Mexico (instrumental)

"Mexico"
Single by Bob Moore & His Orchestra
from the album Mexico
A-side	"Mexico"
B-side	"Hot Spot"
Released	1961
Format	7" (45 rpm)
Recorded	1960
Genre	Pop, Country
Length	2:37
Label	Monument Records
Writer(s)	Boudleaux Bryant

"Mexico" is the title of a 1961 instrumental recording by American bassist, orchestra leader and Rockabilly Hall of Fame member Bob Moore. Moore was a noted session musician in the 1950s and 1960s who worked with Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Roy Orbison and Brenda Lee, among others. The song "Mexico" is credited to Bob Moore and His Orchestra, and it became the only single where Moore is listed as an artist to reach the Top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1961. The song peaked at #7 and spent ten weeks in the Top 40. Moreover, it reached number one on the Easy Listening chart, remaining at the top of this chart for one week in October 1961, and reached #22 on the R&B chart.^[1] Outside the U.S., "Mexico" was a number-one hit in both Australia and Germany, and it sold over two million records worldwide.^[2]

External links

• Single release info at discogs.com

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1961 (U.S.)
• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1960s
• Number-one hits of 1962 (Germany)

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
2. ^ Bob Moore biography at www.nashvillesound.net