Rosy Pereira (born 1951, in

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pop singer. She is the daughter of steel guitarist Coy Pereira. She released singles in the 1960s under her name as well as Babe Pereira. In the mid to late 1970s she was the other half of the duo Rosy & Andres who had a hit with " My Love".

Background

Rosy Pereira is the youngest of three children and comes from a musical family. Her father Coy Pereira was a well known steel guitarist.Pedalpro.co.u
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He was a member of The Kilima Hawaiians, and had recorded with the

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. Her brother Richard was the lead guitarist in a band called The Thunderbolts. She has two children, Sharkira born in 1982 and Romana born in 1983.''ICM Online'' 19 Augustus 201
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Career

Pereira's family arrived in February 1960 in the Netherlands, when Rosy was 8 years old. In 1965 she and her brother Richard formed a group called Objection. Later she sang with the Bobby Setter band. When she was eighteen years old while in

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, she recorded her first single "Serenade To Summertime" which was produced by José Bartell and

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collectors. It also appears on the various artists compilation, ''Waiting For A Break In the Clouds'' 16 rare gems of soulful pop-sike and groovy psych 1968 - 1973.Discog
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Andres Holten Andres "Dries" Holten (30 January 1936 – 15 April 2020) was a Dutch singer and songwriter of Indo descent. He represented the Netherlands at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest alongside Sandra Reemer. After he and Reemer broke up, Holten for ...

. They had a top ten hit in 1976 with " My Love" which reached no.3 on the ''Billboard'' Dutch chart. In 1979, she was part of a trio called Bonnie, Debbie & Rosy who released a single called "Oh Boy" which was written and produced by

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. In addition to herself, the trio included

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aka Ria Schildmeyer. In 1985, the single "Darling" bw " I Feel Like Dancing" was released.Discog
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/ref> In 1994, she recorded a single with Jay Uitterlinden which was released under Rosy & Jay.

Discography

Singles

;Solo ;As Babe Pereira * "Serenade To Summertime" / "Can't You See" - Triangle BE 61310 - (1969) * "Someone, Somewhere" / "Paperboy" - Someone, somewhere / Paperboy - (1969) * "If You Believe In Love" / "Try" - Basart 239 - (1971) ;As Rosy Pereira / Rosy * "It's Okay For Me" / "First Time In Love" - CNR 141 716 - (1981) * "Darling" / "I Feel Like Dancing" -

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5039 - (1985) ;Bonnie, Debbie & Rosy * "Oh Boy" / "Oh Boy" (inst) - Philips 6012 868 - (1979)

Participation

* Various artists - ''Waiting For A Break In the Clouds'' 16 rare gems of soulful pop-sike and groovy psych 1968 - 1973
Shady Daze Records – SDR 112 - (2010) Track: "Can't You See"

References

External links

Rosy Pereira page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Rosy 1951 births Living people 20th-century Dutch women singers Dutch pop singers Dutch women pop singers Dutch soul singers English-language singers from the Netherlands English-language singers from Indonesia Indonesian emigrants to the Netherlands 20th-century Indonesian women singers Indonesian pop singers Indonesian soul singers Musicians from Jakarta Dureco artists