after breaking in san francisco and chicago "sailor" made its "billboard" hot 100 debut at number seventy-six on the chart dated 24 october 1960 to rise to a hot 100 peak of number five in december 1960 becoming the first german-language song to rise to the us top ten, a feat repeated only in 1984 by the number two hit "99 luftballons" by nena and in 1986 by the number one hit "rock_me_amadeus" by falco_(musician). in the wake of lolita's success, her album "unvergessene melodien" was issued in america by kapp under the title "sailor, sailor and lolita's greatest hits", and a second single, "cowboy jimmy joe (die sterne der prarie)," was also released, though it failed to enter the hot 100.