El chico de la armónica

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El chico de la armónica
Cover
Mickey
publication 1971
length 5:45
Genre (s) Glam rock , soft rock
Author (s) José Fernando Arbex Miró
album Soy así
Cover version
1972 Bernd Clüver

El chico de la armónica is a song by the Spanish singer and actor Micky , which is also known in its English version, The Mouth Organ Boy , and which gained greater fame in Germany thanks to the German-language cover Der Junge mit der Harmonica by Bernd Clüver .

Creation and publication

The song was written by the Spanish songwriter José Fernando Arbex Miró. The first interpretation of the song comes from the Spanish singer and actor Micky from 1971, who initially released the piece as a 7 ″ single ( catalog : 3-10659) under the music label RCA Victor in his home country of Spain. This interpretation was also produced by the author Miró. The engineering was carried out under the joint direction of José Antonio Alvarez Alija, Manuel Barrios and Nacho Dogan. As a studio musician, Paco Ruiz can be heard on bass guitar. The single was released in the original - with its Spanish lyrics - under the English title The Mouth Organ Boy . The original title "El chico de la armonica" was only added as a bracket. The single contains the song Follow Me (Sigueme) as the B-side . The single was later released with an English text (catalog: 3-10672), which was also written by Miró. On the front covers of the singles - in addition to artist names and song titles - a little boy can be seen playing on his harmonica . The back of the cover also shows the boy, next to Micky, sitting on the back of a park bench. The artwork for this comes from Miguel Cutillas, the photography from Wladimiro Bas .

The same single version appeared in Germany in February 1972 (catalog: 74-16 138). A promotional single for The Mouth Organ Boy (El chico de la armónica) was released in Mexico in 1972 (catalog: 76-3666). In the same year the single was published in France under the French title L'enfant à l'harmonica with its Spanish lyrics (catalog: 40.011). In 1974 El chico de la armónica was part of Mickey's debut album Soy así .

content

The lyrics to El chico de la armónica are in Spanish. The composition and the lyrics are by José Fernando Arbex Miró. Musically, the song moves in the area of glam rock and soft rock . The tempo is 106 beats per minute .

The song is based on two stanzas and a chorus . The song begins with the first four-line stanza followed by the chorus. The same process is repeated with the second stanza. During the second chorus a choir rises in the background of the second part one. The second chorus is followed by a harmonica solo with choral singing before the third chorus follows. This process is repeated twice at the end of the song.

“Escucho… al muchacho tocar,
esa triste canción,
pero nadie se vuelve.

Escucho… como toca al pasar,
esa triste canción,
con su armónica de amor. "

- Refrain, original excerpt from "El chico de la armónica"

“So listen to the mouth organ boy.
Listen how he play his song.
Looking always so lonley.

So listen to the mouth organ boy.
Play a now where his song.
It's his way to ask for love. "

- Refrain, original excerpt from "Mouth Organ Boy"

Contributors

Song production

Artwork (cover)

Companies

reception

Micky reached the top of the official single charts for a week with El chico de la armónica in his native Spain . The single was in the chart week of March 27, 1972 at position one.

Cover versions

Bernd Clüver - The boy with the harmonica

The boy with the harmonica
Cover
Bernd Clüver
publication November 1972
length 3:15
Genre (s) Bat
Author (s) José Fernando Arbex Miró, Peter Orloff
Award (s) Golden tuning fork , lion from Radio Luxemburg
album The boy with the harmonica
Creation and publication

In The boy with the harmonica is a German-language re-recording of Bernd Clüver , the original El chico de la Armónica from 1971. The composition of José Fernando Arbex Miró remained unchanged here, it was only by Alexander Gordan rearranged. The newly translated lyrics are from Peter Orloff . In addition, Orloff was also responsible as the producer of the new recording. The song was released as part of Clüver's debut album of the same name and as a 7 "single. This is the second single from the album, already released in January 1972 with Sie geht wieder (catalog: 10 963 AT) Clüver's debut single and first single. The single was released under the German music label Hansa in November 1972 (catalog: 12 387 AT) in Germany and Austria and was published by Universal Music Publishing and Gemstone Edition. The B-side is the song Holiday Girl (Sea Side Shuffle) on the . Single again Like the original includes Clüvers single English-speaking parenthesis "Mouth organ Boy" on the blue held front Cover is -. next artist name and song title -. to see Clüver, leaning over a railing on the back there is a typewriter again , from which a piece of paper on which the short biography of Clüver can be read can be seen. In the same year of its publication e The single also appeared in the Netherlands. Here it appeared under the Omega International music label with the B-side Sie komm wieder (catalog: OM 36.045-H). The same single version appeared in Belgium the following year (catalog: OM 36.045 Y). Also in 1973 a French version of Clüver, entitled L'enfant a l'harmonica , was released as a 7 "single in France (catalog: Biram 6109 065) and the Netherlands (catalog: Omega International OM 36.118). It was released in November 1973 under Fable International the English version of Mouth Organ Boy from Clüver in Australia (catalog: FB-199). This single contains the song All I Really Need as the B-side . To promote the song, three live appearances took place on the ZDF music show ZDF hit parade In addition, Clüver played a leading role in the German romance romance Zwei im 7. Himmel in 1974, in which there is also a scene in which Clüver sings the song.

“The boy with the harmonica.
Sing of what once happened.
In silver dreams

from the barge with the glass cargo.
Which flees
your sadness in a starry night . "

- Refrain, original excerpt from "The boy with the harmonica"

"Cet enfant qui jouait de l'harmonica.
Etait un enfant sans joie.
Si sad, si sad,

solitaire, il jouait avec son coeur.
Il jouait pendant des heures,
pour trouver un peu de bonheur. "

- Refrain, original excerpt from "L'enfant a l'harmonica"
background information

Clüver was already active as a "rock and underground disc jockey" with friends in various bars in the Mannheim area during his student days . He made the acquaintance of the Mannheim pop and beat group Joy & The Hit Kids . Its drummer Hans W. Herkenne persuaded him to make test recordings , which took place in Herkenne's living room. The demo recordings caused a sensation and Clüver received an invitation to the International Radio Exhibition (IFA) in Berlin to perform at the SWF Talent Show. He also received an invitation from Peter Meisel and Peter Orloff to make test recordings with them. In November 1971 he recorded his debut single She comes again , but it was no more than a "respectable success". As his successor, Orloff had the Germanization of Dr. Hooks Sylvia’s mother provided, which Clüver did not agree with. Alternatively, the Spanish song El chico de la armónica had been considered, for which an English text already existed: The Mouth Organ Boy . Orloff wrote the German text with the title Der Junge mit der Harmonica in a "Nacht- und Nebelaktion" . Clüver stated in a later interview: "I sang the title through in one go and Peter danced through the studio cheering" a hit, a hit - this will be a hit "".

Before the single was released, a legal battle arose. The producer team around Vicky Leandros had similar thoughts , who had also recorded the song in German, albeit with a different text. Your version with the title Harmonica Boy should also be released as a single, which resulted in "wrangling" over the rights. Ultimately, Hansa and thus Clüver got the contract.

Awards and hit competitions

After the song was initially rejected by the ZDF hit parade at the end of 1972, the record company made use of its right to offer a title twice. On the second attempt, the proposal went through and the boy with the harmonica was ultimately able to score some successes in the ZDF hit parade. In the 42nd episode from January 20, 1973 Clüver appeared with the title as the first new presentation. In the next edition of February 17, 1973, Der Junge mit der Harmonica was able to position itself in fourth place. In the 44th episode of March 17, 1973, the song rose two places and landed in second place. Clüver only had to get Chris Roberts and the title Mein Schatz You are a stunner! give up. Due to the fact that Orloff appeared three times with the title in the charts, he was no longer available for the upcoming edition. On September 29, 1973 the song won a Golden Lion from Radio Luxembourg . The piece prevailed against the third-placed Immer wieder sonntags ( Cindy & Bert ) and the second-placed Power to All Our Friends ( Cliff Richard ) and shared first prize with Ein Festival der Liebe ( Jürgen Marcus ). On October 18, 1985, Clüver received a golden tuning fork for The Boy with the Harmonica .

Charts and sales
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The boy with the harmonica
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 02/12/1973 (27 weeks)
  AT 6th 04/15/1973 (32 weeks)
  CH 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 03/27/1973 (19 weeks)

The boy with the harmonica reached the top position of the single charts in Germany and was able to stay at the top of the chart for a total of four weeks, 17 weeks in the top 10 and 27 weeks in the charts. The song was the most successful German-language single in the German single charts for a total of nine weeks . In addition, the single was sixth in the 1973 Bravo annual charts . In Austria the single reached position six and stayed in the top 10 for six months and in the charts for eight months. Here was the boy with the harmonica for a period of three months, the most successful German-speaking singles in the Austrian charts . In Switzerland the single also developed into a number one success, the single was able to stay at the top of the chart for seven weeks and in the top 10 and in the charts for 19 weeks. Outside of the DA-CH countries, the single also reached the Belgian and Dutch charts. In Belgium the single reached position 25 and only stayed in the charts for a week. In the Netherlands, the single stayed in the singles charts for five weeks and posted its highest chart rating at position 20.

Clüver reached the single charts for the first time in his career with The Boy with the Harmonica . Orloff reached the German single charts for the 17th time and the charts in Austria and Switzerland for the second time. It is his fifth top 10 success in Germany and, after Du ( Peter Maffay ), his second in Austria and Switzerland. The boy with the harmonica is his second number one hit in Germany after you . As a producer, Orloff reached the German charts for the 15th time, the Austrian charts for the fourth time and the Swiss hit parade for the second time. It is his third top 10 success in Germany after you and Silver Moon Baby ( Randolph Rose ), and his second after you in Austria and Switzerland. In Germany, The Boy with the Harmonica is the second number one hit after Du for Orloff as a producer, in Switzerland it is his first. In Austria, Der Junge mit der Harmonica was Orloff's greatest chart success to date as an author and producer, replacing You (placement: 8, months: 5). With the participation of the authors and production of Der kleine Prinz (An Angel, who is Sehnsucht) (Bernd Clüver), he reached a higher chart rating in third place, but no author participation or production of Orloff has been able to stay longer in the Austrian single charts. In Switzerland, the single also replaced Du (placement: 2; weeks: 12) as Orloff's greatest success to date as an author and producer. To date, no author's participation or production by Orloff has been able to place higher or longer in the Swiss charts. In Belgium and the Netherlands, Orloff reached the single charts as an author and producer for the third time , following You and A Girl Forever (Peter Orloff). For Miró as an author, The Boy with the Harmonica is the third chart success in Germany after Lika an Eagle ( Miguel Ríos ) and Soley Soley ( Middle of the Road ) and the second in Switzerland and the first in Austria after Soley Soley . In Germany and Switzerland it is the second top 10 success after Soley Soley , in Switzerland it is even the second number one hit. For Miró it is the most successful author participation to date in all three countries.

On April 10, 1973, Clüver received a golden harmonica from the Hohner-Werke and his record company Hansa for 500,000 singles sold in Munich . On May 1, 1974, Clüver in Berlin received a gold record for over one million singles sold in Germany. This makes The Boy with the Harmonica not only one of the best-selling hits , but also one of the best-selling singles in Germany . According to their own information, the single for The Boy with the Harmonica is said to have sold over two million times worldwide.

Other cover versions (selection)

Individual evidence

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