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Josina van de Wijdeven (born 29 March 1954), known as José Hoebee, is a
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singer. She was a member of
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in the late 1970s and early 1980s that scored hits in more than 15 countries. In late 1981, she went solo and was successful in her homeland and in the
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region of Belgium between 1982 and 1985. She formed a duo known as Bonnie & José with
Bonnie St. Claire Bonnie St. Claire (born Bonje Cornelia Swart, 18 November 1949) is a Dutch singer and actress who has a recording history that began in the 1960s and continued into the 1990s. She was part of the trio Bonnie, Debbie & Rosy, and part of the duo ...
to record Dutch cover versions of
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's songs.
Luv' Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe ( Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Cana ...
went through line-up changes and reunited several times. On 7 February 2020 the group's management announced that Luv' would stop all their activities due to José's ill health.


Career

Hoebee started her career as a professional singer in the early 1970s as a member of a folk & country band, Young Tradition, formed with her two sisters. This formation took part in talent shows, changed its name into ''Elongi'' and recorded a single produced by
Piet Souer Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer (born 29 March 1948) is a Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger. Through his collaborations with acts such as Luv', Mouth & MacNeal, Liesbeth List, Ramses Shaffy, American Gypsy, and Champagne, he has achi ...
, who later suggested that Hoebee join
Luv' Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe ( Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Cana ...
. In 1976, she became a member of girl group Luv' with
Patty Brard Petula Louise "Patty" Brard (born March 25, 1955) is a Dutch singer, television personality, actress and entrepreneur, most notable for being a former member of the girl group Luv'. For five decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid ...
and
Marga Scheide Margareth "Marga" Scheide (born 15 February 1954) is a Dutch singer and former model, best known for being a member of the girl group Luv'. Alongside Patty Brard and José Hoebee, she scored a string of international hit songs such as "You're th ...
. She chose José Andreoli as an artist name. From 1977 to 1981,
Luv' Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe ( Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Cana ...
scored a string of hit records in the
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. In March 1981, the group announced its first dissolution. The pop formation reunited later on several occasions. After Luv' split up, Hoebee went solo, gave up her artist name (José Andreoli) and married record producer
Will Hoebee Will Hoebee (29 June 1947 – 10 June 2012) was a Dutch record producer and songwriter. In late 1981, he married José Hoebee (singer of the girl group Luv'). Benny Neyman, Saskia & Serge, Gheorghe Zamfir, David Soul and Nana Mouskouri were ...
. The wedding reception took place in
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's villa in
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. Her new career was less international than the one she had as a
Luv' Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe ( Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Cana ...
member. Artistically, she chose a repertoire featuring a majority of cover versions of pop standards, including "
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", with the help of her husband. Her first album ''The Good Times'' was produced by
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and released in 1982. Twelve of her singles (among them a #1 hit and duets) entered the
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; twelve in the Netherlands and five in
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. Hoebee was the first female singer who had #1 hits on the
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as a member of a group (
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) and as a solo artist.
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(of
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), Yvonne Keeley (of the Star Sisters),
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(of the
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),
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(of K-Otic) and
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) later established the same record in the hit parade. After the birth of her son Tim (on 14 October 1985), Hoebee slowed down her career. She retired from show business in 1989 to devote herself to her family. Four years later, she made a brief comeback with Luv' and then escaped from entertainment again to live with her relatives in
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, a village near
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. For one year and a half, she was the owner of a video rental shop (The Movie Store) that she sold in the summer of 2003. Then, with the help from Corry Konings (a popular singer in the Netherlands) and her management agency (CK Produkties), Hoebee decided to go back on stage. Her live shows attracted fans who had not seen her for years. In early 2004, she recorded under the pseudonym ''Stuff'' a dance-oriented cover version of a
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hit ("
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"). Moreover, she sang two tracks as a guest artist on a tribute album to
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(''Marjan Berger meets Doris Day''). She later left CK Produkties and signed a deal with WVS Management. This transfer was accompanied by Hoebee's move from the
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to
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,
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. In the fall of 2004, Hoebee hosted a music talent contest show (''Tijd Voor Muziek'') on a Dutch local channel (VSM TV). Her husband collaborated on the production of this programme. In 2005, WVS Music released her first compilation ''Alle Hits & Unieke Bonustracks''. This anthology includes the singer's greatest hits, b-sides, album tracks and bonus tracks. In 2009, she has covered "
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", rendered as a duet with former BZN member Anny Schilder and produced by Will Hoebee and
Piet Souer Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer (born 29 March 1948) is a Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger. Through his collaborations with acts such as Luv', Mouth & MacNeal, Liesbeth List, Ramses Shaffy, American Gypsy, and Champagne, he has achi ...
. In March 2011, Hoebee re-recorded "
I Will Follow Him "I Will Follow Him" is a popular song that was first recorded in 1961 by Franck Pourcel, as an instrumental entitled "Chariot". The song achieved its widest success when it was recorded by American singer Little Peggy March with English lyrics on ...
" with
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who originally had a #1 hit with the song in 1963. The two singers appeared on several Dutch television programmes. The release of the song, however, was delayed one year later and finally came out on the German edition of March's album ''Always And Forever'' together with an original track "My Christmas Wish". On 10 June 2012, José's husband
Will Hoebee Will Hoebee (29 June 1947 – 10 June 2012) was a Dutch record producer and songwriter. In late 1981, he married José Hoebee (singer of the girl group Luv'). Benny Neyman, Saskia & Serge, Gheorghe Zamfir, David Soul and Nana Mouskouri were ...
died and it took her months to recover. In January 2013, she took part in ''
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'' (SBS 6 celebrity figure skating show). She was rapidly eliminated from the competition but the artist considered it as a great learning experience. In June 2014, Hoebee released "Noheyo", a cover version of a 2011 single by Polish band
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. This single quickly became a #1 hit on SBS 6 download chart in the "Dutch-speaking" category. September 2014 saw the re-issue of " Who's Sorry Now?" (a song she recorded 10 years earlier with
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in the late 1950s). In the 2000s and 2010s, she toured the nostalgia circuit with
Luv' Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe ( Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Cana ...
. Due to her ill health, the group announced its break-up on 7 February 2020.


Bonnie & José: the ABBA project

In 1984, she formed with
Bonnie St. Claire Bonnie St. Claire (born Bonje Cornelia Swart, 18 November 1949) is a Dutch singer and actress who has a recording history that began in the 1960s and continued into the 1990s. She was part of the trio Bonnie, Debbie & Rosy, and part of the duo ...
a duo credited as Bonnie & José. The two vocalists recorded a Dutch cover version of
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's "Cassandra", which became a Top 40 hit in the Netherlands in the summer of 1984. A few months later, Bonnie & José were involved in the ''
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'' project (a TV musical for children based on songs of ABBA). Bonnie played the role of
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and José had the role of
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. Other Dutch celebrities took part in this music show:
Marga Scheide Margareth "Marga" Scheide (born 15 February 1954) is a Dutch singer and former model, best known for being a member of the girl group Luv'. Alongside Patty Brard and José Hoebee, she scored a string of international hit songs such as "You're th ...
of
Luv' Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe ( Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Cana ...
(as "Carabosse/the Bad Fairy"), Ron Brandsteder (
Patty Brard Petula Louise "Patty" Brard (born March 25, 1955) is a Dutch singer, television personality, actress and entrepreneur, most notable for being a former member of the girl group Luv'. For five decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid ...
's first husband) and Benny Neyman. In 1985, Bonnie & José recorded a whole LP (entitled ''Herinnering'') with ABBA songs. This opus contained another
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hit: "Zoals Vrienden Doen" ("The Way Old Friends Do"). In 1986, in order to promote the Herinnering album, the duo taped a TV special in Sweden: ''Bonnie en José in Zweden'' aired on the NCRV channel. The two singers were filmed in
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(including a scene in the
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Studios, ABBA's recording studios).
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was interviewed for this special and acknowledged the Bonnie & José's initiative. After the broadcast of this show, they performed sporadically on TV and on stage, even with a non-ABBA repertoire but no new records were released. In 1987, they broke up. Eight years later, they made a comeback by recording a single "'n Engel Als Jij" (a cover version of a German song: "Engel Wie Du" originally sung by
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,
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and
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). In December 2004, Hoebee acted as a witness at Bonnie's wedding (aired live on
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, a Dutch TV channel). In summer 2013, Bonnie & José relaunched their duo for several performances but ended their collaboration in early 2014. On 20 November 2020 the independent label CD-Licious reissued the Herinnering album on CD and DVD thanks to a crowdfunding campaign. The 2020 edition of this CD included bonus tracks in addition to the original track listing. The DVD contained the "Bonnie en José in Zweden" TV special as well as bonus videos.


Background vocals

Hoebee worked as a backup singer for other artists including: * Babe: "Tick-A-Thums-My-Heart" (performed with
Marga Scheide Margareth "Marga" Scheide (born 15 February 1954) is a Dutch singer and former model, best known for being a member of the girl group Luv'. Alongside Patty Brard and José Hoebee, she scored a string of international hit songs such as "You're th ...
and produced by
Hans van Hemert Hans van Hemert (7 April 1945 – 7 October 2024) was a Dutch record producer and songwriter. Mouth and MacNeal and Luv' are among the pop acts he produced. He won an ASCAP award for the song "How Do You Do" by Mouth and MacNeal. and composed th ...
) – taken from the album ''Blitzers'' (TTR, 1981) *
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: "That’s enough for me" – taken from the album ''The Best Days of My Life'' (Philips, 1981) * Doris D & The Pins: "I wanna be loved by you", "The Marvellous Marionettes", "Bad luck Honey", "Higher and Higher" – taken from the album ''Doris D and the Pins'' (Utopia, 1981) * Bloem: "Ik wil alleen bij jou zijn", "Omdat" – taken from the album ''Bloemstukken'' (CNR, 1982) * Lucy Steymel: "Midnight", "Red-handed", "You’re breaking my heart woman", "Night without you" – taken from the album ''Three's A Charm'' (CBS, 1982) * Nancy Dubbeldeman: "Tonight you belong to me" (Carrere, 1983) * Dianne Marchal: "It’s my time now" (Carrere, 1983) *
Benny Neyman Wilhelmus Albertus "Benny" Neyman (9 June 1951 in Maastricht, Netherlands - 7 February 2008 in Soesterberg, Netherlands) was a Dutch singer. Biography Neyman was born in Limburg. In the beginning of the 1970s, he took a course at Kleinkunst Ac ...
: "Een dag in Parijs" – taken from the album ''Het Zwarte Goud'' (CNR, 1984) * Tina Selini: "I know about you", "All of my life", "Just in Time" – taken from the album ''Tina Selini'' (RCA, 1988) * Nikos Ignatiadis: "Timmy’s song" – taken from the album ''The Olympous Symphony'' (CNR, 1988) * Johan Vlemmix: "Neuro van de euro" (Hollandia Music, 2016)


Discography


Singles

* "Elongi" (Philips, 1976) * "I'm So Sorry" (Carrere, 1981) * "
I Will Follow Him "I Will Follow Him" is a popular song that was first recorded in 1961 by Franck Pourcel, as an instrumental entitled "Chariot". The song achieved its widest success when it was recorded by American singer Little Peggy March with English lyrics on ...
" (Carrere, 1982) * "
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" (Carrere, 1982) * "The Good Times" (Carrere, 1982) * "
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" (Carrere, 1983) * "Hey Now, Watcha Gonna Do" (Carrere, 1983) * "
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" (with Ron Brandsteder, CNR, 1984) * "Time Goes By" (Carrere, 1984) * "Cassandra" (with Bonnie St. Claire, Philips, 1984) * "Wij Zijn Vrij" (taken from the ''ABBAcadabra'' TV musical, Indisc, 1984) * "I Love You" (CNR, 1984) * "Zoals Vrienden Doen" (with Bonnie St. Claire, RCA, 1985) * "Waarom" (with Bonnie St. Claire, RCA, 1985) * "De Flierefluiter" (with Bonnie St. Claire, RCA, 1986) * "Herinnering" (with Bonnie St. Claire, RCA, 1986) * " All Around My Hat" (RCA, 1986) * "In The Sign of Love" (Corduroy, 1987) * "N Engel Als Jij" (with Bonnie St. Claire, Bunny Music Bucs/Dino, 1994) * "
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" (as STUFF, download on internet, 2003) * "I Will Follow Him" (WVS Music, 2006) * "
Be My Baby "Be My Baby" is a song by the American girl group the Ronettes that was released as a single on Philles Records in August 1963. Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector, the song was the Ronettes' biggest hit, reaching number ...
" (Marista, 2009) * "My Christmas Wish" (with
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, Night Dance Records, digital single, 2012) * "Noheyo" (MAP Records, digital single, 2014) * " Who's Sorry Now?" (Hit It! Music, digital single, 2014)


Albums

* ''The Good Times'' (Carrere, 1982) * ''Herinnering'' (with Bonnie St. Claire, RCA, 1985) – reissue on CD/DVD (CD-Licious, 2020) * ''Alle Hits & Unieke Bonustracks'' (compilation, WVS Music, 2005) Guest appearances on other albums: ** ''Niet Alleen'' by Ron Brandsteder (CNR, 1983 / including "So Long Marianne") ** ''Abbacadabra'' (Dutch version, Indisc, 1984) ** ''Nederland Muziekland – 14 'Nooitgedachte' Hoogtepunten'' (CNR, 1986) ** ''Wie Gaat Er Me Naar Dinoland''(Dino, 1993) ** ''Marjan Berger Meets Doris Day''(2003)José sings two solo tracks: "My Happiness" and "Who's Sorry Now" ** ''Always and Forever'' by Peggy March (2012 reissue, Night Dance Records/DA-Music / including a new version of "I Will Follow Him" and "My Christmas Wish")


Notable record charts


References


External links

*
Blog about José Hoebee
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