SPANISH HARLEM

Created on 11/04/2006
Latest update on 08/09/2021

Artist: Ben E. King
Author: Jerry Leiber/Phil Spector
Label: Atco
Year: 1961

Just out of the Drifters.

Covers:

1961:

Luis Mariano [as Nuits d'Espagne]

1961:

Dalida [as Nuits d'Espagne; hit Fr; German version as Der Joe hat mir das Herz gestolen, Spanish version as Aquella Rosa]

1961:

Enrique Guzman [as Harlem Español]

1962:

Cliff Richard [also in German in '64 as Das Ist Die Frage Aller Fragen, n° 1 D]

1962:

Santo & Johnny

1962:

Jimmy Justice

1962:

Jay & The Americans

1963:

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

1964:

Sounds Incorporated

1964:

Clyde McPhatter

1965:

King Curtis

1965:

Tom Jones

1966:

Mamas And Papas

1966:

Trini Lopez

1968:

Arthur Alexander

1968:

Freddy Scott

1971:

Aretha Franklin [n°1 R&B]

1971:

Laura Nyro

1971:

Vikki Carr

1972:

Eddy Mars [as De Roos Van Casablanca]

1973:

Crusaders

1974:

Leon Russell

1979:

Johnny Adams

1980:

Long John Baldry

1993:

Neil Diamond

1994:

Run C&W [country parody feat. Bernie Leadon (Eagles) and Russell Smith (Amazing Rhythm Aces)]

2005:

Astrid Nijgh [as 't Spaarne Haarlem]

2021:

Jennifer Hudson

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