Recently, French record chart specialist Eric Stéphane (who updates regularly http://artisteschartsventes.blogspot.com/, a blog including the charts from many countries) sent me a nice email to inform that he made a nice discovery. He found out that Luv's classic hit "Trojan Horse" (entitled "Caballo de Troya" in Spanish) peaked at #9 on the Argentinian singles chart with data provided by El Centro Cultural Del Disco in 1979. Luv' shared Argentina's hit parade with Chiquitita by ABBA, Tragedy by Bee Gees, Do You Think I'm Sexy by Rod Stewart and I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. It means that the Luv' ladies were a one-hit-wonder in the country of tango.
Argentinian Top 10 (1979)
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Trojan Horse (Caballo de Troya) was released by the Argentinian subsidiary of Philips/Phonogram records in the land of gauchos. Click here and here for details about this release.
Argentinian edition of Caballo de Troya (Trojan Horse) by Luv' - Photo edited by Co Rnz
When Caballo de Troya entered the Argentinian singles chart, Jorge Zorreguieta, father of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. served as Secretary of Agriculture in the regime of General Jorge Rafael Videla, member of a military junta and dictator of Argentina. At the time, Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo) were gathering every Thursday, in front of the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires to demand justice for those who "disappeared" during the military dictatorship. Meanwhile, Diego Maradona was a promising football player.
One year before, in 1978, the FIFA World Cup Final was played between Argentina and the Netherlands. It was won by the Argentine squad in extra time by a score of 3–1.
Moreover, during the presence of Luv's Trojan Horse in Argentina, the Evita musical (based on Eva Perón's life and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) was a triumph in London's West End. At the same time, another production of the show was about to open on Broadway. Everybody remembers the main song from Evita: Don't Cry For Me Argentina.
Source: Eric Stéphane (artisteschartsventes.blogspot.com), 45cat.com, discogs.com
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