Artist: Bob Moore
Author: Boudleaux Bryant
Label: Monument
Year: 1961
Top 10 US, n°1 Australia, n°1 IRE. Bass player in Owen Bradley's studio band in Nashville; sideman for Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley. With false sounding trumpets, just like in Mexico. Inspired the Tijuana Brass, not to mention the mariachi arrangement on Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire.
Covers:
Norris Wilson [as (My Heart Is In) Mexico]
Willy Schobben [n°1 NL]
Peter Niemann [n°1 GER as Jana, schöne Mexicana]
Caterina Valente & Silvio Francesco [French version]
Dick Dale [surf version]
Lively Ones [idem]
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Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)