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Windward '
Luv '1979 (from left to right: Patty Brard, José Hoebee, Marga Scheide)
Luv '1979 (from left to right: Patty Brard, José Hoebee, Marga Scheide)
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
DE DE AT AT CH CH NL NL
1978 With Luv ' DE50 (1 week)
DE 		AT15 (4 weeks)
AT 		- NL8th
gold
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
platinum

(28 weeks)NL
True Luv ' - - - NL7th
gold
gold

(29 weeks)NL
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
DE DE AT AT CH CH NL 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

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
DE DE AT AT CH CH NL NL
1977 My Man
With Luv ' 		- - - NL12 (6 weeks)
NL
1978 UO Me (You Owe Me)
With Luv ' 		- - - NL3 (13 weeks)
NL
You're the Greatest Lover
With Luv ' 		DE1
gold
gold

(27 weeks)DE 		AT2 (24 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (15 weeks)
CH 		NL1
gold
gold

(15 weeks)NL
Trojan Horse
 DE3 (22 weeks)
DE 		AT2 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH2 (12 weeks)
CH 		NL1
platinum
platinum

(11 weeks)NL
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
Ooh, Yes I Do
True Luv ' 		DE27 (18 weeks)
DE 		- - NL5 (10 weeks)
NL
1980 Ann-Maria
True Luv ' 		DE37 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - NL11 (8 weeks)
NL
One More Little Kissy
Forever Yours 		DE75 (1 week)
DE 		- - NL9 (7 weeks)
NL
My Number One
Forever Yours 		DE60 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - NL5 (9 weeks)
NL
1981 Tingalingaling
Forever Yours 		- - - NL29 (3 weeks)
NL
1989 Welcome to My Party
For You 		- - - NL22 (5 weeks)
NL
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

  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles DE, AT, CH NL / Albums DE, AT NL
  2. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: NL
  3. ↑ Gold / platinum database DE

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