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The Rattles | |
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![]() The Rattles performing at the Holsten Brauereifest in Hamburg in 2015 | |
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Also known as | The "In" Crowd |
Origin | Hamburg, Germany |
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Years active | 1960 | –present
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The Rattles are a German beat and rock band formed in Hamburg in 1960, best known for their 1970 psychedelic hit single "The Witch". [1]
The Rattles performed in Hamburg, and played at the same venues as The Beatles on several occasions in 1962. [1] In 1964, the group recorded "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah", which charted in the UK. In 1968, they recorded their first version of "The Witch", with vocals by Henner Hoier. [1] The band's records sold well in Germany throughout the 1960s. They were featured in the 1966 German film 'Hurra! Die Rattles Kommen!' ('Hurray! The Rattles Are Coming!'). [2]
Their second version of "The Witch" in 1970, this time with vocals by Edna Bejarano, was their only international hit. [1] It reached the Top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, the top 20 in Austria, and the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. It eventually sold over one million copies. [1]
Rosetta Stone released a gothic rock cover of "The Witch" in the 1990s. The Norwegian psychedelic hard rock band, Motorpsycho, covered the song during 1999 and 2000. [3] A recording of this song can be found on their bootleg Live Union Scene from 14 April 1999. [4]
(This was the basic mid 1960s line-up. [5] By the time of "The Witch", they had all left and successively been replaced by other musicians, with Edna Bejarano now being the lead singer.)
Year | Singles | A | GER | UK [6] | USA |
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1965 | "La La La" | - | 19 | - | - |
1965 | "(Stoppin') In Las Vegas" | - | 20 | - | - |
1966 | "Come on and Sing" | - | 11 | - | - |
1966 | "Love of My Life" | - | 16 | - | - |
1966 | "It Is Love" | - | 26 | - | - |
1967 | "Cauliflower" | - | 25 | - | - |
1968 | "After Tea" | - | 26 | - | - |
1969 | "Geraldine" | - | - | - | - |
1970 | "The Witch" | 20 | 4 | 8 | 79 |
1971 | "You Can't Have Sunshine Every Day" | - | 45 | - | - |
1971 | "Devil's on the Loose" | - | 38 | - | - |
1972 | "Money Making Machine" | - | - | - | - |
1988 | "Hot Wheels" | - | 47 | - | - |