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Luv '1979 (from left to right: Patty Brard, José Hoebee, Marga Scheide) |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | pop |
founding | 1976, 2019 |
resolution | 1981 |
Current occupation | |
Marga sheath | |
singing |
José Hoebee |
singing |
Patty Brard (until 1980) |
singing |
Ria Thielsch (from 1980) |
singing |
Chimène van Oosterhout (from 2019) |
Luv ' is a Dutch female pop group that had the greatest success in the 1970s and 1980s.
biography
Original line-up 1976–1981
The group was founded in 1976 by the Dutch music producer Hans van Hemert. Together with the composer Piet Souer and manager Han Meijer he wrote the title My Man . They had this sing in 1977 by the red-haired José Hoebee (born April 29, 1954), the blonde Marga Scheide (born February 15, 1954) and the dark-haired Patty Brard (born March 25, 1955). The group Luv 'was founded. My Man was able to place itself in the Belgian and Dutch charts. The successor Dream, Dream was not a success.
In 1978, producer Hans van Hemert was asked to compose the title song for the VPRO music program Waldolala . For this show Luv 'sang the happy UO Me with the subtitle You're Very Welcome in Waldolala . This theme song was the breakthrough in the entire Benelux countries.
Both the successor You're the Greatest Lover and Trojan Horse achieved the highest hit parade listings in the Benelux countries in the same year. Trojan Horse achieved platinum status in the Netherlands and first place on the charts in 14 countries. In Germany, the single You're the Greatest Lover has sold more than 600,000 records. In Spain the single flopped, only the Spanish version Eres mi mejor amante reached first place on the Spanish charts.
Luv 'also celebrated great successes in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. With their first number 1 single in Mexico Si, que si , the Spanish version of Ooh Yes I Do , the breakthrough in Latin America was achieved.
Patty Brard left Luv 'in 1980 and was replaced by Ria Thielsch (born December 25, 1951). This new formation produced the fourth and final album. In 1981 the trio broke up.
comeback
Luv '& Marga Scheide 1989–1993
In 1989, Mercury Records , Luv's first record company, released the CD maxi single Hitpack . With a new record company and a changed formation, i. H. Marga Scheide, Diana von Berlo and the Briton Michelle Gold, followed this with Luv 's first single, Welcome to My Party . A number of other singles were produced and released with this line-up until 1992.
Original line-up since 2005
In 2005 the group came together again in the original line-up to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hans van Hemert. A multi-part series about the work on the comeback of the original formation was planned for 2006 on Dutch television.
New beginning
Since 2019 the women have been performing again with Chimène van Oosterhout (born February 11, 1964 in Willemstad ).
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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DE | AT | CH | NL | |||
1978 | With Luv ' |
DE50 (1 week) DE |
AT15 (4 weeks) AT |
- |
NL8th
gold
(24 weeks)NL |
Chart entry in DE and AT only 1979
|
1979 | Lots of Luv ' |
DE39 (3 weeks) DE |
AT13 (8 weeks) AT |
- |
NL4th
platinum
(28 weeks)NL |
|
True Luv ' | - | - | - |
NL7th
gold
(29 weeks)NL |
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1980 | Forever Yours | - | - | - |
NL5 (6 weeks) NL |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More albums
- 1990: For You
- 1991: Sincerely Yours
- 1993: All You Need Is Luv
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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DE | AT | CH | NL | |||
1979 | Greatest hits | - | - | - |
NL21 (10 weeks) NL |
|
1993 | gold | - | - | - |
NL9 (18 weeks) NL |
|
2006 | Completely in windward ' | - | - | - |
NL95 (1 week) NL |
Box with 4 CDs
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More compilations
- 1981: Goodbye Luv '
- 1995: My Number One
- 1998: You're the Greatest LUVer
- 2001: The Universal Masters Collection
- 2002: Holland's Glorie Luv '
- 2003: 25 jaar na Waldolala (2 CDs)
- 2006: Het mooiste van Luv '
- 2007: Best of Luv '
- 2007: Greatest Hits
- 2014: The Best of Luv '
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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DE | AT | CH | NL | |||
1977 | My Man With Luv ' |
- | - | - |
NL12 (6 weeks) NL |
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1978 | UO Me (You Owe Me) With Luv ' |
- | - | - |
NL3 (13 weeks) NL |
|
You're the Greatest Lover With Luv ' |
DE1
gold
(27 weeks)DE |
AT2 (24 weeks) AT |
CH1 (15 weeks) CH |
NL1
gold
(15 weeks)NL |
||
Trojan Horse |
DE3 (22 weeks) DE |
AT2 (16 weeks) AT |
CH2 (12 weeks) CH |
NL1
platinum
(11 weeks)NL |
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1979 | Casanova Lots Of Luv ' |
DE6 (18 weeks) DE |
AT2 (12 weeks) AT |
CH4 (10 weeks) CH |
NL6 (9 weeks) NL |
|
Eeny Meeny Miny Moe Lots Of Luv ' |
DE36 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
NL11 (7 weeks) NL |
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Ooh, Yes I Do True Luv ' |
DE27 (18 weeks) DE |
- | - |
NL5 (10 weeks) NL |
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1980 | Ann-Maria True Luv ' |
DE37 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
NL11 (8 weeks) NL |
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One More Little Kissy Forever Yours |
DE75 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
NL9 (7 weeks) NL |
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My Number One Forever Yours |
DE60 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
NL5 (9 weeks) NL |
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1981 | Tingalingaling Forever Yours |
- | - | - |
NL29 (3 weeks) NL |
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1989 | Welcome to My Party For You |
- | - | - |
NL22 (5 weeks) NL |
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1993 | Megamix '93 All You Need Is Luv |
- | - | - |
NL23 (5 weeks) NL |
More singles
- 1977: Dream, Dream
- 1978: Who Do You Wanna Be
- 1979: IMUR
- 1989: Luv 'hit medley
- 1989: I Don't Wanna Be Lonely
- 1989: Luv 'Hitpack
- 1989: 4 golden hits
- 1991: He's My Guy
- 1991: Jungle Jive
- 1992: This Old Heart of Mine
- 1993: Dance medley
- 2019: With Him Tonight
Video albums
- 2006: Back in Luv '
swell
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles DE, AT, CH NL / Albums DE, AT NL
- ↑ Awards for Music Sales: NL
- ↑ Gold / platinum database DE
Web links
- Luv ' at Discogs (English)
- Biography of Luv ' ( Memento from August 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Dutch)
- The girl bands of the disco era