Ra-Ta-Ta (Chris Juwens song)
Song
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"Ra-Ta-Ta", or "Ra Ta-Ta-Ta" is a 1970 German song written by Hamburg pianist Chris Juwens (real name Uwe Stelzmann; 1946-1998) and Christian Heilburg (real name Gregor Rottschalk, 01/12/1945). Gunter Gabriel of CBS Records Germany heard the song's catchy potential right away, but his boss dissuaded him.[1] Nevertheless, the song swept across Europe with singles in many other European languages. The first single release was the English version by German band Rotation in June 1970.[2] In the US, it was promoted there as a result of the top 10 success of singer Antoine's French version in Paris.[3][4]
Versions
- "Ra Ta Ta", German studio band Rotation, with English lyrics by Gregor Rottschalk (1970)
- "Ra-Ta-Ta", Antoine; Juwens, Heilburg, French lyrics by Similie, Delancray (1970)
- "Ra Ta-Ta-Ta", da:The Lollipops; Danish lyrics (1970)
- "Ra-Ta-Ta", James Last Orchestra; instrumental (1970)
- "Ra Ta Ta", Klaas & Peter (nl:Klaas Leyen, nl:Peter Schoonhoven) in Dutch (1970)
- "Ra Ta Ta Ta Ta", de:Andy Fisher; Juwens, German lyrics by C. Heilburg (1970)
- "Ra-Ta-Ta", Gregor Rottschalk; Germany (1970)
- "Ra-ta-ta", Globetrotters; Germany
- "Ra-Ta-Ta", Los Javaloyas; C. Juwens, C. Heilburg, Spanish lyrics by M. Clavero (1971)
- "Ra-Ta-Ta", Fredi; Chris Juwens, Finnish lyrics by Georg Dolivo (1971)
- "Ra-Ta-Ta-Ta", da:Johnny Reimar; Juwens, Heilburg, Danish lyrics by Viggo Happel (1971)
- "Ra-Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta", Dizzie Tunes, Norwegian lyrics by Yngvar Numme (1971)
- "Ra-Ta-Ta", Scotch Mist (Pilot) (1974)
