WILLY DEVILLE Who Passed Away Today 15 Years Ago With MINK DEVILLE At Montreux Jazz Festival In 1994

One live track a day all summer long

6 August 2024

NYC’s musical legend WILLY DEVILLE, mastermind of fabulous band
Mink Deville (1974-1986), passed away 15 years ago today, on 6 August
2009, aged only 58. He died of pancreatic cancer discovered in the course
of a Hepatitis C treatment

His greatest hit is, without a shadow of a doubt, timeless classic SPANISH STROLL.
Watch, below, a sweaty live version at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland,
in 1982.

Hey, Rosita! Donde vas con mi carro Rosita?
Tu sabes que te quiero
Pero ti me quitas todo
Ya te robasta mi television y mi radio
Y ahora quiere llevarse mi carro
No me haga asi, rosita
Ven aqui
Ehi, estese aqui al lado rosita

MD: Story

One Live Track A Day Keeps The Doctor Away – MINK DEVILLE (1982)

Montreux, Switzerland – 1982

Hey Rosita! Donde vas con mi carro Rosita?
tu sabes que te quiero
pero ti me quitas todo
ya te robasta mi television y mi radio
y ahora quiere llevarse mi carro
no me haga asi, rosita
ven aqui
ehi, estese aqui al lado rosita
Spanish Stroll

MINK DEVILLE: Bio


From his 1977 debut LP  Cabretta

‘Spanish Stroll’ By MINK DEVILLE (1977)…

Top Singles from the past…

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Band: Mink DeVille
Led by the late great Willy DeVille
Single: Spanish Stroll
B-side: Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl
Released: 1977
AlbumCabretta – the band’s debut LP
Score: The single peaked at #20 in the UK

‘Hey Rosita! ¿Dónde vas con mi carro, Rosita? Tú sabes que te quiero, pero usted me quita todo’

Sweaty live version – Montreux 1982

MINK DEVILLE: Bio – Discography