Shirley Zwerus, stage name Shirley (
Zandvoort
Zandvoort () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam ...
, 22 May 1946) is a Dutch singer and pianist. Her records were released internationally on
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a record label that started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records. Fontana Distribution, an independent label distributor, takes its name from the label.
History
Fontana began in the 1950s as a subsidi ...
from 1969.
Discography
Albums
* 1978: ''Makin’ Love Is Good for You'' (als ''Shirley Zwerus'')
**''Have You Ever Seen the Rain'' / ''Makin’ Love Is Good for You'' / ''The Light I Wanna Be'' / ''Save a Little for the Morning'' / ''The Next Time'' // ''A Bad Case of Rock ’n’ Roll'' / ''Fool, Fool'' / ''Love Has Tied Our Hearts Together'' / ''Giving It Up for Love'' / ''Don't Cry Out Loud''
* 1981: ''Shirley''
**''Bij jou'' / ''Eerste liefde vergeet je nooit'' / ''Bloemen bloeien zelfs als het koud is'' / ''Jij maakt me so blij'' / ''Het is voorbij'' // ''Heel even'' / ''Oh, het is waar'' / ''Nu ik jou niet heb'' / ''Dromen van een ander'' / ''Zonder woorden''
Singles
* 1958: ''Maar ondanks dat (Ben jij m’n lieve schat)'' / ''Mambo Olé'' (als Duo ''Godert en Shirley'')
* 1959: ''Teenager Melody'' / ''Jolly Joker'' (NL #14) (als ''Shirley and her Rhythms Stars'')
* 1959: ''Vakantie in Honolulu'' / ''Mijn Daddy''
* 1961: ''Blue Moon'' / ''Besame mucho''
* 1961: ''Spaar me'' / ''Wat zou je doen?'' (B-Seite von ''Joop van der Marel & Het Leedy Trio'')
* 1962: ''Ya-Ya'' / ''Shadows of the Past''
* 1963: ''Zeven witte meeuwen'' / ''Mooi zijn de nachten op Ikaria'' (unter dem Pseudonym ''Rosemarie'')
* 1963: ''Cimeroni'' / ''Toen kwam Johnny''
* 1963: ''Verliefd, verloofd en dan getrouwd'' / ''Blondie'' (Shirley en
Tony Ronald
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)
* 1963: ''Ich wollt’ ich wär’ Prinzessin'' / ''Wer wird der erste sein''
* 1964: ''Ik ga weg'' / ''Huil toch om de liefde niet''
* 1964: ''Bitte geh’'' / ''Meinen Mann such’ ich mir selbst aus''
* 1964: ''Vergessen (Remember)'' / ''Es war einmal''
* 1964: "
You're My World
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" / ''Who Knows Why''
* 1965: ''Nimm den Kuß als Souvenir'' / ''Georgia''
* 1965: ''In Swing and Sweet'' (EP): ''Hands Off Him – Misty Moonray'' / ''Lost and Lookin’''
* 1966: ''Ik wist allang (dat jij zou komen) (Çe soir je t’attendais)'' / ''Georgia''
* 1966: ''Bach bijvoorbeeld'' / ''Het orgelconcert''
* 1967: ''No More Love for Me / I Come Another Step Closer to Your Heart'' (
Robert Dahl
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& Shirley)
* 1967: ''Big Boss Man'' / ''I’m an Evil Gal'' (Single-Titel: ''Shirley Goes Soul'')
* 1968: ''Anatole'' / ''Ev’ry day''
* 1968: ''That’s Why I Die a Little'' / ''Save the Last Dance for Me''
* 1970: ''Fantasy in Fiction'' / ''Love Her in the Car'' (B-Seite von ''Corner Act ’68''; beide Titel aus dem Film ''Fantasy in Fiction'')
* 1971: ''Amsterdam... het blijft een gezellige stad'' / ''Doe ’t met je neus'' (A: Shirley met leden van het Amsterdams Toneel / B: Shirley &
John Brands)
* 1977: ''It’s Me'' / ''I Will Love You'' (NL #13)
* 1978: ''Nothing Has Changed'' / ''Take Me''
* 1978: ''
Persil
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: Een nieuw geluid'' (Werbe-
Flexidisc
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)
* 1978: ''The Light I Wanna Be'' / ''Makin’ Love Is Good for You'' (als ''Shirley Zwerus'')
* 1979: ''What a Lovely Day'' / ''What a Lovely Dub'' (A-Seite:
Errol & Shirley, B-Seite: Errol Ross Orchestra plus vocals Shirley & Errol)
* 1980: ''Easy Livin’/It's the Only Way'' / ''Theme from ‚You're My Future‘ (instr.)'' (als ''Shirley Zwerus'')
* 1981: ''Heel even'' / ''I'm Sorry'' (NL #24)
* 1981: ''Bij jou'' / ''Oh, het is waar''
* 1981: ''Eerste liefde vergeet je nooit'' / ''Jij maakt me zo blij''
* 1982: ''Een kind, een kind'' / ''De jaren van je jeugd'' (Charity-Single von
Lenny,
Bonnie
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,
Dimitri
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* Dimitri Atanasescu (1836–1907), Ottoman-born Aromanian teacher
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, Shirley,
Willem
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&
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)
* 1983: ''The Way Old Friends Do'' / ''One and Only''
* 1995: ''Heel even'' (neue Version) / ''Soms (If I Have to Go Away)'' (von
Gerard Joling
Gerard Jan Joling (born 29 April 1960) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. Known for his high tenor voice, he rose to fame in the late 1980s and released a string of singles including "Ticket to the Tropics" and "Love Is in Your Eyes". H ...
& Shirley Zwerus)
* 1996: ''Wil je me soms kwijt'' / ''Wil je me soms kwijt'' (instrumentaal)
''Wil je me soms kwijt''
bei Dutchcharts.nl
References
1946 births
Living people
Dutch women pop singers
Dutch pop singers
Dutch pianists
Dutch women pianists
People from Zandvoort
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