MEXICO

Created on 18/04/2001
Latest update on 09/03/2024

Artist: Bob Moore
Author: Boudleaux Bryant
Label: Monument
Year: 1961

N°1 Adult Contemporary, 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:

1961:

Norris Wilson [as (My Heart Is In) Mexico]

1962:

Willy Schobben [n°1 NL]

1962:

Peter Niemann [n°1 GER as Jana, schöne Mexicana]

1962:

Herb Alpert

1962:

Jumping Jewels

1962:

Caterina Valente & Silvio Francesco [French version]

1963:

Ventures

1963:

Dick Dale [surf version]

1963:

Lively Ones [idem]

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