Lou & the Hollywood Bananas

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Kingston, Kingston
  BE F 18th March 24, 1979 (5 weeks)
  DE 6th 09/10/1979 (26 weeks)
  AT 20th November 15, 1979 (4 weeks)

Lou & the Hollywood Bananas is a project by the Belgian producer Lou Deprijck , who worked with Plastic Bertrand , among others .

background

Lou Deprijck sang himself at Lou & the Hollywood Bananas, accompanied by changing singers. The single Kingston, Kingston made it into several European charts in 1979. The songs were heavily influenced by the Ska revival, which had hit England at that time and also spread to the European continent. The singles Hollywood, Hollywood (1979) and Wings of a Dove (1980) also contained ska elements. The single Time Warp followed later , a cover version of the play of the same name from the movie Rocky Horror Picture Show . All of the singles were also released in Germany on the Hansa International label.

Discography

Singles

  • 1979 Kingston, Kingston (French Version) / Kingston, Kingston (English Version). Hansa International 100 461 - 100
  • 1979 Hollywood, Hollywood (French Version) / Hollywood, Hollywood (English Ska Version). Hansa International 101 146 - 100
  • 1980 Wings of a Dove / Hong-Kong Ska. Hansa International 102 066 - 100
  • 1981 Time Warp / Big Bad Wolf, Hansa International 103 234 -100

compilation

  • 2004 The Best of Lou and the Hollywood Bananas

Individual evidence

  1. Chart sources: Belgium - Germany - Austria