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Was asked whether there have ever been any major records on the scene sung completely in non - English vocals ?

Not tunes with just a few chants of foreign words in them such as Soul Sauce or Danse A La Musique or El Watusi , but chorus and verse completely in foreign language ?

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Several of the Motown acts recorded their hits in foreign languages but it's hard to think of any strictly northerm/modern records in a foreign language.

Rocky Roberts may have recorded Just Because of You in Italian, Stasera Mi Butto or something like that , but I take it no northern DJ back in the day would have attempted playing the Italian language version , would they ?!!!

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French chanteuse Sylvie Vartan sings "Ne l'imite pas" aka "Monkey Time"

In the 60's a lot of French singers did covers of US hits (Motown, Stax, etc...), one of the most famous being Claude François, who loved his Motown :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq7ATHBsyXU

But I prefer by far the Velvelettes singing in French ! :yes:

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thats so shite its unbelievable.

:ohmy::D ...that got me into northern soul.... just kidding.... there are a few good german motown sides by the supremes and so on... :thumbsup:

I do have a few lps from peru/venezuela with major soul hits like um um um in spanish with a nice latin feel to it !!

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Was asked whether there have ever been any major records on the scene sung completely in non - English vocals ?

Not tunes with just a few chants of foreign words in them such as Soul Sauce or Danse A La Musique or El Watusi , but chorus and verse completely in foreign language ?

Remember getting in a taxi in Milan @ 2003 and hearing a record on the radio which was full on northern

Pretty sure it was pella negro or something along those lines

Nice tune

John

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John, is it that one ?

If so it's Nino Ferrer,a French singer, one of the best in the genre (Soul/R&B).

Yes that's the one - always wondered what it was.

Many thanks Phillppe

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Was asked whether there have ever been any major records on the scene sung completely in non - English vocals ? Not tunes with just a few chants of foreign words in them such as Soul Sauce or Danse A La Musique or El Watusi , but chorus and verse completely in foreign language ?

Sylvie Vartan - De Ma Vie..................................Rescue me.................

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