Dizzy Man's band

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Dizzy Man's Band was a Dutch band that was active from 1969 to 1983.

Band history

In 1968 the group was founded as Take Five in Zaandam, North Holland . After being renamed Dizzy Man's Band , they had their first hit in 1970 with the title Tickatoo , which became a top 10 hit in their homeland. The song was based on the then current hit Down on the Corner by Creedence Clearwater Revival .

For the eight-piece band around the singer Jacques Kloes, many more hits followed over the next ten years, including A Matter of Facts , Jumbo , The Show , Mickey Mouse , Mony the Phony , Turkey Turkey , Everyday in Action and The Opera .

In the mid-70s they had their most successful period. They became known beyond the country's borders, and in 1974 they even got their own TV series. Their biggest hit was The Opera in 1975 , with which they came in at number 2 and were also very successful abroad. Among other things, it even made it into the German and Austrian charts. The Hamburg group Rentnerband released a satirical German version of it in 1977 on their album “Eine Nacht mit Unkel Carlo” under the title Grandpa (sic!) Opera . In the GDR , Achim Mentzel recorded his own German version under the original title, which was released on an EP by AMIGA in 1981 . In total, Dizzy Man's Band had 15 hits in the Nederlandse Top 40 , five of them in the top 10.

The band mainly made entertaining music with unusual instrumentation. Trumpet, cello and flute were also part of the band equipment. Road manager Bob Ketzer also acted as a singer and stage clown. In the well-known The Opera , for example, some melodies from classical music were incorporated and Jacques Kloes sang in the style of an opera singer.

Over time, however, there were differences about the musical direction of the band, from which band founder Kloes drew the conclusions in 1978 and left the group. Singer Steve Allet followed, and from then on the music went more towards hard rock. After that there were three smaller hits, from 1980 the band began to fall apart due to the increasingly declining success.

In 1983 the Dizzy Man's Band broke up for good. A brief reunification in 1989 had no consequences. The different musicians went their own ways, so Klaas Versteeg played in musical productions with Jos Brink for five years before joining the band Big Deal with Joop Tromp. The guitarist Dirk van der Horst replaced the outgoing Cees Tol at BZN in 1988 . Jacques Kloes, who pursued a solo career from 1979, had a hit in a duet with Patricia Paay, who had already been a guest musician of the band ( It's Been a Long Time , NL No. 25) and from 1993 did a fun and parody duo with Johan Bouquet The Showbusters talked about. Karl Kalf, who left in the mid-70s, later also played for Golden Earring .

Members

Founding members

  • Jacques Kloes (born March 5, 1948 in Heemskerk ; † April 2, 2015), singer, until 1978
  • Dirk van der Horst, guitarist
  • Dirk Buysman, bass, until 1973
  • Karl Kalf, trumpet, flugelhorn and cello, until 1974
  • Herman Smak, organ, piano
  • Joop Tromp, drums
  • Klaas Versteeg, flute and saxophone
  • Bob Heretic

Further

  • Jan Visser, Bass, 1973
  • Hans de Zwart, Bass, 1973/74
  • Frans Meinecke, bass, from 1974
  • Steve Allet (actually Coen Merkelbach), singer, from 1978

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NL NL
2015 The Golden Years Of Dutch Pop Music NL35 (2 weeks)
NL
compilation

More albums

  • 1970: Dizzy Do Tickatoo
  • 1971: Luctor et Emergo
  • 1974: The Show
  • 1975: The Opera

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT NL NL
1970 Tickatoo
Dizzy Do Tickatoo 		- - NL6 (10 weeks)
NL
1971 Zig-Zag City
 - - NL37 (2 weeks)
NL
Let's Go To The Beach
 - - NL17 (6 weeks)
NL
1972 A matter of facts
 - - NL5 (9 weeks)
NL
jumbo
 - - NL10 (9 weeks)
NL
Shocking
 - - NL17 (5 weeks)
NL
1973 The Show
The Show 		- - NL5 (14 weeks)
NL
Fire / Mickey Mouse
The Show 		- - NL21 (4 weeks)
NL
1974 Mony The Phoney
The Show 		- - NL18 (4 weeks)
NL
1975 Dizzy On The Rocks
 - - NL31 (3 weeks)
NL
The Opera
 DE42 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT13 (8 weeks)
AT 		NL2 (8 weeks)
NL
1976 Turkey Turkey
 - - NL25 (4 weeks)
NL
Every Day In Action
 - - NL19 (5 weeks)
NL
1978 Rio
 - - NL26 (5 weeks)
NL
Red
 - - NL30 (4 weeks)
NL

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More singles

  • 1970: Tell Me It's Allright
  • 1970: Young Love
  • 1977: Stop the Music
  • 1979: Fideljo
  • 1979: UFO Lights
  • 1980: Mony Mony
  • 1982: You Better Run

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT Albums NL Singles NL