Tea set
Tee Set was a Dutch beat music group of the Nederbiet direction from Delft , which emerged in the 1960s with rhythm and blues music and since the early 1970s with pop music. The most famous hit from Tee Set is the world hit Ma Belle Amie from 1969.
development
The group was founded in 1965 by the singer Peter Tetteroo, the two guitarists and bassists Gerard Romeyn and Polle Eduard and the drummer Carry Janssen. This line-up is featured on the cover of the first single, Early In The Morning . Robbie Plazier then joined the group as organist. With the support of the songwriter Hans van Eijck , who contributed four pieces, the album Emotion was recorded. After this album was released, Plazier was replaced as a permanent member of the group by van Eijck. Gerard Romeyn left the group in early 1967 and joined The Motions as the successor to Robbie van Leeuwen. Romeyn was replaced by the English guitarist Ray Fenwick at Tee Set .
A disagreement between Tetteroo and manager Theo Cuppens on the one hand and the other band members on the other led to tensions in the group. The income that Cuppens had made with the hit Don't You Leave , an old blues number for which the manager had given his own name as the author, played a role. Fenwick, Van Eijck and Eduard left and formed a new group After Tea . Carry Jansen already belonged to this group, so a quartet is shown on the photo cover of Now's The Time . To continue Tee Set, Tetteroo hired three new musicians from the Amsterdam group James Mean: bassist Franklin Madjid, drummer Joop Blom and guitarist Ferdi Karmelk . With Jan-Pieter Boekhoorn as the new keyboardist, Tee Set became a quintet. That was the end of James Mean, because their singer Michel van Dijk was employed by the group Les Baroques . Tee Set founded their own record label Tee-Set Records in order to keep the rights in their own hands. After a while, Boekhoorn was replaced by Peter Seilberger.
The return of Hans van Eijck in 1969 ushered in a phase in which Tee Set was slowly being transformed into a pop music group that played more catchy songs. In the area of members there were still changes: Dihl Bennink became the new guitarist and Herman van Boeyen is the drummer for some time as the successor to Blom.
The biggest hit in the band's history was released in 1969 with Ma Belle Amie . The single rose to fifth in the United States in the spring of 1970. Bennink was replaced by Ferry Lever, who also came from After Tea. The only track that reached number one on the hit parade is on the following long-playing record, The Morning Of My Days : She Likes Weeds . Max Spangenberg, the new drummer, was there. The play was initially banned in the United States because it appeared to be related to the use of drugs. The title, however, comes from the 1965 feature film The Ipcress File .
Tee Set had a permanent cast between 1970 and 1975. In 1975 Lever was replaced as guitarist by Polle Eduard, but the band did not deliver any more hits. It wasn't until 1979 that there was another hit with the piece Linda Linda , but after that the group was quiet for four years and the members went their own way.
Since 1983 Tee Set has been performing again for a few years, with front man Peter Tetteroo and a changing line-up. There are no new hits, but the group regularly plays at festivals during this time. Tetteroo died on September 9, 2002 at the age of 55.
occupation
- Peter Tetteroo - vocals (1965–2002)
- Polle Eduard - bass, guitar (1965-1967)
- Gerard Romeyn - guitar, bas (1965-1967)
- Carry Janssen - drums (1965-1967)
- Robbie Plazier - Organ (1966)
- Hans van Eijck - composer, keyboard instruments (1966–1967 and 1969–1975)
- Ray Fenwick - guitar (1967)
- Ferdi Karmelk - guitar
- Dihl Bennink - guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals (1967–1970)
- Franklin Madjid - bass guitar, vocals
- Joop Blom - drums (1967-1970)
- Jan-Pieter Boekhoorn - organ (1967–1968)
- Peter Seilberger - organ (1968–1969)
- Ferry Lever - guitar (1971-1975)
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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 NL
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| 1966 | emotion | - |
NL8 (2 weeks) NL |
Chart entry in NL only in 2013
Delta - DL 512 |
| 1970 | Ma Belle Amie |
US158 (6 weeks) US |
- |
Colossus - CS 1001
|
| 2011 | She Likes Weeds - Collected | - |
NL12 (1 week) NL |
Chart entry in NL only in 2014
|
| 2013 | Ma Belle Amie | - |
NL23 (1 week) NL |
|
| 2014 | Mythology | - |
NL40 (1 week) NL |
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| 2015 | The Golden Years Of Dutch Pop Music | - |
NL58 (3 weeks) NL |
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More albums
- 1967 - Tea Set Songbook (Teenbeat - APLP 103)
- 1968 - Join The Tea-Set (Tea Set - TELP 023 S)
- 1969 - Tee Set Forever (Tee Set - HJT 149 S)
- 1970 - Ma Belle Amie (10 Tracks) (Tee Set - DL 547)
- 1970 - Ma Belle Amie (12 Tracks) (Tee Set - DL 550)
- 1970 - In The Morning Of My Days (Negram - NQ 20 002)
- 1971 - T-Five T-Set (Negram - ELS 921)
- 1972 - Non Perishable (Negram - NQ 20 079)
- 1973 - Tea Set Toppers (Negram - ELS 973)
- 1975 - Do It Baby (Negram - NR 118)
- 1976 - 14 Gouwe Ouwe (Negram - NAF 323)
- 1979 - Golden Greats Of The Tea Set (Negram - 5N 028 26151)
- 1988 - Hot Nights (Corduroy - CCD 2411)
- 1988 - The Hit Collection (EMI - 790 855 2)
- 1992 - Timeless (Quality - Q CD 92117)
- 1993 - The Tee Set Golden Classics (Colossus - CD 0548)
- 1994 - The Best Of (Red Bullet - RB 66 83)
- 1994 - Emotion (+12) (RPM - RPM 134)
- 1997 - Tea Set 24 Carat (Angel Air - SJPCD 014)
EPs
- 1972 - Long Ago / She Likes Weeds + Ma Belle Amie (Negram - NG 291)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 CH
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US
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NL
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| 1966 | Early In The Morning | - | - | - |
NL27 (10 weeks) NL |
B-side: Nothing Can Ever Change This Love
Delta - DS 1194 |
| Believe What I Say | - | - | - |
NL31 (3 weeks) NL |
B-side: Don't Mess With Cupid
Delta - DS 1204 |
|
| 1967 | Don't you leave emotion |
- | - | - |
NL9 (11 weeks) NL |
B-side: Just Another Hour
Delta - DS 1218 |
| Please call me | - | - | - |
NL22 (9 weeks) NL |
B-side: So I Came Back To You
Delta - DS 1233 |
|
| Now's The Time Forever |
- | - | - |
NL13 (7 weeks) NL |
B-side: Bring A Little Sunshine
Tee Set - TS 1252 |
|
| What Can I Do Forever |
- | - | - |
NL31 (4 weeks) NL |
B-side: Colors Of The Rainbow
Tee Set - TS 1259 |
|
| 1968 | Tea Is Famous Join The Tea Set |
- | - | - |
NL12 (9 weeks) NL |
B-side: Since I Lost Your Love
Tee Set - TS 1266 |
| This Rose In My Hand Forever |
- | - | - |
NL16 (7 weeks) NL |
B-side: Sittin 'On The Highest Mountain
Tee Set - TS 1289 |
|
| 1969 | Mr. Music Man Ma Belle Amie |
- | - | - |
NL39 (1 week) NL |
B-side: Good Old John
Tee Set - TS 1310 |
| Ma Belle Amie Ma Belle Amie |
DE8 (20 weeks) DE |
CH2 (14 weeks) CH |
US5 (12 weeks) US |
NL6 (12 weeks) NL |
B-side: The Angel's Coming (In The Holy Night)
Tee Set - TS 1329 |
|
| 1970 | Finally In Love Again | - | - | - |
NL26 (3 weeks) NL |
B-side: Charmaine
tea set - TS 1370 |
| If You Do Believe In Love In The Morning Of My Days |
- | - |
US81 (4 weeks) US |
NL22 (6 weeks) NL |
B-side: Here In My House
Tee Set - TS 1369 |
|
| She Likes Weeds In The Morning Of My Days |
- | - | - |
NL1 (17 weeks) NL |
B-side: A Country Ride
Negram - NG 201 |
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| 1971 | In Your Eyes (I Can See The Lights) | - | - | - |
NL9 (6 weeks) NL |
B-side: You Keep Me Rockin '(Honey)
Negram - NG 235 |
| Little lady | - | - | - |
NL19 (6 weeks) NL |
B-side: I Believe In You
Negram - NG 240 |
|
| A Sunny Day In Greece | - | - | - |
NL20 (7 weeks) NL |
B-side: So Long My Love
Negram - NG 261 |
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| 1972 | Shotguns | - | - | - |
NL16 (6 weeks) NL |
B-side: Horizon
Negram - NG 279 |
| Mary, Mary (Take Me 'cross The Water) Non-Perishable |
- | - | - |
NL20 (7 weeks) NL |
B-side: In The Morning Of My Days
Negram - NG 290 |
|
| 1974 | The bandstand | - | - | - |
NL16 (5 weeks) NL |
B-side: Angely
Negram - NG 446 |
| 1975 | Do it baby | - | - | - |
NL13 (5 weeks) NL |
B-side: Fill The World With Joy
Negram - NG 2040 |
| 1979 | Linda Linda | - | - | - |
NL20 (8 weeks) NL |
B-side: Get It Now
Mercury - 6013 525 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More singles
- 1967 - Don't You Leave / Long Ago (Delta - DS 1224)
- 1968 - Life's But Nothing / Join The Tea-Set (Tee Set - TS 1275)
- 1969 - Mi Belle Amigo / No Quiero Saber (Hispavox - H 562)
- 1970 - If You Do Believe In Love / Charmaine (Colossus - C 114)
- 1970 - Mr. Music Man / She Likes Weeds (Hansa - 14 734 AT)
- 1973 - There Goes Johnny (With My Lady) / But I Love It (Negram - NG 314)
- 1973 - You Bringing Me Down / Out Of My Mind (Negram - NG 375)
- 1976 - Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long / Much Too Soon (Negram - NG 2081)
- 1977 - I'll Be Lost Without Your Lovin '/ Wait (Negram = NG 2238)
- 1978 - Ma Belle Amie / She Likes Weeds (Negram - 5C 006 25933)
- 1980 - TV Boy / Oliver's Organ (Mercury - 6013 555)
- 1983 - A Tribute To The Spencer Davis Group / B-Side Boogie (Mercury - 812 087 7)
- 1983 - Rollerskater / Rolling Wheels (Mercury - 812 958 7)
- 1988 - Hot Nights / Sweet Mary Lou (Corduroy - CS 691)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Romeyn is no longer mentioned on the cover of the single Don't You Leave , but Fenwick can be seen in a film clip of the piece on the pop show Moef Ga Ga .
- ↑ Dihl, also written as Dill Bennink, was the brother of Leo Bennink, who in turn was a member of the JayJays and The Motion .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE CH US NL1 NL2