Les Humphries Singers - Mexico (1972)_HQ

The Les Humphries Singers was a musical group formed in Hamburg, Germany by Englishman Les Humphries in the year 1970. The group consisted of a large number of singers of diverse ethnic origin, some of whom such as John Lawton also performed with other groups.
The Les Humphries Singers at the time brought something from the flair of the hippie movement into the hit world.

Les Humphries performed a mix of popular music and gospel covers and had success in Europe with this approach. Two of their earliest and best known hits were "Mama Loo" (1973), and "Mexico" (1972) which was based on the 1960 Johnny Horton country hit "The Battle of New Orleans".

Additional members included Liz Mitchell, later front woman with Boney M, and John Lawton, who also sang for the German progressive/hard rock band Lucifer's Friend and would go on to be the frontman for Uriah Heep.

The Les Humphries Singers dissolved at the end of the 1970s.

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[AnjaCologne1]

Mann das war noch Musik....und nicht so ein Retortenmist á la Bohlen!

[Paule2030]

einfach nur geil

[ESCTorsten]

Das geilste Lied der LHS!!!!

Ausgerechnet "Mama Loo" schaffte es auf die 1 in Deutschland, während "Mexico" und "Kansas City" nur auf der 2 waren, die besser sind al "Mama Loo"

[agnes gordon]

oh nostalgie!!!

[patrick12121000]

der asiate mit dem afro ist ja mal richtig geil :-D

[firenza74]

blimey

[idanFR]

beautiful song and Jürgen Drevs is good looking.

[ncshuriken]

Thats apparently my great grandad in the crazy stripy trousers. The black guy. Makes sense cos he has the same facial bone structure lol. Musical heritage, I love it. Pretty much everyone on my dads side of the family had something to do with music! Long live the music!

[psolymos]

the guy at 1:00 didn't quite get the rhythm :-))

[musikus48]

Ich find's wahnsinnig schade, dass es die Les Humphris nicht mehr gibt. Diese Musik war einfach super.

[kagesis]

Long live my parents' record collection..... :) Super song, love it, still !!

[xxx777x99y]

Alles drogensüchtiges Verbrecherpack!

Der "Boss" vom Ganzen saß ja auch wegen Steuerhinterziehung im Knast ;-)