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Caramba was a
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novelty music group. They released one self-titled album in 1981, with the single "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" peaking at number 1 in Sweden. The album is chiefly notable due to the entire album being recorded in nonsense language. The songs are made to sound like certain styles of music by imitating the
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structure of languages from the appropriate regions. The album was produced by Michael B. Tretow, who is primarily famous for engineering
ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group ...
's records, and featured vocals by another
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artist,
Ted Gärdestad Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad (; 18 February 195622 June 1997) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and actor known internationally as Ted. Gärdestad began his acting career in 1966 and began playing music in 1971, signing with Polar Music. As ...
. A number of other noted Swedish musicians and singers were rumoured to have taken part in the Caramba recordings, but Tretow confirmed in an interview in 2015 that he and Gärdestad were the primary artists. Roger Palm, the drummer for ABBA, played drums on "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" and , a Swedish comedian known for his prank calls, was involved on the track "Ahllo", according to Tretow. The track "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" has been re-issued as part of Michael B. Tretow's 1999 album ''Greatest Hits'', the Ted Gärdestad four-CD box set ''Solregn'' in 2001, and a number of other compilations of 1980s hits and Swedish novelty recordings, and the ''Caramba'' album was released on CD in 2011. The specific phrase "Hubba Hubba Zoot" seems to have a precedent going back at least to the mid-1940s, as heard in the 1946 Spike Jones recording "Hawaiian War Chant" at about 1 minutes 45 seconds.


Members of the group

The artists of Caramba all used pseudonyms. This is how they were credited on the album sleeve: * Carlos Ih Lura, ahllo * Zoltan Zull, violotta * Dr. Fritz Höfner, baribasso * Tudor Ludor, batterie * Abdullah Presley, tomba * Zingo Allah, prutto * Ihto Amin, paahuve * Gaston El Ton Yon, pianissimo * King Nam, a nam * Clapton Combo, gitaronimo * King Kong, tango * Hazze Kamikaze, teknico del son * Giorgio Martini, producto


Production

* Recordeli pour Studio Garage De Garbage * Picturella par Bengto Hoo * Coloretta par cartong: Torsk Prod


Track listing

Blaztah 1 (Side 1) #"Ali Baba" – 3:51 #"Spottnjik" – 3:51 #"Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" – 3:23 #"Eine Feine" – 3:43 #"Fido" – 3:47 Blaztah A (Side A) #"Aitho" – 3:28 #"Anna Kapoe" – 4:17 #"Donna Maya" – 3:07 #"Ahllo" – 2:42 #"Carhumba" – 3:37


Influences on culture

The "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" track was parodied in the UK on a Quakers Harvest Crunch cereal ad, with the tag line of Hubba Hubba Yum Yum. The track "Fido" was slightly reworked by Caramba, named "Fedora" and used in an advertising campaign for
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throughout the early 1980s. This version was released as a single on the "Billco" label (BILL 101) in 1983 titled "Fedora (I'll be your dawg)" – Caramba (B side "Ralph and Rolph")


See also

*
ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group ...
* Michael B. Tretow *
Ted Gärdestad Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad (; 18 February 195622 June 1997) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and actor known internationally as Ted. Gärdestad began his acting career in 1966 and began playing music in 1971, signing with Polar Music. As ...


References

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External links


Caramba
Caramba at Discogs {{Authority control Swedish musical groups 1981 debut albums Novelty albums