Dries Holten

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Rosy Perreira & Dries Holten (1977)

Dries Holten (born January 30, 1936 in Cimahi , Indonesia , † April 15, 2020 in Roosendaal ) was a Dutch singer and lyricist .

Career

From 1966 to 1975 he formed the singing duo Sandra & Andres with Sandra Reemer . Together they took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 in Edinburgh for the Netherlands. Her hit Als het om de liefde gaat reached fourth place. From 1975 to 1977 he formed a new group with Rosy Perreira under the name Rosy & Andres . Under his stage names Andres or Andy Wood he also published solo pieces, including western pop versions of Indonesian songs.

Holten was also active as a lyricist: he wrote the lyrics for Immer wieder Sonntags by the German hit duo Cindy & Bert from 1973.

Discography

Albums

Sandra & Andres:

  • 1969: Happy Together
  • 1971: Let Us Sing Together
  • 1971: Cantemos Juntos (Let Us Sing Together)
  • 1972: As Het Om De Liefde Gaat
  • 1972: What Should I Do?
  • 1973: True Love
  • 1974: Yum Yum

Rosy & Andres:

  • 1976: My Love
  • 1977: Come Closer
  • 1978: Pasar Malam souvenirs

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH NL NL
with Sandra Reemer as Sandra & Andres
1968 Storybook Children
Happy Together 		- - - NL9 (13 weeks)
NL
1970 Let Us Pray Together
Let Us Sing Together 		- - - NL5 (8 weeks)
NL
Love Is All Around
Let Us Sing Together 		- - - NL5 (12 weeks)
NL
1971 Those Words
Let Us Sing Together 		- - - NL5 (10 weeks)
NL
Que Je T'aime
 - - - NL8 (7 weeks)
NL
Mary Madonna
 - - - NL12 (7 weeks)
NL
1972 As Het Om De Liefde Gaat
As Het Om De Liefde Gaat 		- - - NL3 (10 weeks)
NL
What Do I Do
 DE46 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - -
What should i do
what should i do? 		DE23 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Mama mia
 DE35 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - NL12 (6 weeks)
NL
Auntie
 - - - NL4 (9 weeks)
NL
1973 Aime-Moi (Love Me)
True Love 		- - - NL12 (6 weeks)
NL
Dzjing Boem! Te-Ra-Ta-Ta
True Love 		- - - NL33 (4 weeks)
NL
1974 True Love
True Love 		- - - NL21 (5 weeks)
NL
You Believed
True Love 		- - - NL14 (6 weeks)
NL
1975 Oh, Nous Sommes Très Amoureux
 - - - NL28 (2 weeks)
NL
with Rosy Perreira as Rosy & Andres
1975 Sausalito
My Love 		- AT18 (4 weeks)
AT 		- NL6 (8 weeks)
NL
1976 I Was Born To Love
My Love 		- - - NL29 (3 weeks)
NL
My love
my love 		DE20 (14 weeks)
DE 		- CH3 (12 weeks)
CH 		NL3 (11 weeks)
NL
1977 I Believe In You
Come Closer 		DE49 (1 week)
DE 		- - NL26 (5 weeks)
NL

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Web links

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  1. ↑ Obituary accessed on May 2, 2020
  2. ↑ Chart sources:
personal data
SURNAME Holten, Dries
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch singer and lyricist
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Cimahi , Indonesia
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 2020
Place of death Roosendaal