REIN DE VRIES

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

ANNELIESE DE GRAEF

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

FIREBIRDS (I)

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

FIREBIRDS (II)

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

FIREDEVILS

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

Dutch charts:

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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