Mendocino (song)
Mendocino is a song written by Doug Sahm in 1968 that became a number one hit in Switzerland in the version of the Sir Douglas Quintet . In Germany it reached number 2 on the charts, in the United States it reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 . A German version published in 1969 with a text by Michael Holm , who also interpreted the song, reached number 3 in the German charts. The song was the best-selling of the year in Germany and was awarded a gold record . The single became a million seller in Germany, making it one of the best-selling hits and generally one of the country's best-selling singles . The success earned Holm the nickname Mr. Mendocino .
Holm, who was already writing songs for fellow pop singers such as Ricky Shayne , Siw Malmkvist , Howard Carpendale and other songs at the time of publication , actually wanted to stop singing. But he was persuaded by producer Giorgio Moroder to record Mendocino . The song made Michael Holm a popular hit star of the 1970s.
Mendocino was used as a movie song in High Fidelity . There is also a Serbo-Croatian version called Mendozino .
In 1975 Mike Krüger recorded a stupid version called Auf der Straße .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino. Hitparade.ch , accessed on October 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Michael Holm - Mendocino. Hitparade.ch , accessed on October 29, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Michael Holm - On the road to Mendocino. WDR 4 , August 3, 2008, archived from the original on May 25, 2014 ; Retrieved October 29, 2016 .
- Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 261 .
- ↑ Mike Krüger - International Hit Parade: 3rd place: Gerd Gonzbach with "On the Road". Hitparade.ch , accessed on October 29, 2016 .