Continental Uptight Band
Continental Uptight Band | |
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| Origin | Netherlands |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 1969 - 1980 |
| Labels | Imperial |
| Past members | Bud Bergsma Peter Legler Maarten Stoopendaal Onno Stoopendaal Ritty Van Straalen Letty Verhoef Remco Wellerdieck |
The Continental Uptight Band were a Dutch band who had a few hits during the 1970s.
Background
[edit]formed in 1969 in Utrecht, and active till 1980.[1] The and comprised Bud Bergsma, Letty Verhoef, Maarten Stoopendaal, Onno Stoopendaal, Peter Legler, Remco Wellerdieck and Ritty Van Straalen.[2] They had three hit singles in the Netherlands with "Please Sing A Song For Us", "Beautiful Friendship" and "On the Ride (You Do It Once, You Do It Twice)".[3]
Career
[edit]The group recorded Barbara Ruskin's song, "Beautiful Friendship". It entered the Dutch Top 40 at no. 40 on 24 October 1970[4] and stayed in the chart for another week, peaking at no. 36.[5]
Discography
[edit]- Beautiful Friendship 1970
- Roots 1972
References
[edit]- ^ Gramophone - Volume 48 - p. 1703, 1971 - The Continental Uptight Band also have their first LP issued in this country — Beautiful Friendship (Columbia SCX6454).
- ^ "The Continental Uptight Band Discography". Discogs.com.
- ^ "Continental Uptight Band". Top40.nl.
- ^ Top 40 - 40 BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP, continental uptight band, NIEUW 40, 1 WEEK
- ^ Top 40 - 36 BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP, continental uptight band, 40 36 2 WEKEN
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External links
[edit]- Discogs - The Continental Uptight Band