Spanish outfit with a German singer whose single "Black Is Black" charted worldwide (# 2 in Britain, #. 4 in the United States).
Lead singer Mike Kogel's overwrought, pinched vocals sounded so much like Gene Pitney that many listeners assumed that "Black Is Black" was a Pitney single, and the strong resemblance remained intact throughout Los Bravos' career, both in the singing and arrangements. Indeed, with their brassy pop/rock songs and production, which sounded about halfway between New York mid-'60s pop-soul and Jay & the Americans, Los Bravos sounded far more like a mainstream American pop/rock group than a Spanish or British one.(Richie Unterberger in AllMusic)
Tthey covered a couple of Vanda & Young (Easybeats) compositions, including Bring A Little Lovin' and You Got Until the Morning (which is not, by the way, Come In You'll Get Pneumonia under aniother moniker).
Interesting. File under: Big on the Continenrt (and elsewhere)
Discography: Albums
In the music library: Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond: Going Nowhere
Links: Wikipedia Official web site (Biography) Fan web site (Spanish) AllMusic Discogs Way Back Attack