Hermes House Band

Hermes House Band (2018)

Hermes House Band (2010)

The Hermes House Band (2007)

The Hermes House Band (HHB for short) is a Dutch pop group that has also become popular in German-speaking countries through cover versions .

The band

At the Kiel Week 2018

The Hermes House Band was founded in 1984 as a purely Dutch cover and party combo at the time. It emerged from the Rotterdamsch Student Corps (RSC); the band name is derived from the Rotterdam student association Sociëteit Hermes . After the founding members finished their studies in 1989, the band was about to break up. As a solution, the band members who had finished their studies were quickly replaced by new ones, which is still the case today. In 1994 the then keyboardist and a former bassist founded the label Xplo Music to release their version of I Will Survive . In order not to lose their roots, another album with self-written songs in Dutch followed in 1997, with which the band decided against professionalization.

After I Will Survive was in the French charts again in 1997 and 1998, the Hermes House Band International (short: HHB International) was founded in 1999 by Xplo Music on the idea of the current manager and former member of the band, Eugene Lont, to also internationalize To be able to serve inquiries for promotion and concerts without having to let a constantly changing cast of students travel. This consisted of the former members Judith Ansems, Jop Wijlacker and Robin Maas. In the summer of 2018 the song I Will Survive reached number 1 in France after the victory of the French national team at the World Cup in Russia .

The final breakthrough in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Great Britain took place in 2001 with Country Roads .

After Judith Ansems withdrew from the band in 2005 because of her third child, her previous substitute, Sally Flissinger, took her place. In the summer of 2006, the first greatest hits album finally followed . In 2009 the band went back to their roots and released the album Rhythm of the Nineties.

In December 2012, the previous singer Robin Maas left the band at his own request.

music

The international breakthrough came in 1999 with a rhythmic, cover version of Gloria Gaynor's Title I Will Survive (already # 1 in the Netherlands. 1995). This was followed by cover versions of John Denver's Country Roads , Doris Days Que Sera, Sera (2001) and Live Is Life (collaboration with DJ Ötzi ). The collaboration with British pop singer Tony Christie brought a big boost . Is This the Way to Amarillo? was reissued together with him and released as a pop- oriented party version.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	NL	Remarks
1991	010 Hello Rotterdam	-	-	-	-	-	First publication: 1991
1992	Thuis	-	-	-	-	NL25 (14 weeks) NL	First publication: 1992
1997	Strak!	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1997
1998	Life on Planet Disco	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1998
1999	I Will Survive - The Party Album	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 9, 1999
2000	Life is a party	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2000
2001	The album	DE7 (23 weeks) DE	AT28 (10 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: August 13, 2001
2004	Get ready to party	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: June 14, 2004
2006	No.1 Gold Selection Greatest Hits	DE79 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: May 26, 2006
2009	Rhythm of the Nineties	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 8, 2009
2010	Champions! The Greatest Stadium Hits	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 11, 2010

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	NL	Remarks
1994	I will survive	DE17 (22 weeks) DE	-	-	-	NL1 platinum (17 weeks)NL	First published in the Netherlands: 1994 In the rest of Europe: May 3, 1999
2000	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Life Is a Party	DE28 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH75 (5 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: January 17, 2000
2001	Country Roads The Album	DE2 platinum (27 weeks)DE	AT4 (21 weeks) AT	CH35 (14 weeks) CH	UK7th silver (14 weeks)UK	NL27 (7 weeks) NL	First published: May 21, 2001
2001	Que Sera, Sera The Album	DE21 (11 weeks) DE	AT23 (13 weeks) AT	-	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 8, 2001
2002	Live is life	DE15 (10 weeks) DE	AT16 (13 weeks) AT	CH26 (15 weeks) CH	UK50 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 24, 2002 (featuring DJ Ötzi )
2003	Those Were the Days Get Ready to Party	DE37 (9 weeks) DE	AT65 (3 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: March 3, 2003
	Football's Coming Home ( Three Lions ) Get Ready to Party	DE29 (15 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: August 4, 2003
	Suzanna Get Ready to Party	DE80 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: October 13, 2003
2004	Portugal Get Ready to Party	DE61 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH49 (4 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: June 1, 2004
2005	Is This the Way to Amarillo? No.1 Gold Selection Greatest Hits	DE25 (9 weeks) DE	AT45 (4 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: August 1, 2005 (with Tony Christie )
2006	Football Megamix No.1 Gold Selection Greatest Hits	DE39 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: May 19, 2006
2008	The Rhythm of the Night Rhythm of the Nineties	DE55 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: February 1, 2008
2009	Please Don't Go (Don't You) Rhythm of the Nineties	DE65 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: January 2, 2009
2009	Don't Worry Be Happy Rhythm of the Nineties	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 8, 2009
2010	Chelsea Dagger	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 21, 2010
2012	Hey, we're gonna rock this place	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 1, 2012 (with Jürgen Drews )
2017	Ring of Fire	-	-	-	-	-