Nederpop or Dutch pop music is
pop music
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made by
Dutch bands and artists.
The name is a play on the country's name in Dutch ''(Nederland)''. An English translation could be ''Netherpop''. Nederpop is a
Dutch term invented by the mid-1970s to describe the Dutch pop music scene of the 1960s and 1970s that was gaining worldwide attention, exemplified by bands such as
Shocking Blue,
Golden Earring
Golden Earring (originally known as The Tornados) was a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Golden Earrings. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar Love" in 1973, which went to number one on t ...
and
Focus. Most of the Nederpop bands of this period had English-language songs or played only instrumentals, but some of the bands performed exclusively in the Dutch language. Many such were popular thanks to airplay over the offshore
pirate radio
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In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are received—especially ...
stations targeting the Netherlands such as Mi Amigo, Veronica, Atlantis and Northsea International.
During the early 1980s, the Nederpop term was revived to name the sudden growth of Dutch language
pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former descri ...
from the
Netherlands
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. The revived meaning came about because of the huge success of
Doe Maar. This success helped other bands to sing in Dutch and/or get the spotlight.
Sixties Nederpop bands
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Golden Earring
Golden Earring (originally known as The Tornados) was a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Golden Earrings. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar Love" in 1973, which went to number one on t ...
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The Motions
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The Outsiders
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Tee-Set
Tee-Set was a pop rock band formed in 1965 by singer Peter Tetteroo in Delft, Netherlands. The band is best-known for their single "Ma Belle Amie", which was a No. 5 hit in the United States.
The band had a number of other hit songs in the Ne ...
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Cuby + Blizzards
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Brainbox
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The Cats
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Sandy Coast
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The Shoes
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Peter Koelewijn
Peter Koelewijn (born 29 December 1940 in Eindhoven) is a founding father of Dutch-language rock and roll. Koelewijn is also a successful producer and songwriter for other Dutch artists. His most famous song is "Kom van dat dak af".
Biography
Pet ...
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Boudewijn de Groot
Frank Boudewijn de Groot (, born 20 May 1944) is a Dutch singer-songwriter, known for "'' Welterusten Meneer de President''" (1966).
Biography Youth
Boudewijn de Groot was born in wartime occupied Dutch East Indies in 1944 in a Japanese concent ...
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Rob de Nijs
Rob de Nijs (born 26 December 1942) is a Dutch singer and actor, active since the 1960s.
Biography
1962–1968
De Nijs, backed by The Lords, won a talent-contest in 1962 and released his first single in 1962, " Ritme van de Regen". In 1965 D ...
Seventies Nederpop bands
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Shocking Blue
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Mouth & MacNeal
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Focus
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Earth and Fire
Earth and Fire were a Dutch rock and pop band. Formed in the Netherlands by twin brothers Chris and Gerard Koerts, and most popular from 1970, after adding a female singer, turning frontwoman, Jerney Kaagman.
Earth and Fire's first eight si ...
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George Baker
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Golden Earring
Golden Earring (originally known as The Tornados) was a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Golden Earrings. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar Love" in 1973, which went to number one on t ...
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Ekseption
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Luv'
Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe (Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Rhodesia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada ...
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De Bintangs
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Supersister
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Pussycat
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Teach-In
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Livin' Blues
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Kayak
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The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each s ...
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Herman Brood
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Gruppo Sportivo
Gruppo Sportivo are a Dutch pop band from The Hague, formed in 1976, who enjoyed a measure of international success in the late 1970s and 1980s. They had hit songs with "Hey Girl", "Beep Beep Love", " Tokyo (I'm On My Way)", "Disco Really Made It ...
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Alquin
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Normaal
Normaal is a rock band from the Netherlands, more specifically from the Achterhoek region, who sing in Achterhooks, a local variety of the Low Saxon language group. , who was an arts student at an arts academy, stationed in Amsterdam in the 1 ...
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BZN
BZN (''Band Zonder Naam''; Dutch for "Band Without Name") was a Dutch pop group that had a string of hits from 1966 to 2007 on. BZN recorded mostly in English and French, but also had success with material in Dutch and German.
History
BZN star ...
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Nits
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Eighties Nederpop bands
Aside from
Doe Maar, the early eighties were good for, amongst others,
Golden Earring
Golden Earring (originally known as The Tornados) was a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Golden Earrings. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar Love" in 1973, which went to number one on t ...
,
Time Bandits (band)
Time Bandits was a Dutch band from the 1980s, best known for their hits "I'm Specialized in You", "Endless Road" and "I'm Only Shooting Love".
The band
The band was formed in 1981 by Dutch-born Alides Hidding, who wrote all songs and sang lead ...
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Diesel (band)
Diesel is a Dutch pop/rock group that became one of the relatively few Dutch acts to chart in the U.S. when their song "Sausalito Summernight" entered the U.S. Top 40 in 1981.
Biography
Diesel was created in October 1978 by ex- Kayak drummer P ...
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Vandenberg, the
Frank Boeijen Groep,
Het Goede Doel
Het Goede Doel (English: ''The Charity'' or ''The Good Cause'') is a Dutch pop-group fronted by Henk Westbroek and Henk Temming as founding members.
The original line-up, formed in 1979, was completed by Sander van Herk (guitar), Roland Jongeneel ...
, the
Amazing Stroopwafels,
Toontje Lager,
VOF de Kunst
VOF de Kunst, better known in Europe as The Art Company, is a Dutch pop group from Tilburg founded in 1983. Their hit song was " Suzanne" (or "Susanna") which reached No. 1 and No. 12 on the charts in the Netherlands and UK, respectively. Th ...
, and
Noodweer.
Female Nederpop bands of the time included the
Dolly Dots
Dolly Dots are a popular Dutch girl band in the 1980s. With their style of upbeat dance/pop, they scored many hits throughout Europe. The sextet consisted of Angela Groothuizen, Angéla Kramers, Anita Heilker, Esther Oosterbeek, Patty Zomer and ...
and
Mai Tai.
Later Nederpop
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Acda & de Munnik
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Luie hond
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Osdorp Posse
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De Dijk
De Dijk (English: The Dike) is a Dutch rock band which formed in 1981. The band is named after Zeedijk, a street in their hometown Amsterdam. Their music can be described as a mixture of soul, blues and rock 'n roll, with lyrics sung only in D ...
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Van Dik Hout
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Van Dik Hout are a Dutch pop group from Den Helder in the north of the Netherlands. They formed in the late 1980s as a school band, but moved later to Amsterdam where they rechristened themselves into Van Dik Hout.
The band's biggest ...
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Bløf
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The Scene
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De Poema's (coöperation of Van Dik Hout and Acda & de Munnik)
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Spinvis
Spinvis is a Dutch one-man music project centred on Erik de Jong (born 2 February 1961, Spijkenisse). Using experimental, lo-fi music, Spinvis has earned two gold records in the Netherlands, and performed sold-out tours in both the Netherlands ...
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Ellen ten Damme
Ellen ten Damme (born 7 October 1967) is a Dutch actress, performer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Ten Damme both sings and acts in four languages (Dutch, English, French and German), and plays piano and keyboards, guitar and violin ...
Nederpop bands singing in regional languages
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Heidevolk,
Dutch
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Normaal
Normaal is a rock band from the Netherlands, more specifically from the Achterhoek region, who sing in Achterhooks, a local variety of the Low Saxon language group. , who was an arts student at an arts academy, stationed in Amsterdam in the 1 ...
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Low German
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Rowwen Hèze,
Limburgian
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Skik,
Drèents dialects
Drèents (also Dreins, Dreints, Drents, Drints; nl, Drents) is a collective term for Westphalian dialects spoken in Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands. They are spoken by about half of the population of the province.
Dialects of Drèent ...
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Twarres
Twarres is a folk/pop band from Wergea in the Netherlands who perform songs in both English and their native Frisian language. Their songs are primarily lush, harmonic vocal pop with a focus on acoustic instrumentation such as pianos and violins. ...
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West Frisian
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De Kast,
West Frisian
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Mooi Wark,
Drenthe
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See also
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Dutch rock
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Nederbeat
Nederbeat (also: Nederbiet) was the Netherlands, Dutch rock boom of mid-1960s influenced by British Beat music, beat groups and rock bands such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and, much like British freakbeat, it is essentially the Dutch co ...
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Europop
Europop (also spelled Euro pop) is a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the mid-to-late 1960s and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with revivals and ...
References
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