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Rudy Bennett

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Rudy Bennett
Bennett in 1973
Bennett in 1973
Background information
Born (1942-12-27) 27 December 1942 (age 81)
The Hague, Netherlands
GenresNederbeat
InstrumentVocals
Years active1960s-present
Formerly ofThe Motions, Galaxy-Lin

Rudy Bennett (born 27 December 1942) is a Dutch singer, who led the Nederbeat groups The Motions and Galaxy-Lin.

Career

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Bennett formed The Motions with Robbie van Leeuwen, Henk Smitskamp, and Sieb Warner.[1] They were the first Nederbeat band to achieve chart success, and had their first major selling single in 1965.[1] While he was still in the Motions, he had solo hit in 1967 with "How Can We Hang On to a Dream".[2] The song went to number five in the Netherlands.[2]

When the Motions disbanded in 1970, he formed Galaxy-Lin with van Leeuwen. They released three singles and two studio albums before disbanding in 1976. In the 1980s, he was in the duo Bennet & Bee with Beatrix Willemstein.[3] They had two top 40 hits. In 1997, Bennett joined Clous van Mechelen's Second Hand Rock & Soul Band.[4]

Discography

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The Motions

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Albums[5]

  • 1965 - "Introduction to The Motions"
  • 1966 - "Their Own Way"
  • 1967 - "Motions Songbook"
  • 1967 - "Impressions of Wonderful"
  • 1968 - "The Motions Live!"
  • 1969 - "Electric Baby"
  • 1970 - "Sensation"

Extended plays

  • 1965 - "I've Waited So Long" + "It's Gone" / "For Another Man" + "I've Got Misery"
  • 1966 - "Wasted Words" + "I'll Follow the Sun" / "There's No Place to Hide" + "Everything That's Mine"
  • 1966 - "Every Step I Take" + "Hard Time Blues" / "Stop Your Crying" + "Everything That's Mine"

Singles

  • 1965 - "It's Gone" / "I've Got Misery"
  • 1965 - "You Bother Me" / "We Fell in Love"
  • 1965 - "For Another Man" / "I've Waited So Long"
  • 1965 - "Love Won't Stop" / "No Matter Where You Run"
  • 1965 - "Wasted Words" / "I'll Follow the Sun"
  • 1966 - "Everything That's Mine" / "There's No Place to Hide"
  • 1966 - "Why Don't You Take It?" / "My Love Is Growing"
  • 1966 - "Every Step I Take" / "Stop Your Crying"
  • 1966 - "It's the Same Old Song" / "Someday Child"
  • 1967 - "I Want You, I Need You" / "Suzie Baby"
  • 1967 - "Wonderful Impressions" / "Nellie the Horse"
  • 1967 - "Tonight We'll Be Stoned" / "One Million Red Balloons"
  • 1968 - "You're My Adee" / "Hey Conductor Man"
  • 1968 - "Take Your Time" / "Make It Legal"
  • 1968 - "Miracle Man" / "Something"
  • 1968 - "I Ain't Got Time" / "Fantasy Club"
  • 1968 - "Take the Fast Train" / "Hamburg City"
  • 1969 - "It's Alright" / "Hey Everybody"
  • 1969 - "Freedom" / "Little Boy's Life" + "What's Your Name"
  • 1969 - "Eliza" / "Wedding of the Hundred Brides"
  • 1969 - "I Can't Help It" / "Look Away"
  • 1970 - "Try to Make You Happy" / "We All Come Together"

Galaxy-Lin

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Albums

  • 1974 - "Galaxy-Lin"
  • 1975 - "G"

Singles

  • 1974 - "Travelling song" / "Utopia"
  • 1975 - "Long hot summer" / "Utopia"
  • 1975 - "Hunting song" / "Don't"

Solo

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Selected singles

References

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  1. ^ a b Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Motions | Top 40-artiesten". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Hung, Steffen. "Rudy Bennett - How Can We Hang On To A Dream". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  3. ^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Bennet & Bee | Top 40-artiesten". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Muziekencyclopedie - De Second Hand Rock 'n' Roll Band". www.muziekencyclopedie.nl. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  5. ^ "The Motions Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-12-27.