Electronica's

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Electronica’s , in the Netherlands De Electronica’s , was a Dutch instrumental band consisting of the two musicians Bert van Gageldonk and Marinus Heeren.

biography

In 1981 Electronica's caused a sensation in Germany and some parts of Europe with Dance little Bird , better known as Ententanz . The song (in the original version De Vogeltjesdans ) was listed in the German sales charts for 51 weeks from March 1981, 21 of which were among the top 10 . The song was composed by the Swiss Werner Thomas .

The Electronica's covered the original Tchip-Tchip , which was released in 1973, with their harmonica , made it a summer hit and at the same time revived the fashion dance . A short time later the duo had a small hit in Germany with Dance Little Cat . No further chart successes.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK NL NL
1980 De Vogeltjes dans - - - - NL7 (13 weeks)
NL
1981 Dance Little Bird DE3 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT16 (½ month)
AT 		- - -
Squeaky Fidelio DE1
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)DE 		- - - -

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

more albums

  • 1979: De Electronica’s
  • 1981: Jux Fidelio
  • 1981: Vrolijk Kerstfeest met de Electronica’s
  • 1981: Merry Christmas with the Electronica’s
  • 1981: De Poesjesdans
  • 1982: Dans van de Robot
  • 1982: Il ballo del qua qua (Dance Little Bird)

Compilations

  • 1981: De Electronica's en Jan Gorissen spelen voor U (with Jan Gorissen)
  • 1982: 20 greatest hits (with Jan Gorissen)
  • 1982: The Original Electronica's with their fresh and happy hits
  • 1993: Duck dance

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK NL NL
1980 De Vogeltjesdans - - - - NL8 (29 weeks)
NL
1981 Dance Little Bird DE1
gold
gold

(51 weeks)DE 		AT2 (3½ months)
AT 		CH7 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK22 (8 weeks)
UK 		-
Dance Little Cat DE63 (1 week)
DE 		- - - -

more singles

  • 1980: De Billekesdans
  • 1981: Snow Waltz
  • 1981: Ay Ay Maria Christina
  • 1981: De Stratendans
  • 1982: Dans van de Robot
  • 1982: Robot Polka

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Muziek Encyclopedie", Popinstituut  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . See under: "Complete biography". Dutch, accessed November 3, 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.popinstituut.nl  
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles DE, AT, CH, UK NL / Albums DE, AT NL / Gold / Platinum database DE

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