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During the 1970s, Julius and his wife, Cissy, collaborated on film scores and musicals. One last reunion took place in the 1980s which lasted a couple of years and produced an album called Naturally in 1982. It featured Julius Wechter on marimba and three band alumni, Bernie Fleischer on reeds, guitarist Charlie Chiarenza and trombonist Dave Wells.
The song "Spanish Flea", composed by Alpert's friend and fellow mariachi band leader Julius Wechter, was one of several Brass tunes heard regularly on The Dating Game. The album was released in many formats, such as vinyl, 8-track, cassette, open reel and eventually CD.
Julius Wechter was a percussionist in Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, most notably on marimba. "Spanish Flea" was one of several songs he wrote for the group. It was released as an instrumental on the B-side to the single "What Now My Love" from their 1965 album Going Places.
The spring and summer of 1966 was the high water mark of the band's album sales. For the week ending May 21, 1966, What Now My Love, at No. 2, was one of five Tijuana Brass albums listed in the top 20 of Billboard Magazine’s chart of Top LP’s.
Julius Wechter (May 10, 1935 – February 1, 1999) was an American musician and composer who played the marimba and vibraphone. He also played various percussion instruments. He also played various percussion instruments.
Some album covers prove controversial due to their titles alone. When the Sex Pistols released Never Mind The Bollocks…in 1977, a record shop owner in Nottingham named Chris Searle was arrested ...
[3] [4] "The Nicest Things Happen" was written by Tijuana Brass member Julius Wechter and his wife Cissy. [1] Cover versions of contemporary and recent hits found on the album include the Beatles' "Martha My Dear", Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind", the Beach Boys' "Darlin'" and Little Anthony & the Imperials' "Hurt So Bad". [1]
The latter song's arrangement, provided by marimbist Julius Wechter, is near identical to one used by Wechter's Baja Marimba Band several years earlier, on their 1965 album For Animals Only. The songs's title literally means "The Little Mornings;" the song is traditionally sung on the morning of one's birthday celebration, or the day of a ...