Made in Holland - The Dutch Music Thread (discussion about Dutch songs)

I have a list of artists from Holland which had songs in the Hot 100 or were born in Holland but had success in the U.S.A.:
AFROJACK (Nick Van De Wall)
ALBERTI, Willy (Carel Verbrugge)
ALICE DEEJAY (Techno-dance group)
AMBER (Marie-Claire Cremers)
BAKER, George, Selection
BROOD, Herman
CHAMPAGNE (Pop vocal group)
CURTIE AND THE BOOMBOX (Female vocal group)
DIESEL (Rock band)
DULFER, Candy (with DAVID A. STEWART and her own album in the U.S. albums charts)
FOCUS (Progressive-rock band)
GODDESS (Female dance singer)
GOLDEN EARRING
The GOODMEN (Electronic duo)
HEINTJE
I TO I (Dance trio)
KAYAK (Rock band)
MAI TAI (Female dance trio)
MOUTH & MACNEAL
The SHOCKING BLUE
SPIN (Instrumental pop-jazz-rock session band)
The TEE SET
2 UNLIMITED (Techno-house dance duo)
URBAN DANCE SQUAD (Rap-dance group)
VANDENBERG (Rock group of Adrian Vandenberg)
Van Halen brothers
WERNER, Max (Lead singer of Kayak)
XYMOX (Techno-rock/dance trio)

 

Lois Lane - It's the First Time

 

Herman Brood & Henny Vrienten - Als je wint

 

The list is not complete because I have searched in my sources only for "Holland" and "Netherlands" but not for "Dutch". So here ist the rest:
BAND OF GOLD (Session vocalists and musicians)
HANSIE (Rock band led by female singer Johanna "Hansie" Ravenstein)
L.A. STYLE (Techno-rave creation of producer/musician Denzil Slemming)
STARS ON 45 (Almost everybody knows these session vocalists and musicians)

From the U.S. R&B charts but not in the Hot 100:
LABYRINTH Featuring Julie Loco (Studio group)
The LIMIT (White dance duo)

From the U.S. Country charts but not in the Hot 100:
SASKIA & SERGE (Husband-and-wife duo)

I have selected the Hot 100 artists from this charts and the "Bubbling Under charts"

 

In the '70s and with the able assistance of 102.1FM cfny the spirit of radio
in beautiful downtown Brampton ON, I was made aware of :

"Saturday Night" - Herman Brood & His Wild Romance and ....

 

"Dreamin'" - Gruppo Sportivo.

 

This track develops from an easy strolling ensemble into a great big rocking orchestra.
And be sure not to miss that guitar solo around 3:45.
Getting better every minute:

 

Better than The Dead:

 

An oldie but goodie that I don't think many people outside the Netherlands know ... featuring a young Jan Akkerman on guitar:

 

Recently became familiar with her albums. Great stuff!
At least her first four albums are relatively easy to get as Japanese, dynamic-friendly imports.
And indeed, a very sad story!

 

Does anyone know if there is a Peter Koelewijn & Zijn Rockets compilation with just his early stuff from the late 50's and early 60's?

 

Singles A's & rarities (3)

• Peter Koelewijn & Zijn Rockets

Catalogusnr.:JK123417
Product:3 compact discs
Bestel-info:

• Hunter HM 15392

 

Look at his website albums60_001.html
If you have trouble reading contact me or use google translate.

 

OK, here is someone who has made some inroads into becoming known outside the Netherlands and actually frequently gigs abroad (albeit mostly in a scaled down performance as support. He even toured with Ben Folds in the US). What I find fascinating about him that he has the guts to actually step on the break of the treadmill of success. Following his debut album he felt he was pressured into become a rockstar where as he is a singer/songwriter at heart. He retreated into the studio to make a 'small' album and that became his second album 7 Layers (released in 2015) and that album, helped by the runaway success of the single Home, went double platinum. Did all the major festivals here and the big indoor arena shows besides still retreating to the clubs as well. And again he seemed to have stepped on the breaks again because except for one new song (Bones) released this summer there is no sight of a new album.

Here is the opening track of 7 Layers, performed live on one of our biggest late night talkshows:

 

I am tempted to write something about him.I am really trying not to say something bad or say one of THE worst bands ever or this is nothing to do with music, it’s only sound or I can’t believe my eyes seeing him at a festival where other people say or think , Wow, this is the best band I‘ve ever seen and I want to sing with him.No I am not going to do that because I don’t want to be as awefull as he made “music”
Oops, now I did say something..

 

I'm told this guy is Dutch, and what a song it is

 

I always loved the atmosphere and the mystical sound of the song...although I later thought it had many elements of the Kinks' Waterloo Sunset with a faux 'A Day In The Life Ending' added....

 

...and...why isn't this song in here?

 

I didn’t know him, but you are right. See this page for the story (in English): Pantherman .

 

Listening to on Vinyl (Part 317)

 

It's quite here. Let's add some music