''You're the Greatest Lover'' is a budget-priced compilation album by Dutch

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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, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Cana ...

released by PolyGram Netherlands in

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. It features songs from the back catalogue of

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when the female pop trio reached its peak in a large part of

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. This album is named after the biggest hit record of the female pop formation: "

You're the Greatest Lover "You're the Greatest Lover" is a single by the Dutch girl group Luv', released in July 1978 by Philips/Phonogram Records. It appears on the 1978 debut album '' With Luv. The song is the group's international breakthrough as it was successful ...

Track listing

All songs written by

Hans van Hemert Hans van Hemert (7 April 1945 – 7 October 2024) was a Dutch record producer and songwriter. Mouth and MacNeal and Luv' are among the pop acts he produced. He won an ASCAP award for the song "How Do You Do" by Mouth and MacNeal. and composed th ...

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Piet Souer Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer (born 29 March 1948) is a Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger. Through his collaborations with acts such as Luv', Mouth & MacNeal, Liesbeth List, Ramses Shaffy, American Gypsy, and Champagne, he has achi ...

under the pseudonym 'Janschen & Janschens'. #"

" – 2:50 #* Taken from the album '' With Luv''' (1978) #"Hang On" – 3:07 #* Taken from the album '' With Luv''' (1978) #" U.O.Me" – 2:57 #* Taken from the album '' With Luv''' (1978) #"I Like Sugar Candy Kisses" – 3:34 #* Taken from the album '' Lots of Luv''' (1979) # "

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" – 3:24 #* taken from the German Version of '' With Luv''' (1978) #"Saint Tropez" – 3:04 #* Taken from the album '' Lots of Luv''' (1979) #" Casanova" – 3:50 #* Taken from the album '' Lots of Luv''' (1979) # " Who Do You Wanna Be" – 3:34 #* Taken from the album '' With Luv''' (1978) #" Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" – 2:53 #* Taken from the album '' Lots of Luv''' (1979) #"Honey, Money" – 3:16 #*Taken from the album '' Lots of Luv''' (1979) #" My Man" – 3:05 #* Taken from the album '' With Luv''' (1978) #"If You Love Me" – 2:34 #* Taken from the album '' Lots of Luv''' (1979) #" Dream, Dream" – 3:30 #* Taken from the album '' With Luv''' (1978) #"Louis, Je T'Adore" – 3:40 #* Taken from the album '' With Luv''' (1978) #"The Night Of Love" – 3:32 #* Taken from the album '' Lots of Luv''' (1979) #"Oh, Get Ready" – 3:16 #* Taken from the album '' With Luv''' (1978)

Personnel

José Hoebee Josina van de Wijdeven (born 29 March 1954), known as José Hoebee, is a Dutch people, Dutch pop music, pop singer. She was a member of Luv' in the late 1970s and early 1980s that scored hits in more than 15 countries. In late 1981, she went so ...

– vocals *

Patty Brard Petula Louise "Patty" Brard (born March 25, 1955) is a Dutch singer, television personality, actress and entrepreneur, most notable for being a former member of the girl group Luv'. For five decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid ...

– vocals *

Marga Scheide Margareth "Marga" Scheide (born 15 February 1954) is a Dutch singer and former model, best known for being a member of the girl group Luv'. Alongside Patty Brard and José Hoebee, she scored a string of international hit songs such as "You're th ...

– vocals Production *

– producer,

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– conductor/arranger

External links

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