Shirley Zwerus, stage name Shirley (
Zandvoort
Zandvoort () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam ...
, 22 May 1946) is a Dutch singer and pianist. Her records were released internationally on
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a record label that was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records. The independent label distributor Fontana Distribution takes its name from the label.
History
Fontana started in the 1950s as a subs ...
from 1969.
Discography
Albums
* 1978: ''Makin’ Love Is Good for You'' (als ''Shirley Zwerus'')
**''Have You Ever Seen the Rain'' / ''Makin’ Love Is Good for You'' / ''The Light I Wanna Be'' / ''Save a Little for the Morning'' / ''The Next Time'' // ''A Bad Case of Rock ’n’ Roll'' / ''Fool, Fool'' / ''Love Has Tied Our Hearts Together'' / ''Giving It Up for Love'' / ''Don't Cry Out Loud''
* 1981: ''Shirley''
**''Bij jou'' / ''Eerste liefde vergeet je nooit'' / ''Bloemen bloeien zelfs als het koud is'' / ''Jij maakt me so blij'' / ''Het is voorbij'' // ''Heel even'' / ''Oh, het is waar'' / ''Nu ik jou niet heb'' / ''Dromen van een ander'' / ''Zonder woorden''
Singles
* 1958: ''Maar ondanks dat (Ben jij m’n lieve schat)'' / ''Mambo Olé'' (als Duo ''Godert en Shirley'')
* 1959: ''Teenager Melody'' / ''Jolly Joker'' (NL #14) (als ''Shirley and her Rhythms Stars'')
* 1959: ''Vakantie in Honolulu'' / ''Mijn Daddy''
* 1961: ''Blue Moon'' / ''Besame mucho''
* 1961: ''Spaar me'' / ''Wat zou je doen?'' (B-Seite von ''Joop van der Marel & Het Leedy Trio'')
* 1962: ''Ya-Ya'' / ''Shadows of the Past''
* 1963: ''Zeven witte meeuwen'' / ''Mooi zijn de nachten op Ikaria'' (unter dem Pseudonym ''Rosemarie'')
* 1963: ''Cimeroni'' / ''Toen kwam Johnny''
* 1963: ''Verliefd, verloofd en dan getrouwd'' / ''Blondie'' (Shirley en
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)
* 1963: ''Ich wollt’ ich wär’ Prinzessin'' / ''Wer wird der erste sein''
* 1964: ''Ik ga weg'' / ''Huil toch om de liefde niet''
* 1964: ''Bitte geh’'' / ''Meinen Mann such’ ich mir selbst aus''
* 1964: ''Vergessen (Remember)'' / ''Es war einmal''
* 1964: ''You’re My World'' / ''Who Knows Why''
* 1965: ''Nimm den Kuß als Souvenir'' / ''Georgia''
* 1965: ''In Swing and Sweet'' (EP): ''Hands Off Him – Misty Moonray'' / ''Lost and Lookin’''
* 1966: ''Ik wist allang (dat jij zou komen) (Çe soir je t’attendais)'' / ''Georgia''
* 1966: ''Bach bijvoorbeeld'' / ''Het orgelconcert''
* 1967: ''No More Love for Me / I Come Another Step Closer to Your Heart'' (
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He established the pluralist theory of democracy—in which political outcomes are ...
& Shirley)
* 1967: ''Big Boss Man'' / ''I’m an Evil Gal'' (Single-Titel: ''Shirley Goes Soul'')
* 1968: ''Anatole'' / ''Ev’ry day''
* 1968: ''That’s Why I Die a Little'' / ''Save the Last Dance for Me''
* 1970: ''Fantasy in Fiction'' / ''Love Her in the Car'' (B-Seite von ''Corner Act ’68''; beide Titel aus dem Film ''Fantasy in Fiction'')
* 1971: ''Amsterdam... het blijft een gezellige stad'' / ''Doe ’t met je neus'' (A: Shirley met leden van het Amsterdams Toneel / B: Shirley &
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)
* 1977: ''It’s Me'' / ''I Will Love You'' (NL #13)
* 1978: ''Nothing Has Changed'' / ''Take Me''
* 1978: ''
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: Een nieuw geluid'' (Werbe-
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)
* 1978: ''The Light I Wanna Be'' / ''Makin’ Love Is Good for You'' (als ''Shirley Zwerus'')
* 1979: ''What a Lovely Day'' / ''What a Lovely Dub'' (A-Seite:
Errol & Shirley, B-Seite: Errol Ross Orchestra plus vocals Shirley & Errol)
* 1980: ''Easy Livin’/It's the Only Way'' / ''Theme from ‚You're My Future‘ (instr.)'' (als ''Shirley Zwerus'')
* 1981: ''Heel even'' / ''I'm Sorry'' (NL #24)
* 1981: ''Bij jou'' / ''Oh, het is waar''
* 1981: ''Eerste liefde vergeet je nooit'' / ''Jij maakt me zo blij''
* 1982: ''Een kind, een kind'' / ''De jaren van je jeugd'' (Charity-Single von
Lenny,
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,
Dimitri, Shirley,
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&
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)
* 1983: ''The Way Old Friends Do'' / ''One and Only''
* 1995: ''Heel even'' (neue Version) / ''Soms (If I Have to Go Away)'' (von
Gerard Joling
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& Shirley Zwerus)
* 1996: ''Wil je me soms kwijt'' / ''Wil je me soms kwijt'' (instrumentaal)
''Wil je me soms kwijt''
bei Dutchcharts.nl
References
1946 births
Living people
Dutch women singers
Dutch pop singers
People from Zandvoort
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