Spanish beat group, who formed in 1965, and were based in Madrid, Spain. They were an amalgamation of two pop groups, Los Sonor and The Runaways. In the 1960s they were most famous for their single "Black is Black". It reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1966 [1], and #4 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. World wide sales of the song were over one million copies.
The track was written by Tony Hayes and Steve Wadey, from the village of Hoo St Werburgh, near Rochester, Kent, England, where the duo had their own recording studio for cutting demo discs.[2] Los Bravos' lead singer, Mike Kogel, was from Germany. His vocal styling was similar to Gene Pitney's. Their follow-up single, "I Don't Care", reached #16 in the UK in October 1966.
Los Bravos were the first Spanish group to reach a high position in the UK chart.
They were the subject of two comedic Spanish language motion pictures, in 1967 "Los Chicos Con las Chicas" ( Directed by Javier Aguirre) and in 1968, "¡Dame un poco de amooor...!" (Directed by José María Forqué & Francisco Macián)
The 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 & Beyond .
Founding member, Manuel Fernandez, committed suicide on 20 May 1967, at the age of 23.
The song "Black is Black" was later covered by the French based outfit, Belle Epoque. In 1977 their disco version of the song coincidentally also reached #2 in the UK. [Wikipedia]
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