WOW! was a Dutch girl group in the late and early 90's who were produced by the duo
Bolland & Bolland
Bolland & Bolland are two Dutch music producers and brothers, Rob Bolland (born 17 April 1955) and Ferdi Bolland (born on 5 August 1956). They were born in Port Elizabeth in South Africa.
Career
They produced and wrote for such artists as F ...
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History
WOW! scored their first hit in 1997 called ''Keer op Keer'', which came from their album ''Wild + Ondeugend''. The group scored another hit with ''Zomer'. The music video for ''The Night Before You Came'' was recorded in the Big Brother house.
The band consisted of Denise Koopal, Jenske Moermond, Joëlle van Noppen, Mandy Gruijters and Naomi Louwerens. After each other, Van Noppen and Koopal left the group in 1999 and 2000 respectively. The band restarted in May 2001 under the new name Blaze. However, this was unsuccessful.
WOW! appeared for the last time in its original line-up once in the radio program Coen and Sander Show.
Members
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Denise Koopal
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Jenske Moermond
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Mandy Gruijters
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Naomi Louwerens
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Joëlle van Noppen
Joëlle van Noppen (20 January 1980 – 12 May 2010) was a Dutch singer.
Career
Joëlle was born in Middelburg. She was a member of the Dutch girl group WOW! from 1997 to 2000. Until her death she was still active to a small extent as a cabaret si ...
After WOW!
Denise Koopal presented call games for RTL.
Mandy Gruijters went to sing in the coverband Broadway and was the finalist of Popstars 2.
Joëlle van Noppen
Joëlle van Noppen (20 January 1980 – 12 May 2010) was a Dutch singer.
Career
Joëlle was born in Middelburg. She was a member of the Dutch girl group WOW! from 1997 to 2000. Until her death she was still active to a small extent as a cabaret si ...
died in the
Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771
Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 was a scheduled international Afriqiyah Airways passenger flight that crashed on 12 May 2010 at about 06:01 local time (04:01 UTC) on approach to Tripoli International Airport, about short of the runway. Of the 10 ...
plane crash on 12 May 2010.
Ex-singer WOW perished
Telegraaf, 13 May 2010
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
External links
muziekencyclopedie.nl entry on Wow!
Dutch pop music groups
Dutch girl groups
Musical groups established in 1996
Musical groups disestablished in 2001
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