de Buddy's (also known as Jongenszanggroep de Buddy's) was a boys'

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based in

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that existed under this name from 1976 - 2005. The choir was founded as a traditional church choir in 1966 as ''De Nicolaessanghers'' with 30 voices from 9–16 years. Inspired from the French choir

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and their hit "Non, non, rien n'a changé" (No, no, nothing has changed, 1970) the choir was renamed and changed to the pop genre. In 2005 de Buddy's was succeeded by ''re-speKt''. ''de Buddy's'' has held performances in and outside the country, including for

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. Some performances supported social projects.

Members

The best known buddy, as the members were called, was

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( nl) who had a number one hit in 2000. Other notable members were Roy van den Akker, DJ Robin Meijers and Joost Verhoeff.

Musicals

Some members performed in musicals like: *

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*De Tondeldoos ( The Tinder Box by

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Repertoire

The choir produced many songs (pop songs, Christmas songs, children's songs, house music and cover versions of television series and the

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project) and assisted the musicians Tee Set (1971,72), Herman Finkers (1980), Henny Huisman (1988 and 1997),

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(since 1989), Dolf Brouwers (1991), Herman van Veen (1994) and Rollercoaster 23 (2003).

Highlights

*''Non, non, rien n'a changé'' *''Going Up Getting Down (on your Skateboard)'' (1979) #32 in the Dutch Top 40 *Soundmixshow with Henny Huisman for the television (1998) *''Anti-Haider-Lied'' (2000), protest song against Austrian politician

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"Don't buy from Austrians", which led to a scandal *''Ik wille wille Alexander'' (2001) song for the engagement of

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and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, contest in television show (they didn't know that it was a contest, but won) *German CD project ''Voll Cool'' (2002) with songs like

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Discography

*Hoor ik van ver muziek (single, 1971) *Going Up Getting Down (single, 1979) *D.I.S.C.O. (single, 1980) *Liselotje (Pierre en de Buddy's) single, 1983 *Tiroliro (Pierre en de Buddy's) single, 1984 *Bananas and Coconuts (1992, first compact disc) *Vakantiehits voor Kids (1996) *Hits voor Kinderen (1996) *De liedjes van

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(1996) *St Maarten liedjes (1996) 18 Sint Maarten liedjes *De Glimlach van een Kind (De Mini Baritons van de Buddy's) single, 1997 *Zeg Roodkapje waar ga je housen?, Alle Eendjes housen in het water, House Liedjes 4 Kids (1997) *Een Vrolijk Kerstfeest En Een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar (single, 2000) *Niet Kinderachtig (2000) *Buddy's 2000 (2000) *De Buddy's voor Oranje (single, 2001, for Maxima and Willem-Alexander) *Voll Cool (2002, German songs under the name ''Die Buddies'') *Greek Songs (2003) *Il mostro di Firenze (The Monster of Florence, 2003) *De Reis van Zwarte Piet (DVD, 2005, re-speKt with

) and samplers, records for social projects like

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and Kids for Animals, and the above-mentioned assistance.

References

External links

The Boy Choir & Soloist Directory
(Dutch)

(web.archive.org, 2005 and earlier)

(Dutch)
Bassie en de reis van Zwarte Piet
(Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Buddys Choirs of children Child musical groups Musical groups from South Holland Musical groups established in 1966 1966 establishments in the Netherlands Show choirs