Fox the Fox was a group that was founded in 1981 by Berth Tamaëla and Sylvia Musmin, also known as Silhouette Musmin. The band is best known for their hit single "

Precious Little Diamond "Precious Little Diamond" is a song by Dutch funk band Fox the Fox, released in October 1984 as the second single from their debut studio album, ''In the Dark of the Nite''. The single peaked as number 11 on the Dutch singles Chart, staying on ...

History

Fox the Fox, was a Dutch funk band founded by Tamaëla and Musmin in 1981. Among the members were bassist

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, guitarist

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, keyboardist

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, and drummers Robbie Brans,

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and Han Langkamp. Musmin wrote all the lyrics. Two years after founding the band they released "Flirting and Showing", which reached number 40 in the

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.Hit-Bilanz, deutsche Chart-Singles auf CD-ROM, Taurus Press A year later they released the single "Precious Little Diamond", which reached fifth place in Germany, number 18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, 11 in the Netherlands, 15 in

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and 86 in the

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. Subsequent singles and albums were not successful. The band split up after the departure of Tamaëla in 1990. Silhouette Musmin has retired from the music business and is now a practitioner of alternative medicine in Amsterdam, while Berth Tamaëla is still making music and his most recent act is called Beat-T.

Discography

Singles ;"Flirting and Showing" :: 40 :: 40 – 1984/49 ;"Precious Little Diamond" :: 5 – 1984/31 – 6 Wo. :: 18 - U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play :: 11 :: 15 :: 38 :: 86

Albums

* 1984: ''In the Dark of the Nite'' * 1989: ''Diamonds''

Singles

* 1983: "Flirting and Showing" * 1984: "

" * 1984: "I.C. Eyes" * 1984: "Stealin' (My Heart Away)" * 1986: "She Don't Mind" * 1987: "Star in the Nite (Too Late)'' * 1989: "Rock the Pop" * 1989: "Something Special"

External links

*
LastFM Profile

References

Dutch musical groups Eurodisco groups Musical groups established in 1981 Musical groups disestablished in 1990 Dutch funk musical groups {{Netherlands-band-stub