"I found music to be the therapy of choice."----David Byrne
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ROBERTO DELGADO (HORST WENDE)
Horst Wende was a German bandleader, arranger and composer. He made easy-listening records under his own name as well as under the name Roberto Delgado. He was part of the wave of German-based easy listening artists who were popular in the 1960s and 1970s, along with Bert Kaempfert and James Last.
He served in the German army during World War II, but was captured by the British. During his captivity in a Danish POW camp, he met a guitarist named Ladi Geisler, with whom he soon formed a small combo. After the war, he led various combos (which usually included Geisler)in The Salambo Night Club from René Durand & The Tarantella Night Club near the famous Reeperbahn. Horst also played with British Service musicians and Big Bands like Edmundo Ros. Settling in Hamburg, he became part of the burgeoning music scene in the port city. Signed to the Polydor label in the 1950s, as a Composer, Producer & Musician he made accordion and dance band music under his own name. He also started with Middle & South America music recordings under the alias of Roberto Delgado & Piano albums as Mister Pepper. The Delgado albums became popular in Europe, and then found an audience in the UK, Japan and North America as Polydor opened up several international subsidiaries. It's interesting to note that Wende recorded his albums using the same group of studio musicians who recorded for Kaempfert and Last; in fact, guitarist Ladi Geisler also provided the distinct knack-bass guitar to the Kaempfert sound.
The Delgado recordings were initially Latin-oriented, but they eventually covered a number of different musical genres including African, Italian, Jewish, Oriental, Russian, Greek and Jamaican music as well as Broadway musicals and current pop hits. It could be argued that Wende/Delgado helped to pioneer world music. He managed to break into the German singles market with his version of "Mexico" in 1962. He also arranged music for other German artists such as German folk/pop singer Knut Kiesewetter. Horst made several albums with great international singers like, Conny Froboes, Wencke Myhre, Katja Ebstein, Daliah Lavi, Freddy Quinn.
Like most of his pop orchestral contemporaries, Wende's popularity had faded by the 1980s, and he gradually retired from playing music professionally. In recent years, his music has become popular again, and some of his recordings have been reissued on CD.
MARIA NO MAS
Spanish language single released in 1963 by Cliff Richard. Composers are Carlos Lyra and Manuel Salina. Released on the Columbia label.
MHO
There probably aren't many latin sounding songs that have not been recorded by Roberto Delgado and His Orchestra. Cliff Richard's "Maria no mas" is played in the typical Delgado style with the trumpet(s) and vibraphone leading the way ....
I've always liked this particular song and though it's not exuberant or "flashy" in any way, it has a gentle kind of mood enhancing effect.
Enjoy !
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