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1966 songs

In this catagory there's no information yet about the then hit song "Oh oh What A Kiss" by Will Andy.

Also the singer is not mentioned in catagory "American pop singers"

This is the song: [1]

It's very hard to find info elsewhere. But because it supposingly concerns an American song and singer, pop music insiders there probably know (where to find) more about this subject.

Thanks in advance.

VKing (talk) 02:46, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Now what; through You Tube this could be found: [2];

It's another name, but the song sounds exactly the same; and it seems to be of German origine.

VKing (talk) 03:20, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And then this: de:Johnny Fischer;

Which raises the question whether song and singer are or have ever been known at all in the US or in GB.

VKing (talk) 03:42, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a set of English words set to the tune of "The Loveliest Night of the Year" to me. As a GB 60s pop fan I've never heard it, and I reckon it was probably only a hit in Germany. --TammyMoet (talk) 09:55, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The only thing I can find (so far) is Billboard listing it in the Dutch charts around September 1966 as a new entry at #8 - I phrased that vaguely as I am not sure of the lag in publishing. (link here. I'll keep looking to see if I can find more. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 22:07, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[3] This listing for the best selling singles from 65-89 in Holland gives his nationality as Belgian, and I am seeing snippets suggesting he charted in Belgium (and Norway and Germany). But I can find nothing substative from English language sources, so I'm inclined to think that he was a Continental European phenomenon.FlowerpotmaN·(t) 22:23, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oddly enough, I didn't see this in previous searches, but there is an entry on rateyourmusic.com here that also says he was Belgian and gives a discography. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 22:29, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See also discogs - song & discography --Tagishsimon (talk) 22:33, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Before I rush to the doctor to have him check my Google-Fu, as I can't believe I missed Discogs :), apparently the song was also released (at any rate) in Australia link FlowerpotmaN·(t) 22:40, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I (Central European) actually do remember the song. What I don´t know is if the my memory recollects the Will Andy, Andy Williams versions (I have no idea if these two are identical), the version by an obscure (?, sorry) Austrian Jazz musician named Johnny Fischer (referenced above) or even the Maria Lanza version from 1951.

In the latter case, I would be somewhat amazed if I remembered irrelevant soundbites stored at an age of 5 but I seem to recollect infantile images which seem to have had no significance then and puzzle me now at an advanced Biblical age. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 19:59, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't recall Andy Williams doing the tune, but here it is in a cartoon, just after the 2:30 mark.[4] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:24, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Very interesting. Since this song has been in the top ten of at least four countries, among which English speaking Australia, it looks like being worth while to make a (small) new article about it in this WP-edition. Next it can be added to catagories like 1966 hit singles, Austrian male singers and who knows what other ones, so that from now on it's relatively easy to find some elementary info about this number and its singer. Also it might be mentioned under Trivia in the article about "The Loveliest Night of the Year". VKing (talk) 12:34, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, my late father (1919-1994) used to sing this song. His other favourites were "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" and "Over the Rainbow", so you can tell he was not influenced by whatever was going on in the '60s, musically speaking. I imagine it became popular after the release of The Great Caruso in 1951 - not that my father had the slightest knowledge of or interest in opera. I doubt he ever saw that movie, but various Mario Lanza hits were regular radio fodder for decades. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:29, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]