Dries (Andres) Holten (30 January 1936 in Cimahi,

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– 15 April 2020) was a Dutch singer, songwriter of Indo descent. He represented the Netherlands at the

1972 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Edinburgh, United Kingdom and was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporat ...

alongside

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. After he and Reemer broke up, Holten formed a new group with

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and called it Rosy & Andres. In 1980, Holten's final group was of him and Ria Shield Meyer.

Career

Sandra and Andres

In 1972 at Eurovision, along with fellow Dutch-Indonesian singer Sandra Reemer he represented the Netherlands with their song "

Als het om de liefde gaat The Netherlands was represented by duo Sandra and Andres, with the song "Als het om de liefde gaat", at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 25 March in Edinburgh. Sandra and Andres, an established act with five previous top 10 ...

", the meaning in English is when love is concerned. He co-wrote the song with Hans van Hemert.

Rosy and Andres

In 1975, now having teamed up with another Indonesian singer, Rosy Pereira the daughter of steel guitarist

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, they released the single " Sausilito". Holten co-wrote it with Marshal Manengkei. In the Netherlands it peaked at number 7 and spent four weeks on the charts. The following year, it was reported in the 9 October 1976 issue of ''Billboard'' that their single " My Love" reached position number 3 in the Dutch chart, just behind "In Zaire" by

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and with "

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" by

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at no 1.''Billboard'' 9 October 197
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References

External links

Andres Driesholten – Home
{{DEFAULTSORT:Holten, Dries 1936 births 2020 deaths Dutch male singers Dutch male songwriters Dutch songwriters Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1972 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the Netherlands People from Cimahi Indo people