Disco 57 Dutch Ripe For New Wave, Rock Influence By WILLEM HOOS AMSTERDAM -According to International acts who regularly mix MOR musical values with disco. a black group, now with a black girl ago and with a breakthrough hit key figures in the Dutch music in- chart -crash include: Chic, Sister Luv' certainly is Holland's most lead singer, the band is with Ariola "Love's What I Want," produced by dustry, disco in the is Sledge, the Commodores, Village popular disco act. It comprises three and produced by Hans Jansen. Shell Schellekens and released via going strong and will stay that way People, the Bee Gees, Abba, Mac attractive girls, Jose Andreoli, Patty Cashmere is a duo. Jody Pijper Fleet. This label also has a girl trio for at least two years. But they expect Kissoon, Michael Jackson, Anita Brandsteder and Marga Scheide and Peter Hollestelle, formed a year (Continued on page 69) new influences, notably from new Ward, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Sum- who got together at the end of 1976. wave and rock. to be injected into mer, the Three Degrees, Earth, Since then it has recorded seven sin- the scene. Wind and Fire and Boney M. gles for Phonogram, with local sales Disco impact today is not as In the Dutch side there are Luv', of one million and two to three mil- THE BEST PRICES & DELIVERY WITHOUT SACRIFICING QUALITY strong as during the "Saturday Babe, Benelux, the Dolly Dots, lion more worldwide. Night Fever" peak but the music still Cashmere, Cheyenne and American Luv' has found further sales suc- STROBES STRIP LIGHTS grabs a large slice of the single and Gypsy, the latter two groups into two albums "With Luv" cess via the CONTROLLERS STARBURSTS album chart action. pure New York disco while the rest and "Lots Of Luv," selling about 200,000 units in Benelux territories 90,000 Candle Power and 500,000 internationally. Now Giant 6" Dia. the group is with Carrere for Bene- lux and France in a three -year pact announced at the same time as a deal between Carrere and Luv' for West , and Swit- zerland was extended for three years. Hans van Hemert produced Luv' from the start. For 15 years a Phono- eate dynamic en nts for livErïg, wcír gram staff producer, he is one of the y most influential people on the local g . . . D! M' E H "W eSTAUIRANT ". scene. His biggest hit among many was "How Do You Do," the Mouth and McNeal single which sold four Planetary million copies worldwide. tavailable anywhere else Rotor Now, for personal and musical Par 46 Ralnllte makes CUSTOM NEO His reasons, he has quit Phonogram. Dealer Inquiries Invited is plans have yet to be defined but he Foreign & Domestic to produce Luv' for the next three Write or Call Collect for Catalogue years. He also produces American Gypsy, a group formed four years ^ ti back by black musicians from the i-,"-4^: =^ "" U.S., who settled in Holland after a i,tii^ ^^, European tour. i¡.f w `r t Cheyenne matches the U.S. team 3701 Hempstead Tpke., Levittown,i N.Y. 11 745 (516) 735 -1400/1406 for pure disco allegiances. Basically . .

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