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Bimbo Jet was a French euro disco group led by Claude Morgan (born November 1, 1947) and Laurent Rossi (22 May 1948 – 20 August 2015), that gained international fame during the summers of 1974 and 1975 with the song "El Bimbo" (Italian for "Baby", see Bimbo). The group had another hit in mid-1975, particularly in France, with "La Balanga."[citation needed]
Laurent Rossi died of a heart attack on 20 August 2015, at age 67. He was the son of singer Tino Rossi.
"El Bimbo" was released in France in June 1974 on the Pathé-Marconi record label, and in the UK in August 1975. The track went to #1 in France and #12 in the UK Singles Chart. It sold 1.3 million copies in France alone, and throughout the world over three million discs. As well as in France, the tune topped charts in Spain, Italy, Denmark, Turkey. and Lebanon. In Argentina, it was No. 2, and was a chart hit in Belgium, Switzerland, Mexico, and the United States. The record reached No. 1 in the Billboard Disco Singles, #5 on the Disco File Top 20 chart, and #43 in the Hot 100 charts in the U.S. In Canada, the song reached No. 77 in the Top Singles chart, and #31 in the Pop Music Playlist.
The song, in a tango arrangement, appeared in four of the seven Police Academy films starting from the first film up until Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol as the tango song in the Blue Oyster Bar scenes.
The song "El Bimbo" is used as a theme song for a 1977 Soviet-made anti-war short film named "Polygon" directed by Anatoly Petrov and written by Sever Gansovsky. The lyrics for "El Bimbo" were written by Hal Shaper.
Bimbo Jet
Bimbo Jet was a French euro disco group led by Claude Morgan (born November 1, 1947) and Laurent Rossi (22 May 1948 – 20 August 2015), that gained international fame during the summers of 1974 and 1975 with the song "El Bimbo" (Italian for "Baby", see Bimbo). The group had another hit in mid-1975, particularly in France, with "La Balanga."[citation needed]
Laurent Rossi died of a heart attack on 20 August 2015, at age 67. He was the son of singer Tino Rossi.
"El Bimbo" was released in France in June 1974 on the Pathé-Marconi record label, and in the UK in August 1975. The track went to #1 in France and #12 in the UK Singles Chart. It sold 1.3 million copies in France alone, and throughout the world over three million discs. As well as in France, the tune topped charts in Spain, Italy, Denmark, Turkey. and Lebanon. In Argentina, it was No. 2, and was a chart hit in Belgium, Switzerland, Mexico, and the United States. The record reached No. 1 in the Billboard Disco Singles, #5 on the Disco File Top 20 chart, and #43 in the Hot 100 charts in the U.S. In Canada, the song reached No. 77 in the Top Singles chart, and #31 in the Pop Music Playlist.
The song, in a tango arrangement, appeared in four of the seven Police Academy films starting from the first film up until Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol as the tango song in the Blue Oyster Bar scenes.
The song "El Bimbo" is used as a theme song for a 1977 Soviet-made anti-war short film named "Polygon" directed by Anatoly Petrov and written by Sever Gansovsky. The lyrics for "El Bimbo" were written by Hal Shaper.