Saskia & Serge

Saskia & Serge (1971)

Saskia & Serge is a Dutch hit duo , consisting of the couple Trudy van den Berg (born April 23, 1947 in Stede Broec ) and Ruud Schaap (born March 22, 1946 in Den Helder ).

history

The duo made their first steps in 1967, when they won a talent competition as Trudy & Ruud . In 1969 the two married and from then on appear as Saskia & Serge . In 1971 they were selected to represent their country in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin . They reached sixth place with the folk ballad Tijd .

The duo first published hits and folk music, and from 1976 country music was added.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		NL
1976	We'll give you everything	NL14 (7 weeks) NL
1981	Something special	NL19 (3 weeks) NL
1984	Greatest hits	NL35 (2 weeks) NL
1986	The best of the west	NL37 (8 weeks) NL
1998	Sterker dan ooit	NL41 (11 weeks) NL

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		NL
1971	Zomer In Zeeland	NL33 (2 weeks) NL
1976	Baby, I'll give you everything, we'll give you everything	NL10 (7 weeks) NL
	Don't Tell Me Stories We'll Give You Everything	NL11 (8 weeks) NL
1977	Honey I'm Falling In Love Again We'll Give You Everything	NL31 (4 weeks) NL
1978	The Battle of Sally Ann Saskia & Serge	NL34 (3 weeks) NL
1980	Mama He's a Soldier Now Something Special	NL6 (10 weeks) NL
1981	There's a Song Something Special	NL37 (3 weeks) NL
	Mama Mia Something Special	NL23 (3 weeks) NL
1984	The Country Disco Train	NL14 (5 weeks) NL
1992	As Je Zachtjes Zegt 'Ik Hou Van Jou'	NL23 (6 weeks) NL

Web links

• Website
• Saskia & Serge at Discogs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Netherlands - 1971 at diggiloo.net
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: NL albums NL singles