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Sandra & Andres

Sandra & Andres
Origin Netherlands
Genres Pop music
Years active 1968 - 1975
Labels Philips, Hansa
Past members Sandra Reemer, Andreas Dries Holten

Sandra & Andres was a successful Dutch-Indonesian pop duo consisting of Sandra Reemer and Andres Holten. As a duo they had nearly thirty singles released.

In 1967 / 1968, their single "Storybook children" bw "Just a minute" was released on the Philips label.

In 1972 they represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Als het om de liefde gaat", which Holten co-wrote the song with Hans van Hemert.

In the November 9, 1974 issue of Billboard, it was announced that they were to break up. The reason given was that Holten wanted to pursue a career confined to songwriting while Reemer was to carry on as a solo singer. The magazine also said that she was to represent Holland in the 1975 Eurovision.

Their final single "Oh, Nous Sommes Tres Amoureux" bw "I Can't Forget" was released in 1975.

In 1975, Holten teamed up with Rosy Pereira as part of the duo Rosy & Andres and would have hits with "Sausalito, a tune that Holten had composed with Marshal Manengkei, and later with "My Love".


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