[Fiji Hill]

OK, who were the others at the time, I can never find them through the useless Google? Caterina Valente, Hildegarde Knef (she was an actress, no?) Lolita, Adamo?

I like 'em all.

I prefer Heidi Brühl's version of 100 Mann und ein Befehl to Freddy's--I didn't know of it until Youtube caame along. I also love her 1966 hairdo.

I also like the Dik Diks' version of Sognando la California (California Dreaming).

Il Silenzio by Nino Rosso was a monster hit in Europe in 1965 but did nothing in the US. In fact, I never heard it again after 1965 until I found it on an Internet site in 2000.

And don't forget this one:
Ich Sitze im Schlauchboot (I'm sitting in a dinghy)--Fausti (1969)

[Revolting cat!]

Great recordings, thanks. And then there was one I forgot, the Czech Elvis, somehow allowed by the Reds to travel to West Germany and record there:

Rot Und Schwartz -- Karel Gott.