Singer Rein de Vries from The Hague started out as a guitarist in 1956
in the Rocking Sensation Boys (together with René Nodelijk).
After that, he was in the Firebirds/Firedevils.
1959 Living doll/Seventeen [& Rocking Sensation Boys] Fontana TF 266... Blonde babydoll/Ik ben 17 jaar [& Rocking Sensation Boys] Fontana TF 266094 1960 Why/My love [& Annelies de Graaf] Fontana TF 266131 1962 Patsy/Teenage meisje [& Firedevils] Fontana TF 266373 1965 Patsy/Teenage meisje [re] Fontana YF 278093 Arm en rijk/Colinda Fontana YF 278100 Dear John/Wonderen zijn van alle tijd [& Hetty] Fontana YF 278113 LP Patsy en 11 andere successen Fontana QL 626302 1966 Verspeeld/Eenzaam in de mist Fontana YF 278124 1967 Kleine engel/Wie van ons Fontana YF 278141 Voor haar zit ik hier in een cel/Toe geef vader geen whiskey Fontana YF 278151 1977 Patsy/Teenage meisje [re] Philips 6012710 1982 Patsy/Arm en rijk [re] Philips 6017270
Female singer from Eindhoven, often accompanied by the Rocking Sensation Boys from The Hague (around 1959).
1959 Mister music/Sing sing sing Philips PF 318288 1960 Ich bin treu/Rosarot Philips PF 345196 Why/My love [with Rein de Vries] Fontana TF 266131 1961 Ik ben een kat of een schat/Rosalie nu niet huilen Decca FM 264359 Geef mij maar Eddie/Schade schade schade Decca FM 264415 1966 Al m'n dromen zijn vervlogen/Ik dans met een ander [as Annelies] Sunshine SS 9000 Zolang ik leef/Waarom waarom Telstar TS 1213 1967 Memories of Heidelberg/'k Wil geen parels uit Hawaï Telstar TS 1302
Indo-band from The Hague which often accompanied Rein de Vries. The members were: Wim Lusken, Joop van Geffen, Chris Back, Charles Gebhardt and George Kotte. In 1963, they changed their name into Firedevils, since there was another group named Firebirds, on the Delta label.
1962 La bamba/San Antonio rose Fontana TF 266383
These Firebirds recorded a few singles in Dutch.
1962 Het lied van de zee/De minnestreel RCA 47-9424 Ver over zee/Daar komt de sergeant Delta DS 1042 1963 Naar het strand/Gloria Delta DS 1091
Formerly known as Firebirds from The Hague, their first single featured the vocals of Rein de Vries and Jassy Amo; Rein was not featured on the second single, on which Tonny Eyk played piano. Jassy Amo was a Surinamese singer/guitarist, whose real name is Hans Amo. In 1964, the the Firedevils consisted of: Roy Chauvigny de Blot (b, to Dick Scott & Barons), Hans de Koning (g), Huub Liouw (g) and George Dankmeyer (dr). This line-up recorded the third, instrumental single.
1963 Oh mein Papa/True love Fontana TF 266397 Que sera sera/Into each life some rain must fall [Jassy Amo & Firedevils] Delta DS 1081 Que sera sera/Into each life some rain must fall [Jassy Amo & Firedevils] Show Records SH 1078 1964 Slippin' and slidin'/Peter Gunn Delta DS 1109
REIN DE VRIES 20-2-65 SINGLE 15 17 PATSY 16-10-65 SINGLE 31 2 DEAR JOHN TONNY EYK & ORCHESTRA 17-3-73 SINGLE tip CHANSON POUR MILAN
Submitted by: Adri Verhoef
(a3@a3.xs4all.nl-removespam)
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