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The Shorts were a four-piece Dutch teenage group whose pop music was well known in Germany in the early 1980s .
Career
The group, founded in 1976 by manager and composer Eddy De Heer as a children's band, consisted of Hans Van Vondelen ( vocals ), Erik De Wildt ( keyboards ), Hans Stokkermans ( electric bass ) and Peter Wezenbeek ( drums ). The original name of the band was 'De Bliksemafleiders'.
Her biggest hit was Comment ça va , published in 1983 . The music and the original Dutch text came from Eddy de Heer, the German text version from Bernd Augener ; the producer was Jack Jersey . For this production Jersey got the "Conamus Export Award" in 1983. Number 1 in the Netherlands, the title in Germany stayed in the charts for eleven weeks from July to September 1983 , including three weeks at number 6.
With other titles, many of which were recorded in Dutch, 'The Shorts' could not repeat this success. In 1986 the group disbanded.
Members
- Hans van Vondelen (singer, born July 30, 1965 in Delft )
- Erik de Wildt (keyboardist, born November 2, 1966 in Dordrecht )
- Hans Stokkermans (bass player, born May 3, 1966 in Leiden )
- Peter Wezenbeek (drummer, born June 26, 1966 in Haarlem )
Discography
Albums
- Comment ça va (1983)
Singles
- Comment ça va (1983)
- Je suis do it (1983)
- Annabelle (1983)
- Goodbye (1984)