(Herbert Hildebrandt-Winhauer)
Australia
#16 Sydney #12 Melbourne
Melbourne country-pop band Jigsaw was formed in 1968 with foundation members who had been in The Tamlas, The Fabulous Blue Jays and The Phantoms.
Jigsaw also worked with Johnny Chester and were heard on many of his hits in the 1970s. See, for example, Shame And Scandal (In The Family) (1972).
Jigsaw’s biggest hit was Yellow River (1970, #5 Australia: ♫ Listen at YouTube). It charted along with a local version by Autumn (#20 Australia) and the #1 UK version by its composer (Jeff) Christie (#16 Australia). See also at least 55 cover versions or adaptations listed at Cover.info.
See also Jigsaw – How Do You Do (1972).
Not to be confused with British band Jigsaw (Sky High, 1975) whose releases in Australia were issued under the name British Jigsaw to avoid confusion.
Reference: Ian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of Australian Rock & Pop (1999), p. 327 [digitised at Internet Archive]
(Herbert Hildebrandt-Winhauer)
Germany
Original version
#1 Germany #1 Austria #1 Belgium (Flemish) #4 Belgium (Walloon) #1 Switzerland
Single on Philips, also released in USA on Buddah.
The Soulful Dynamics were from Liberia: their motto was lustige Popsongs vom schwarzen Kontinent (goodtime pop songs from the Black Continent). They had removed to Hamburg shortly before this was recorded.
The writer is Herbert Hildebrandt-Winhauer (b. 1943), bassist with 1960s German beat group The Rattles, also a singer and producer. His name is often seen as simply Herbert Hildebrandt, for example at the Rattles website.
Mademoiselle Ninette is a much-recorded song. There are versions by Hajo, Henner, Michael Holm, Hep Stars, and that’s just the Hs! Die Travellers, Polaris, Rondo Classico, Sam Gooris …
Further reading:
1. Mademoiselle Ninette at German Wikipedia (Google translation)
2. List of versions at Coverinfo.de.
3. Mademoiselle Ninette page at hitparade.ch, shows chart positions for European countries.
4. Herbert Hildebrandt page at the Rattles website.
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