Stars on 45
Stars on 45 are a Dutch music project in the early 1980s with pop - medleys had great success.
history
When the Dutch producer Jaap Eggermont came across a bootleg with mixed-together Beatles songs and other oldies in 1980 , he had the idea of creating a similar, official record. For copyright reasons, however, he did not resort to the originals and mixed them, but instead had the individual hit pieces by Dutch studio musicians sing and play as true to the original as possible. This mixture was applied on a uniform, dance performance Discobeat brought and with the intro The stars on 45 keep on turning in your mind ... provided. The whole project was called "Stars on 45", where 45 stands for the record single that rotates at 45 revolutions per minute. The original version of the medley originally lasted just under 16 minutes, but it was repeatedly divided and compiled for different formats.
Shortly before the single was released in December 1980, John Lennon was murdered, which rekindled interest in the music of the Beatles and contributed to the fact that the record became a million seller worldwide from March 1981 . As the second Dutch formation in music history, they reached number 1 in the USA ; their predecessors were Shocking Blue , whose number one hit Venus was also part of the first music mix.
But the idea carried beyond this first hit and with a second episode of ABBA hits Eggermont and his singers were able to build on their success. Further mixes with titles by Stevie Wonder and the Rolling Stones followed, and two albums were released. However, the success began to decrease noticeably. In 1983 there was another follow-up with hits by the Andrews Sisters under the name The Star Sisters with three singers, who then continued as an independent band. In 1987 a Frank Sinatra Medley entered the charts for the last time.
Then Eggermont triggered a whole series of medleys, including Hooked on Classics , Hooked on Big Bands and Hooked on Swing , mid-1980s, the hit mixes with hits of the year and the end of the 1980s, the medley of Jive Bunny & The Master Mixers from England, which had several number one hits with the originals mixed together.
The singers
Bas Muys, Okkie Huysdens, Hans Vermeulen , Albert West , Arnie Treffers, Jody Pijper, Peter Vermeij, Tony Sherman.
The Star Sisters: Patricia Paay , Yvonne Paay , Sylvana van Veen (later replaced by Ingrid Ferdinandus)
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
|
 AT
|
 CH
|
 UK
|
 US
|
 NL
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| 1981 | Longplay album |
DE1  (27 weeks)DE |
AT2 (4½ months) AT |
- |
UK1 (21 weeks)UK |
US- |
NL3 (12 weeks)NL |
|
| Longplay Album - Volume II |
DE8 (8 weeks) DE |
AT13 (1 month) AT |
- |
UK18th (6 weeks)UK |
- |
NL13 (11 weeks) NL |
||
| Longplay Album - Volume III | - | - | - | - | - |
NL22 (4 weeks) NL |
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| 1982 | The Superstars / Stars Medley | - | - | - |
UK94 (1 week) UK |
- | - | |
| 1983 | Tonight 20.00 Hrs | - | - |
CH24 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
NL1 (18 weeks) NL |
as The Star Sisters
|
| 1984 | Hooray for Hollywood |
DE23 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH39 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
NL31 (4 weeks) NL |
as The Star Sisters
|
| 1985 | Danger | - | - | - | - | - |
NL41 (1 week) NL |
as The Star Sisters
|
| 1987 | Stars on Frankie | - | - | - | - | - |
NL66 (1 week) NL |
|
| 1991 | The very best of | - | - | - | - | - |
NL32 (8 weeks) NL |
|
| 2005 | Best of |
DE18 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - | - | |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
* In Great Britain the project was released under the name Starsound, in the USA from the second single as Stars On
More albums
- 1983: Stars on 45 Proudly Presents the Star Sisters (NL:gold)
- 1985: Soul Revue (feat. The New Sam & Dave Revue and Mister B)
- 1987: Stars on Frankie
- 1988: Beatles Medley
- 1998: The Clubhits: New '98 Recordings
Compilations
- 1981: Stars on Hits
- 1981: The All Stars Mix (with Startrax, Rock Heroes, Middle of the Road and Lobo )
- 1982: Greatest Stars on 45
- 1991: The Very Best Of
- 1994: The Very Best of Stars on 45
- 1994: Diamond Star Collection
- 1996: Greatest Stars on 45 Vol. 1
- 1996: Greatest Stars on 45 Vol. 2
- 2005: The Best of Stars on 45
- 2007: Tonight! 20.00 Hrs. Remix 2007 (Stars on 45 proudly presents The Star Sisters)
- 2011: 30 Years Anniversary of Stars on 45
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
AT
|
CH
|
UK
|
US
|
NL
|
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| 1981 |
Stars on 45 Long Play Album |
DE1 (30 weeks)DE |
AT1 (5 months) AT |
CH1 (14 weeks) CH |
UK2 (14 weeks)UK |
US1 (21 weeks)US |
NL1 (13 weeks) NL |
|
| Stars on 45 Vol. II Longplay Album - Volume II |
DE2 (18 weeks) DE |
AT4 (3½ months) AT |
- |
UK2 (10 weeks)UK |
- |
NL4 (9 weeks) NL |
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| Medley II Longplay Album - Volume II |
- | - | - | - |
US67 (6 weeks) US |
- | ||
| Stars on 45 Vol. III Longplay Album - Volume III |
DE17 (7 weeks) DE |
- |
CH1 (9 weeks) CH |
UK17 (6 weeks) UK |
US28 (10 weeks) US |
NL10 (9 weeks) NL |
||
| More Stars [US] Longplay Album - Volume III |
- | - | - | - |
US55 (7 weeks) US |
NL- |
||
| 1982 | Stars on Stevie The Superstars (The Greatest Rock 'N Roll Band In The World) |
- | - | - |
UK14 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
NL6 (8 weeks) NL |
|
| The Greatest Rock'n Roll Band in the World The Superstars (The Greatest Rock 'N Roll Band In The World) |
- | - | - | - | - |
NL15 (5 weeks) NL |
||
| 1983 | Stars on 45 Proudly Presents the Star Sisters |
DE35 (11 weeks) DE |
- |
CH15 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
NL1 (13 weeks)NL |
|
| 1987 | Stars on Frankie Stars on Frankie |
- | - | - | - | - |
NL16 (5 weeks) NL |
|
* In Great Britain the project was released under the name Starsound , in the USA from the second single as Stars On
More singles
- 1981: Rollins Stones Medley (as Stars On)
- 1981: Stars on 45 Maxi Disco
- 1981: Beatles / George Harrison Medley
- 1982: Rollin 'Stars / Stars on 45 Get Ready III
- 1984: Soul Revue (feat. The New Sam & Dave Revue and Mister B)
- 1985: The Sam & Dave Medley (feat.Sam & Dave )
- 1989: Stars on '89 Remix
- 1997: The Club Hits
- 2011: 45 (Michael Jackson Is Not Dead)
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
gold |
 platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
||||
|
Germany (BVMI)
|
2 × gold2
|
- | 500,000 | musikindustrie.de |
|
Netherlands (NVPI)
|
4 × gold4th
|
- | 300,000 | nvpi.nl |
|
United States (RIAA)
|
2 × gold2
|
- | 1,000,000 | riaa.com |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
4 × gold4th
|
- | 1,500,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
12 × gold12
|
- | ||
Composition of the most famous medleys
Stars on 45 (1980)
- Venus ( Shocking Blue ); Sugar, Sugar ( The Archies ); No reply ; I'll Be Back; Drive My Car ; Do you want to know a secret ; We Can Work It Out ; I Should Have Known Better ; Nowhere Man ; You're Going to Lose That Girl (all The Beatles )
Stars on 45 Vol. 2 - ABBA Medley (1981)
- Voulez-Vous ; SOS ; Bang-a-Boomerang; Money, Money, Money ; Knowing Me, Knowing You ; Fernando ; The Winner Takes It All ; Super trouper
Stars on 45 Vol. 3 - Star Wars and Other Hits (1981)
- Star Wars ; Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) ; Kung fu fighting ; Layla ; All Right Now ; Fire ; Because Ya Think I'm Sexy; Ma Baker; YMCA ; The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly; Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough ; Suicide Is Painless ; The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore ; Veronica Tune; Get off; Baker Street ; Bette Davis Eyes ; Eve of the War
Medley II (1981)
- Good Day Sunshine ; My sweet lord ; Here Comes the Sun ; While My Guitar Gently Weeps ; Taxman ; A Hard Day's Night ; Please Please Me ; From Me to You ; I want to hold your hand
Stars on Stevie - A Tribute to Stevie Wonder (1982)
- Uptight, Everything's All Right; My Cherie Amour; Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday; Master Blaster (Jammin ') ; You Are the Sunshine of My Life; Isn't She Lovely; Stars on Jingle; Sir Duke ; I wish; I Was Made to Love Her; Superstition; Fingertips (all Stevie Wonder)
Stars on Stones - The Greatest Rock'n Roll Band in the World (1982)
- Brown sugar ; Jumpin 'Jack Flash ; Under My Thumb ; Honky Tonk Women; Out of time; Emotional rescue ; She's a rainbow; Start me up ; Angie ; Don't give up
Stars on 45 Proudly Presents the Star Sisters (1983)
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy ; South American Way; You are beautiful with me ; In the Mood ; Rum and Coca-Cola ; Tico-Tico no Fubá ; Say si si (Para vigo me voy); Pennsylvania 6-5000; American Patrol
Stars on Frankie - Frank Sinatra Mix (1987)
- Swing time; Stars on Frankie; The Lady Is a Tramp ; Swing time; I will drink the wine; Witchcraft; Somethin 'stupid ; Nancy (With the Laughing Face); These Boots Are Made for Walkin ' ; Swing time; Let Me Try Again; Strangers in the Night ; My kind of town
swell
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles DE, AT, CH, US NL ; Albums DE, AT, CH NL UK
Web links
- Stars on 45 at Allmusic (English)
- Stars on 45 at Discogs (English)
- Dutch Stars on 45 Fansite (Dutch)
- Nationaal Pop Instituut (Dutch)
- Stars On 45 Medley at Songfacts.com (English)
- The individual songs of the medleys