Santa Esmeralda

Santa Esmeralda was a mainly during the disco era of the 1970s globally successful studio project of the French composer and producer Nicolas Skorsky and Jean -Manuel de Scarano with changing studio musicians and singers.

Achievements

For their first and most successful production in 1977 Do not Let Me Be Misunderstood, together with the subsequent eponymous LP, they hired a native of Massachusetts / USA singer and saxophonist Leroy Gomez ( also Leroy Gómez ), as well as after a European tour with the Tavares Studio recordings had stayed at Elton John's 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in Paris.

With stomping flamenco rhythm, played by José SOUC Spanish guitar and a driving brass section, they transformed the rather worn, early psychedelic Animals classic into a powerful, dazzling dance anthem not only for Europe's dance halls. On the LP take Do not Let Me Be Misunderstood Esmeralda Suite and associated with approximately 15 minutes in length, the entire first side. On page 2, there are three tracks, including a cover version of Van Morrison's Gloria and the lyrics written by Gomez ballad You're My Everything.

The published as Santa Esmeralda starring Leroy Gomez Love was able to place in the charts worldwide. In Germany (8 weeks) and Austria (4 weeks) it reached number 1 in Switzerland Rank 4 in the U.S., number 15, and in Canada they came to number 10 on the Philips / Puma released, eponymous album assigned must be for 8 weeks, the first place in Germany and was awarded double platinum, which corresponded to a sale of at least 500,000 recordings at that time.

At the end of 1977 published disco version of The House of the Rising Sun, also a classic of Animals from the 1960s, Jimmy Goings had taken over the lead vocals. The single could not repeat the success of Do not Let Me Be Misunderstood, and arrived in Germany only on place 27 Nevertheless, published the producer team Skorsky / de Scarano with Goings as lead singer until the early 1980s was still some good in parts discussed albums like Another Cha -Cha 1979, on which only his own compositions are first included. In 1978 she participated for the soundtrack of the movie Thank God It 's Friday ( German title: Thank God it's Friday ) the song Sevilla Nights on.

In Germany, the rhythm section of Do not Let Me Be Misunderstood end of the 70 was used until the mid- 80s in the ARD sports show as a jingle and background music for the " Goal of the Month ". Quentin Tarantino used the song in his film Kill Bill as background music for a key scene, a sword battle between the Bride ( Uma Thurman ) and O- Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu ) and thus helped him in 2003 to renewed popularity.

Discography LPs

  • Do not Let Me Be Misunderstood - 1977 (aka Santa Esmeralda starring Leroy Gomez)
  • The House of the Rising Sun - 1977 (aka Santa Esmeralda II starring Jimmy Goings )
  • Beauty - 1978
  • Another Cha -Cha - 1979
  • C'est magnifique - 1980 (aka Do not Be Shy Tonight)
  • Hush - 1981
  • Green Talisman - 1982
  • Do not let me be misunderstood - 1986 (new original version)
France Singing Leroy Gómez Tavares (group) Wind instrument
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