60s Psychedelic Hit Song by Band that used a Japanese Girl to Sing Chorus

[GerryQ]

Trying to find out the name of a psychedelic band who had a hit with a song that used a Japanese girl to "sing" (she actually spoke the chorus in a soft whisper) part of it.

It was a huge hit. The band was of the pink floyd genre although it might not have been them.

Help with this much appreciated. We're talking from about 66 to 67, I think.

[mushroom25]

"Kites" by Simon Dupree & the Big Sound contained a passage spoken in an oriental language.
Could be that?

[GerryQ]

You're spot on, mushroom25. Many thanks for coming up with this. I've been racking my brains for ages tonight trying to remember it. Problem was in a Google search my query was too vague.

I listened to it on YouTube. Very old black and white footage.

[ericthemini]

The only song that I can think off is Kites by Simon Dupree

[GerryQ]

Thanks to both people who gave me the answer. It was exactly the song I had been thinking of. Anyway, i think it was a real classic and possibly one that, looking back, slipped through the net.