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Los Bravos were a Spanish beat group, formed in 1965 and based in Madrid. Their single "Black Is Black" reached No. 2 in the United Kingdom in July 1966 and No. 4 in the United States (the first Spanish group to do so), selling over a million recor

The band was an amalgamation of two pop groups, Los Sonor from Madrid and The Runaways from Mallorca. Los Bravos' lead singer, Mike Kogel, was from Germany. His vocal styling was sometimes likened to Gene Pitney's.

"Black is Black" reached no. 2 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1966,  no. 4 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and sold over one million copies worldwide.  The track was written by Tony Hayes and Steve Wadey, in their recording studio for cutting demo discs in Hoo St Werburgh, near Rochester, Kent, England.

The song was later covered by Johnny Hallyday and the French-based outfit Belle Epoque, and in 1977 their disco version of the song coincidentally also reached No. 2 in the UK.


Los Bravos' follow-up single, "I Don't Care", reached no. 16 in the UK in October 1966.  In 1967, the band participated in the San Remo Music Festival, failing to qualify for the final with the song "Uno come noi" in Italian.

The band were the subjects of two Spanish comedic movies: in 1967 Los chicos con las chicas (The Boys With the Girls), directed by Javier Aguirre and in 1968, ¡Dame un poco de amooor...! (Give Me a Little Looove!), directed by José María Forqué and Francisco Macián.

Their song "Going Nowhere" from the soundtrack to Los chicos con las chicas was re-issued as a part of the Rhino Records series, Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969.

One of Los Bravos' founding members, Manuel Fernández, committed suicide on 20 May 1967, at the age of 23,  after the death of his bride, Lottie Rey, in an auto accident.
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Black Is Black" is a song by rock band Los Bravos, released in 1966 as the group's debut single for Decca Records.

Produced by Ivor Raymonde, the song reached number two in the UK,  number four in the U.S., and number one in Canada.  With the song's success, Los Bravos became the first Spanish rock band to have an international hit single.

A dance remix of the song was released as a single in 1986.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkwmSzPdVnY

A song request and a remake of this great song
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I place this song here i think this is the right place for the song

great song 3 famed songs in one and a great song style

klik on the link below for a demo of the song i not have the right song on  youtube so i make a little demo of the song

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19k4vB-odKKL5xziEoZAGHG2U9wB4ndWL/view?usp=sharing
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