The cats
| The cats | |
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 The Cats, 1974 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| founding | 1965 |
| resolution | 1994 |
| Founding members | |
| Cees Veerman | |
| Theo Klouwer | |
| Arnold Muhren | |
Guitar, piano
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Jaap signs |
guitar |
Piet Keizer |
Vocals, guitar |
Piet Veerman |
The Cats were a Dutch pop group that enjoyed success in their homeland from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. In the early 1970s, they also had some hits in German-speaking countries.
occupation
During its successful time, the group consisted almost constantly of the following six members:
- Cees Veerman: vocals and guitar (born October 6, 1943, † March 15, 2014)
- Piet Veerman: vocals and guitar (born March 1, 1943)
- Theo Klouwer: drums (* June 30, 1947, † February 8, 2001)
- Arnold Muhren: bass guitar (born January 28, 1944)
- Jaap Schilder: guitar and piano (born January 9, 1943)
- Piet Keizer: guitar (1972–1975, born April 18, 1952)
Style direction
The Cats preferred to make pop music , which lived mainly on vocal harmonies and was accompanied by acoustic instruments. They borrowed from folk and country music . In the Netherlands the term paling sound (Dutch paling, eel) was coined for their musical style , u. a. because they came from the fishing village of Volendam . The George Baker Selection and BZN are further representatives of this genre .
Brief history of the band
The Cats recorded their first single ( Jukebox ) in 1965. In 1966 they had their first hit called What a Crazy Life . In 1968 they achieved their first No. 1 in the Netherlands with Lea . At the beginning of the 1970s they also had several successes in other European countries. These include the titles One Way Wind (1972 No. 1 in Switzerland ) and Let's Dance . Attempts to reach the Anglo-American market, however, were unsuccessful. The Cats kept making recordings in their homeland until 1985, when Piet Veerman left the group to embark on a solo career.
In 1994, Cees Veerman, Arnold Muhren and Jaap Schilder recorded the album Shine On with guest musicians such as Jan Akkerman , but could not build on earlier successes. After the Flemish singer Dana Winner had already released a cover version of “One Way Wind” in her mother tongue, Westenwind , solo in 1994 , she recorded the piece again in 1996 as a duet with Cats singer Piet Veerman.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 NL
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| 1968 | The cats |
NL6 (9 weeks) NL |
Chart entry only in 1969
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| 1969 | Color Us Gold |
NL2 (16 weeks) NL |
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| 1970 | Take Me With You |
NL1 (8 weeks) NL |
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| 1971 | Aglow |
NL5 (8 weeks) NL |
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| 1972 | Signed By |
NL6 (5 weeks) NL |
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| 1973 | Home |
NL9 (4 weeks) NL |
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| 1974 | Love In Your Eyes |
NL1 (12 weeks) NL |
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| 1976 | Home run |
NL13 (3 weeks) NL |
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| 1980 | Back to you |
NL30 (9 weeks) NL |
Piet Veerman And The New Cats
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| 1983 | Third Life |
NL15 (13 weeks) NL |
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| 1985 | Flyin 'high |
NL13 (6 weeks) NL |
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| 1994 | Shine on |
NL50 (7 weeks) NL |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More studio albums
- 1967: Cats As Cats Can
- 1972: Cat Games
- 1972: Vaya con Dios
- 1975: Hard To Be Friends
- 1975: We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- 1977: Like The Old Days
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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NL
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| 1985 | live |
NL38 (3 weeks) NL |
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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NL
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| 1970 | portrait |
NL4 (6 weeks) NL |
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| 1973 | The Best Of The Cats |
NL-  |
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| 1974 | 10 jaar The Cats |
NL2 (12 weeks)NL |
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| Story presented: The Cats op hun best |
NL4th  (7 weeks)NL |
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| 1979 | 20 golden hits |
NL3 (34 weeks) NL |
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| 1980 | The End Of The Show |
NL23 (7 weeks) NL |
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| 1982 | The Story Of The Cats |
NL8 (13 weeks) NL |
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| 1984 | Het Complete Hit Album |
NL7th (23 weeks)NL |
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| 1992 | Love Cats 25 Years love songs |
NL22 (18 weeks) NL |
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| 1994 | gold |
NL20th (14 weeks)NL |
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| 1998 | The Very Best Of - Highlights |
NL20th (7 weeks)NL |
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| 2002 | Greatest hits |
NL3 (18 weeks) NL |
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| 2006 | Those Were The Days |
NL2 (23 weeks)NL |
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| 2009 | The Cats 100 |
NL2 (20 weeks)NL |
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| 2011 | Trying To Explain - Cats Only |
NL19 (8 weeks) NL |
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| 2014 | Collected |
NL2 (21 weeks) NL |
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| Complete |
NL30 (2 weeks) NL |
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| 2016 | The Golden Years Of Dutch Pop Music |
NL58 (1 week) NL |
More compilations
- 1969: Songs We Sang
- 1971: The golden cats from the Netherlands
- 1971: The Cats
- 1972: Collectors Classics
- 1972: One Way Wind
- 1973: Lo mejor de
- 1973: One Way Wind
- 1975: Great Hits
- 1976: One Way Wind
- 1977: One Way Wind
- 1977: The Very Best Of The Cats
- 1978: The Best Of
- 1979: super gold
- 1983: Collection
- 1983: The Story Of
- 1987: One Way Wind
- 1988: Greatest Hits Of The Cats Vol 1 And Vol 2
- 1992: Star portrait
- 1994: Silent Night
- 1996: Simply the best
- 2000: Best Of
- 2004: Christmas With The Cats
- 2010: All 40 goed
- 2012: Best Of - 3CD
- 2012: Essential Volume 2
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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NL
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| 1966 | What A Crazy Life |
- | - | - |
NL14 (15 weeks) NL |
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| 1967 | Vive L'amour |
- | - | - |
NL26 (6 weeks) NL |
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| Surah He's A Cat Cats As Cats Can |
- | - | - |
NL12 (13 weeks) NL |
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| What Is The World Coming To Cats As Cats Can |
- | - | - |
NL27 (5 weeks) NL |
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| 1968 | Turn Around And Start Again |
- | - | - |
NL14 (9 weeks) NL |
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| Times Were When Cats |
- | - | - |
NL2 (18 weeks) NL |
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| Lea Cats |
- | - | - |
NL1 (22 weeks) NL |
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| Vaya Con Dios Cats |
- | - | - |
NL3 (14 weeks) NL |
Chart entry in NL only in 1972
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| 1969 | Why Color Us Gold |
- | - | - |
NL1 (13 weeks) NL |
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| Scarlet Ribbons Color Us Gold |
- | - | - |
NL3 (11 weeks) NL |
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| Marian |
- | - | - |
NL1 (16 weeks) NL |
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| 1970 | Magical Mystery Morning |
- | - | - |
NL4 (9 weeks) NL |
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| Where Have I Been Wrong Take Me With You |
- | - | - |
NL1 (14 weeks) NL |
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| 1971 | Don't waste your time, take me with you |
- | - | - |
NL11 (5 weeks) NL |
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| One Way Wind Aglow |
DE4 (43 weeks) DE |
- |
CH1 (16 weeks) CH |
NL3 (14 weeks) NL |
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| 1972 | Let's Dance Signed By The Cats |
DE3 (32 weeks) DE |
AT18 (12 weeks) AT |
CH2 (13 weeks) CH |
NL2 (18 weeks) NL |
Chart entry in AT only 1973
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| There Has Been A Time |
- | - | - |
NL3 (11 weeks) NL |
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| You are my home ' cat games |
DE36 (2 weeks) DE |
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| 1973 | Let's Go Together Home |
- | - | - |
NL7 (7 weeks) NL |
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| Maribaja Home |
- | - | - |
NL6 (7 weeks) NL |
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| 1974 | Rock and roll |
DE48 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
NL3 (8 weeks) NL |
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| Be My Day Love In Your Eyes |
DE4 (26 weeks) DE |
AT12 (16 weeks) AT |
- |
NL1 (15 weeks) NL |
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| Come Sunday Hard To Be Friends |
DE46 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
NL6 (8 weeks) NL |
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| 1975 | Hard To Be Friends Hard To Be Friends |
- | - | - |
NL15 (5 weeks) NL |
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| Like A Spanish Song |
- | - | - |
NL9 (6 weeks) NL |
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| Silent Night |
- | - | - |
NL18 (14 weeks) NL |
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| 1976 | We Should Be Together Homerun |
- | - | - |
NL16 (5 weeks) NL |
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| Romance |
- | - | - |
NL25 (4 weeks) NL |
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| 1977 | Save the Last Dance for Me Like The Old Days |
DE48 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
NL6 (8 weeks) NL |
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| Cindy Like The Old Days |
- | - | - |
NL18 (5 weeks) NL |
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| 1978 | She Was Too Young Like The Old Days |
- | - | - |
NL24 (5 weeks) NL |
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| 1980 | The End Of The Show The End Of The Show |
- | - | - |
NL5 (10 weeks) NL |
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| 1983 | La Diligence |
- | - | - |
NL11 (8 weeks) NL |
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| Stay In My Life Third Life |
- | - | - |
NL20 (5 weeks) NL |
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| 1984 | Love Is A Golden Ring Third Life |
- | - | - |
NL15 (5 weeks) NL |
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| Lovers Don't Talk Third Life |
- | - | - |
NL37 (3 weeks) NL |
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| 1985 | She's So In Love Flyin 'High |
- | - | - |
NL31 (5 weeks) NL |
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Individual evidence
Web links
- The Cats (Dutch)
- The Cats at Muziekencyclopedie (Dutch and English)