Jeronimo (band)
JERONIMO was founded in 1969 and in '69/'70 they had their first two hits "HE YA" and "NA NA HEY HEY". With these two chartbreakers, JERONIMO climbed to the number 1 position in almost all European countries.
In 1970 JERONIMO and "STEPPENWOLF" toured successfully through Germany and in the same year JERONIMO partook in the legendary "Progressive Pop Festival" in Cologne. Following that, JERONIMO shared the headlines with such groups as "DEEP PURPLE" and "GOLDEN EARRING" at various European open-air festivals.
They represented Germany in the Barbarela de Conjuntos 70 contest held at the Barbarela Discotheque in Mallorca, June 9 and 11 1970, but were disqualified for running overtime.[1]
In 1971, JERONIMO'S biggest stage-performance was in Lausanne for "UNICEF" and was televised worldwide.JERONIMO could be seen in numerous European television shows and in Germany they were on "HITS A GOGO", "BEATCLUB" and "BANANAS". In 1970, JERONIMO, together with CREEDENCE CLEARWATER, presented the album "SPIRIT ORGASZMUS", which was a success throughout all of Europe. After 30 years and millions of records sold worldwide, JERONIMO is still cult. In 1999/2000, their hits "NA NA HEY HEY" and “HE YA" were re-released on numerous hit-compilations. The CD's "COSMIC BLUES", "TIME RIDE" and "BEST OF" have been available in record stores since 1991.
After numerous negotiations with "the purple record-company" in Frankfurt, Ringo Funk successfully acquired the rights to all of JERONIMO'S songs in November of 2000. In the spring of 2002, 4 new CD's "JERONIMO", "COSMIC BLUES", "TIME RIDE" and "BEST OF" will be released, which have been digitally mastered from the original recordings. There will be a bonus track on each of the CD's (partially with previously unreleased material). [2]