The Shoes are a Dutch

Nederbeat Nederbeat (also: Nederbiet) was the Dutch rock boom of mid-1960s influenced by British beat groups and rock bands such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and, much like British freakbeat, it is essentially the Dutch counterpart to American g ...

band from

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that had a string of hits from 1966. The group was founded in 1963 as The White Shoes. They still perform.

Band members

*Theo van Es : vocals *Wim van Huis : guitar *Jan Versteegen : bass *Henk Versteegen : drums

Discography

Albums

Singles

Singles chart

, - , align="left", ''Standing and staring'', , , , 3-12-1966, , 13, , 12, , , - , align="left", ''Na na na'', , , , 18-2-1967, , 6, , 12, , , - , align="left", ''Peace and privacy'', , , , 20-5-1967, , 14, , 6, , , - , align="left", ''Farewell in the rain'', , , , 7-10-1967, , 14, , 8, , , - , align="left", ''No money for roses'', , , , 9-3-1968, , 14, , 9, , , - , align="left", ''Man's life'', , , , 25-5-1968, , 11, , 7, , , - , align="left", ''Don't you cry for a girl'', , , , 7-9-1968, , 5, , 9, , , - , align="left", ''Emptiness'', , , , 25-1-1969, , 34, , 3, , , - , align="left", ''That tender looking angel'', , , , 10-5-1969, , 26, , 4, , , - , align="left", ''Happiness is in this beat'', , , , 2-8-1969, , 19, , 5, , , - , align="left", ''Daylight'', , , , 29-11-1969, , 35, , 2, , , - , align="left", ''Osaka'', , , , 11-4-1970, , 6, , 10, , , - , align="left", ''Adios corazon'', , , , 18-7-1970, , 30, , 3, , , - , align="left", ''Face to face'', , , , 9-2-1974, , 12, , 7, , , - , align="left", ''Make up your make up'', , , , 9-11-1974, , 26, , 4, ,

References

Dutch musical groups The Shoes {{Netherlands-band-stub