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    Spotnicks in London, Out-a Space (1962) The Spotnicks on the Air (EP) (1962) The Spotnicks in Paris, Dansons avec les Spotnicks (1963) The Spotnicks in...
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    space suits on stage. They recorded their first album, The Spotnicks in London, Out-a Space, in 1962. Further hits included "Rocket Man" (based on the Soviet/Russian...
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  • released on their first album, The Spotnicks in London – Out-a-Space!. In 1962 the Spotnicks recording entered the British Top 30. Charlie Daniels's 1974...
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    which included a successful relationship with the Spotnicks, and several more while living in Mexico, he left the music business to pursue a variety of entrepreneurial...
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  • the Spotnicks. He was replaced by Lasse Svensson. After signing with Parlophone, Platina decided to issue several songs from Extra Extra as singles in order...
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    used a wire coat hanger and a radio microphone to fashion a headset microphone; it was the first use by a rock performer since the Spotnicks used a rudimentary...
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  • such as "Apache" and "Kon-Tiki", while Swedish surf group the Spotnicks saw success in both Sweden and Britain. Surf music achieved its greatest commercial...
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  • Visitors was released in November 1981. Feeling that the energy was running out of the group, they decided to take a break in 1982. Fältskog and Lyngstad...
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  • bankruptcy, though without plans to close. Bo Winberg, former drummer of The Spotnicks, died on January 3, 2020, at the age of 80. Neil Peart, drummer of Rush...
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