They’re coming thick and fast.

Raul Malo of US band The Mavericks died earlier this month, but his obituary was only in the Guardian last week.

I featured their biggest UK hit, the joyous Dance the Night Away (a no 4 in 1998,) here.

This one (ther second biggest) reached no 27 later that year.

The Mavericks: I’ve Got This Feeling

Raul Francisco Martínez-Malo: 7/8/1965 – December 8/12/2025. So it goes.

This song had an old-fashioned feel even in 1998 when it was a big hit in the UK but it has such a good Latin-tinged upbeat swing to it you can’t help but be drawn in.

And, rather than fading out, it actually ends. What more could you ask?

The Mavericks: Dance the Night Away