. The Single Also Sold Two Million Copies In Spain. Shortly After The September 11 2001 Attacks American Media Conglomerate Company Clear Channel Communications Distributed The 2001 Clear Channel Memorandum To Program Directors At The More Than 1000 Radio Stations The Company Owned. The Memo Contained A List Of 162 Songs With "questionable Lyrics" That The Stations Should Avoid Playing. "Black Is Black" Was Among The Songs On The List.
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Los Bravos A Spanish Rock Quintet From The 60s Were Most Famous For Their Single "Black Is Black" Which Reached #2 In The U.K. Charts And #4 In The U.S. In 1966. They Were One Of The Only Rock Groups From A Non-English Speaking Country To Have An International Hit Impressively Managing To Transcend Cultures And National Boundaries Even In The Turbulent Sixties. Based In Madrid Spain They Achieved Some Further Success But The Tragic Death Of Key Band Member Manuel Fernández Brought Things To A Screeching Halt. "Black Is Black" Remains A Staple Of Many Classic Rock And Oldies Stations.
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"Black Is Black" is a song by rock band Los Bravos, released in 1966 as the group's debut single for Decca Records.
Produced by Ivor Raymonde, the song reached #2 in the UK. #4 in the U.S. and #1 in Canada. With the song's success, Los Bravos became the first Spanish rock band to have an international hit single. A dance remix of the song was released as a single in 1986.
Four members of Los Bravos—bassist Miguel Vicens Danus, guitarist Tony Martinez, organist Manuel Fernandez, and drummer Pablo Sanllehi—had previously worked together in the Spanish band Los Sonors. Together with German-born singer Michael Kogel, the group set out to achieve success in the European market making English-language pop music.
After signing with the Spanish division of Decca Records, the band went to England to work with Ivor Raymonde, a British producer, arranger, conductor, and composer who had been involved in making UK hit songs with such artists as Marty Wilde, Billy Fury, and Dave Berry.
Lead singer Mike Kogel's vocals sounded so similar to Gene Pitney that many listeners assumed that "Black Is Black" was a Pitney single.
In August 1966, the song debuted at #100 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It peaked at #4 in October, and spent 12 weeks on the chart. The song reached #1 on the Canadian Singles Chart, and peaked at #2 in the UK. The single also sold two million copies in Spain.
Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, American media conglomerate company Clear Channel Communications distributed the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum to program directors at the more than 1000 radio stations the company owned. The memo contained a list of 162 songs with "questionable lyrics" that the stations should avoid playing. "Black Is Black" was among the songs on the list.
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