Hans van Hemert
| Hans van Hemert | |
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Hans van Hemert and Sandra Reemer in 1976
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| Background information | |
| Born |
April 7, 1945 Voorburg, Netherlands |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, record producer |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Associated acts | Luv', Mouth & McNeal, American Gypsy |
| Website | www.hansvanhemert.nl |
Hans van Hemert (born April 7, 1945, Voorburg, Netherlands) is a Dutch ASCAP award winning record producer and songwriter. Mouth & MacNeal and Luv' are among the pop acts he produced. He also composed three songs for the Eurovision Song Contest.
He started his career in 1965 when he worked at Phonogram Records and his relationship with this record company lasted until 1979.
He produced and co-wrote songs for Q65, The Motions, Ro-d-ys, Zen, Group 1850, Big Wheel, Somerset, Ramses Shaffy and Liesbeth List, Sandra & Andres, Kamahl, American Gypsy and Vulcano.
Among the bands Van Hemert worked with: Mouth & MacNeal. This duo scored big hits not only in their homeland but also abroad between 1971 and 1974:
Luv' (1977–present) is a female pop trio he formed with the help from Piet Souer and a manager, Han Meijer (later replaced by Pim Ter Linde). This girl group had popular hit records in large part of Continental Europe, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Among their hit singles were: "U.O.Me", "You're the Greatest Lover", "Trojan Horse", "Casanova" and "Ooh, Yes I Do". This formation sold seven million records.
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