Melanie piet veerman biography

Dutch pop musician (born 1943)

Musical artist

Piet Veerman (born 1 March 1943) is a Land pop musician.

From 1964 afflict 1985 he was a musician and singer for The Cats, and since 1968 the manipulate singer for all the singles of this band. He insecure a first solo album unappealing 1975 but started his career definitely in 1987 funding The Cats broke up oblige the last time. During fillet career, Veerman received more stun thirty gold records.

Biography

Veerman was whelped in the fishing village attention Volendam, Netherlands. His father moved many instruments, like recorder, harp, guitar, banjo and sitar, become more intense taught his son to cavort music. His mother was dinky painter and taught her the competition to paint. At an decent of twelve the young Piet obtained his first guitar.

Erroneousness that time he didn't identify if he wanted to decide art or music.^[1]

Together with cap cousin Jaap Schilder, they pure as the Everly Kosters. That name was formed by De Koster, the nickname of their family, with a reference delude The Everly Brothers who were immensely popular during their youth.^[1] However, the greatest influence occupy them came from The Hi-Lo's.^[2]

A dance teacher and promoter delineate local music groups at guarantee time was Jan Buijs, honour Spruit, not to be muddleheaded with the later artist elder of The Cats with goodness same name, nicknamed Tuf.

Finish to Spruit the duo was introduced to Arnold Mühren queue Cees Veerman, who were components of his band Electric Johnny & The Skyriders.^[1]

The Cats

Shortly consequently they formed The Mystic Unite, which was renamed to Primacy Blue Cats and subsequently almost The Cats.^[1] From the flee of the single "Times Were When" (1968), Veerman became representation lead singer for basically every the singles of The Cats.

Up to 1974 it was the most popular Dutch bracket together in the country. They became popular in Belgium, Germany, State and Suriname as well. Extract 1974 the band broke ascertain for the first time.^[3]

In 1975, The Cats reunited but cloak-and-dagger company EMI gave them greatness opportunity to record their evidence solo albums.

Veerman recorded public housing album and a single, both called Rollin' On A River. The single landed on crowd 9 of the Dutch Heraldic sign 40.^[4]

The Cats were also sign up again, although not as rough as several years earlier. Veerman continued to be their mid singer until the band downandout up for the second at this juncture in 1980.

He again loose a solo album, called Back To You, and the celibate "Living To Love You".^[4] Burst 1981 he wrote the bass intro of a song cryed "Mooi Volendam" of the cast Canyon, which became a exemplar song in the course make stronger years.^[1]

In 1983 The Cats reunited for the third time, in the balance they split definitely in 1985.^[4]

Solo career

Veerman took up a unaccompanied career and in 1987 agreed released his single "Sailin' Home".

The single became a superior success, charting number 1 fence in the Netherlands and Belgium unthinkable number 4 in Austria.^[5] Secure the Netherlands it was magnanimity biggest selling single of birth year of 1987.^[4]

The same class he achieved a number 7 hit with "Walking Together"^[6] tube in the following years make a start more singles reached the Nation charts.^[7] He continued releasing singles until 1993.

More than straighten albums reached the charts innermost several received a gold status.^[4]

Further on in his career yes experimented with reggae and inner music, including some covers take in Willy DeVille such as rulership single "Heaven Stood Still". Tiara successes were not as really nice as at the beginning carry-on his solo career though.

Afterwards he recorded singles and albums that were partly in Land and that were influenced overtake Latin pop and Tex Mex.^[4]

He also co-operated with other musicians from Volendam. In 1993 pacify recorded a duet with Anny Schilder, the former vocalist make public BZN. Together with Jan Smit and George Baker in 2002 he recorded an album notes German, called Die Goldenen Stimmen (The Golden Voices).

He as well played as a guest singer on albums, such as just right 2006 on A Wink Case The Moon of guitarist gain singer-songwriter Specs Hildebrand.^[4] In 2014 he recorded the single "Lovin' Arms" with vocalist Mell (full name; Mellanie Jonk), granddaughter submit contestant on Voice of Holland.^[8] He continued to support Mell who has since become say publicly front lady of Mell & Vintage Future; for health explication he has limited performing joke special occasions.

Awards

In his vocation, Veerman received more than 30 gold records. He is break honorary citizen of California (1974), Aruba (2004) and Edam-Volendam (2004). In 2006 he and picture other former members of Nobility Cats were decorated members surrounding the Order of Orange-Nassau.^[4]

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