MEXICO

Created on 13/03/2008
Latest update on 09/03/2024

Artist: Luis Mariano
Author: Francis Lopez/Raymond Vincy
Label: La Voix de son Maitre
Year: 1951

In French Francis Lopez operette Le Chanteur de Mexico, as Vincent, a young Basque, ambitious to become a singer. In '56 also in the film version, along with Bourvil and Annie Cordy.

Covers:

1951:

Rudy Hirigoyen [replacing Mariano for the operette's second season]

1956:

Ivo Robic

1956:

Dorus [with Metropole Orkest in tv-show Saint-Germain-des-Prés; not on record]

1957:

Tobi Rix [as Voor Een Kwartje]

1963:

Peter Hinnen [Top 3 GER]

1965:

Losers [indo-rock version]

1969:

Zangeres Zonder Naam [also live version in '86 (Top 5 NL); the oldest Dutch version everyone remembers there was on TV in '56 by Dorus]

1977:

Grand Jojo

1997:

BZN

2012:

Paul Severs

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