Posted March 4, 200718 yr Norvun bleedin sool? How many "Foreign Jonnies" have made records in none English speak? I can think of the brilliant Ricardo Ray Nitty Gritty are there any others?
March 4, 200718 yr Author Dance A La Musique Sly and the family stone, bleedin struggling now..........
March 4, 200718 yr There was an absolute beauty on Ebay last week, I think it was from Dominican Republic or somewhere similar, sung in Spanish by a girl - really raw midtempo tune, I nearly bought it but because it wasn't sung in English, I didn't bother, quite regret it now.
March 4, 200718 yr Author Feckin brilliant Ken, where on earth did you dig that up from? It sounded like Shirley Ellis was singing to dolphins!
March 4, 200718 yr Author ken, "The Point of no return",...... fookin brilliant!!! who did the english version???? There are a host of german soul records, didn't Lulu do some stuff in German?
March 4, 200718 yr ken, "The Point of no return",...... fookin brilliant!!! who did the english version???? There are a host of german soul records, didn't Lulu do some stuff in German? Lulu!!no Scottish,and i think Gene McDanials
March 4, 200718 yr Dance A La Musique Sly and the family stone, bleedin struggling now.......... Think Jimmy Radcliffe did "Long After....." in Italian also a few motown things. Cheers Paul Edited March 4, 200718 yr by soul shrews
March 4, 200718 yr 12600 refosoul reminds me in parts of "take a giant step" by the profiles wasnt there a load of records in the late-ish 70,s from canada that were sung in french nannette workman-lady marmalade mal- martyn stephens lindberge 2-toulouse mondo disco-el coco (incidently anyone got a soundfile of this for memories sake)
March 4, 200718 yr i used to know a bloke who collected johnny hallyday records buying loads from market stalls for a few francs, some corkers by him including motown covers, all in french
March 4, 200718 yr Got a good version of "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Thru His Eyes" by Richard Anthony, sung in French, on an EP.
March 4, 200718 yr long after tonight in Italian - jimmy radcliffe - kent cd - magic touch 15572 refosoul
March 4, 200718 yr 12600 refosoul Wow - Adriano is the King of Cool... There is a list as long as your arm of Motown artists who released French, German, Spanish and Italian versions of their tracks....and most of them were released in picture sleeves. I'm sure someone on here posted quite a few scans of the P/Cs. Perhaps Roccia can help us out here Jo
March 4, 200718 yr A: Side B: Side Dave f...................... Love this record Dave, was quite a popular side (the english speaking one) at the Newbury Nighters some years ago. Found a loverly minter in Savannah 2 yrs ago & had a devil of a job selling it............too dramatic for some I feel. Russ
March 5, 200718 yr Author I am sure I have heard a German version of "Down Town"? Roccia, is this my old Scooter club member? https://www.tafsc.com/LEGSHILDBANNER%20(5).JPG If so hello mate!!!!
March 5, 200718 yr I am sure I have heard a German version of "Down Town"? Roccia, is this my old Scooter club member? https://www.tafsc.com/LEGSHILDBANNER%20(5).JPG If so hello mate!!!! Yep, that's me! How are u m8...?
March 5, 200718 yr Yep, that's me! How are u m8...? Roccia, have you got any of the Italian Motown picture sleeves?? If so, are you able to scan them...they are lovely to look at Any help appreciated. Jo
March 5, 200718 yr Roccia, have you got any of the Italian Motown picture sleeves?? If so, are you able to scan them...they are lovely to look at Any help appreciated. Jo Jo, I got something for sure, but it needs a long digging session in my boxes to find them. Another good italian picture sleeve is Bobby Bland "I Ain't Myself Anymore" on Derbi (Duke on US). There's a complilation LP called "Nero Italiano" with some classic Motown tunes performed by the original artists, but sung in italian. It worth the price... Ciao Roccia
March 5, 200718 yr Other italian PS are: Otis Clay - She's about a Mover, Tyrone Davis - Turn back the hands of time, Rocky Roberts - Just because of you...but sorry I don't own a scanner...I know there are many others PS of r&b/soul song printed in Italy... Two years ago in a small collection of records bought by my mother in the 60s I found a funny version of Felice Taylor "I feel love comin' on" performed by the italian pop singer Anna Identici and titled "Non mi cambierai" ("You won't change me").... Another funny record it's the cover version of the R&b dancer "I ain't gonna cry no more" (Timy Yuro) sung by Little Tony (a sort of italian rock'n'roll singer) titled "Mai pi¹ ti cercher²"... There are also lots of american/english beat songs covered by italian bands of the 60s....and some ska tunes, too...("shame & scandal" and "my boy lollipop" were popular here in the 60s..) Cheers! Brian - Varese, North of Italy Edited March 5, 200718 yr by northernmod
Norvun bleedin sool? How many "Foreign Jonnies" have made records in none English speak? I can think of the brilliant Ricardo Ray Nitty Gritty are there any others?