Launch of the official Luv' Facebook page!!!

Earlier today, Luv's management has announced the launch of the official Facebook page of the girl group. It will include the agenda of the trio, pictures and videos of performances as well as the latest news.

Click here to like it and to follow it. 

Source: Facebook

Pics and videos: Luv' @ Hilversum Alive

Collage by Karin Angeleyes

Finally they did it!!!! Yesterday, Luv' performed during "Foute Zondag" at the "Hilversum Alive" festival. The girl group hadn't given a show for almost four years (see news posted on August 12th, 2012). Actually it had been the first public gig of the line-up featuring Marga Scheide, José Hoebee and Ria Thielsch since 1980!!! 

The trio sang their greatest hits (U.O.Me, You're the Greatest Lover, Trojan Horse, Casanova and Ooh, Yes I Do) as well as a medley.

José expressed satisfaction on Facebook. "What a great day today.....First performance of Luv' with Ria.....It went very well....The audience was good and we were so motivated....It's so nice that our music delighted everybody. And you make us happy....Ria, Marga and José....are Luv'," the singer wrote. 

Two videos of the show have been uploaded to YouTube:

Part 1

Part 2

Here are also pictures (courtesy of Jos Theuns and Co Rnz):

Source: Facebook

Patty & Kees on Shownieuws: latest viewing figures

Patty & Kees on "Shownieuws"

Here are the latest viewing figures of the 10.50 pm edition of SBS 6's entertainment news program "Shownieuws" (featuring Patty Brard as an expert and Kees Tol as the anchor):

• June 17th: 553.000 viewers / market share: 11.9%
• June 23rd: 794.000 viewers / maket share: 19.7% 

Source: SBS 6, SKO, Patty Brard on social media (Facebook, Twitter & Instagram)

Patty Brard's column about Paul van Gorcum

Paul and Lenie van Gorcum

Patty Brard's latest column for Weekend magazine deals with legendary Dutch actor Paul van Gorcum. Currently the 82 year-old comedian is fighting cancer. His wife Lenie told the media that if he could not be cured, the couple would be euthanized together. A very touchy and taboo issue.

Click here to read the column.

Source: Weekend

Patty Brard in Weekend: "Ajouad El Miloudi is a brat!"

TV host Paul de Leeuw with the candidates of the new season of "Ranking the Stars" (including Patty Brard, Anny Schilder, Bridget Maasland and Ajouad El Miloudi)

Several days ago, Patty Brard took part in the taping of the new season of BNN/NPO 3's panel game "Ranking the Stars" (see news posted on June 7th, 2016). The diva was disturbed by her colleague, TV personality Ajouad El Miloudi. That's what she told in a recent column published in Weekend magazine. "Every season I say to myself: it was the most intense one ever. But Oops! The latest series was the most extreme ever. Verbal attacks between Ajouad El Miloudi and me as well as a feud between Karin Bloemen and Wibi Soerjadi happened in the studio," the former Luv' singer wrote. La Brard called El Miloudi a "brat". 

This kind of so-called quarrels between celebrities is the name of the game in showbiz and is often used as a publicity stunt to keep the public's attention.

Source: Weekend, Mediacourant.nl

Patty Brard: Interview in "Margriet"

The latest issue of Margriet magazine features an interview with Patty Brard. The SBS 6 star tells that she is happy with her career on television but admits that she "can earn much more money". She also talks about her daughter Priscilla with whom she has not been on speaking terms for six years. The interview also sheds light on her "sixth sense". 

Click here to read the complete article. 

Source: Margriet, Mediacourant.nl, NU.nl

Luv' Discography (Updated on June 20th, 2021)

Montage by Co Rnz

Singles

• "My Man" (Phonogram/Philips, 1977)
• "Dream, Dream" (Phonogram/Philips, 1977)
• "U.O.Me (You Owe Me)" (Phonogram/Philips, 1978)
• "You're the Greatest Lover" (Phonogram/Philips, 1978)
• "Trojan Horse" (Phonogram/Philips, 1978)
• "Casanova" (Phonogram/Philips, 1979)
• "Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" (Phonogram/Philips, 1979)
• "Who Do You Wanna Be" (Phonogram/Philips, 1979)
• "Ooh, Yes I Do" (CNR/Carrere, 1979)
• "Ann-Maria" (CNR/Carrere, 1980)
• "One More Little Kissie" (CNR/Carrere, 1980)
• "My Number One" (CNR/Carrere, 1980)
• "Tingalingaling" (CNR/Carrere, 1981)
• "Welcome to My Party" (Dureco/High Fashion Records, 1989)
• "4 Gouden Hits" (Philips, 1989)
• "You're the Greatest Lover" (mini CD, Philips Germany, 1989)
• "Luv' Hitpack" (Mercury, 1989)
• "Starmaker" as All Stars (Luv´and other Dutch celebrities) (Dureco, 1989)
• "I Don't Wanna Be Lonely" (High Fashion Records/Dureco, 1989)
• "Hit Medley" (RCA/BMG, 1990)
• "Hasta Manana" (RCA/BMG, 1990)
• "Jungle Jive" (RCA/BMG, 1991)
• "The Last Song" (RCA/BMG, 1991)
• "He's My Guy" (RCA/BMG, 1991)
• "This Old Heart of Mine" (JAM, 1992)
• "Megamix '93" (Arcade, 1993)
• "LUV Dance-Medley" (Ultrapop/Edel Company Germany, 1993)
• "With Him Tonight" (digital single, Pure Golden Records, 2019)

Montage by Casper Janssen

Albums

• With Luv' (Phonogram/Philips, 1978)
• Lots Of Luv' (Phonogram/Philips, 1979)
• True Luv' (CNR/Carrere, 1979)
• Forever Yours (CNR/Carrere, 1980)
• For You (EP) (Dureco/High Fashion Records, 1989)
• Sincerely Yours (RCA/BMG, 1991 - Reissue on digital platforms in 2021)
• All You Need Is Luv' (Roman Disc, 1994 - Reissue with a new title "One More Night" by Rondo/Pink in 1995; Reissue on digital platforms in 2021 by Hit It! Music)

Compilations

• 3X3 = Disco (Luv' performs a medley of Dutch children songs, Philips, 1977)
• Greatest Hits (Phonogram/Philips, 1979)
• With Love From Luv' (Carrere Germany, 1980)
• Greatest hits Babe/Luv' (Philips, 1981)
• Goodbye Luv' (CNR/Carrere, 1981)
• Original Top-Hits (Europa (Germany), 1981)
• Motive (Philips Germany, 1981)
• Greatest Hits (CD Version) (Mercury, 1989)
• Megamix (Arcade, 1992)
• Luv' Gold (Arcade, 1993)
• My Number One (Digimode, 1995)
• You're the Greatest Lover (Rotation/PolyGram, 1998)
• You're the Greatest LUVer (Mercury/PolyGram Germany, 1998)
• The Universal Master Collection: LUV (Mercury/Universal Music, 2002)
• Hollands Glorie: LUV (CNR, 2002)
• 25 Jaar Na Waldolala (Universal Music, 2003)
• Completely In Luv' (Box set with the remastered versions of the albums With Luv', Lots Of Luv', True Luv' and Forever Yours including bonus tracks and remixes/ Universal Music, 2006)
• Het Mooiste Van Luv' (Universal Music, 2006)
• Best of LUV (Flex Media, Germany, 2007)
• Best of LUV (2010 edition) (Weltbild, Germany, 2010)
• The Best of LUV (Cloud 9 Music, available on iTunes, 2012)
• The Best of Luv' (Polydor/Universal Strategic Marketing, Germany, 2014)
• The Music of Luv' (Universal Music, limited edition as part of "The Story of Luv" book, 2015)
• Luv': Favorieten Expres (Universal Music, 2018)

DVD

• Back in Luv' (Princess Entertainment, 2006)
• Toppers In Concert 2006 (including Luv' Medley, EMI, 2006)

Source: Discogs.com, Luv' weblog archives

José & Hans at the society lunch "Rock around the Castle"

Yesterday, Luv' singer José Hoebee and her former producer Hans van Hemert attended the society lunch "Rock around the Castle" organized by Tony Tetro at the Kasteel De Wittenburg in Wassenaar, South Holland. The theme of the event was "Back to the 1950's" (Elvis Presley, Marylin Monroe, Rock n' roll, juke box music.....). Many Dutch celebrities were present too (including Dutch girl group Camee (Hans' latest protégées), José's dear friend Viola Holt, ex-Babe singer Gemma van Eck....).

Viola Holt, Hans van Hemert, José Hoebee

Hans and the Camee girls

Tony Tetro with José & Viola

Source: Facebook

"You're the Greatest Lover" on Qmusic's "Top 500 van het Foute Uur"

Dutch radio station Qmusic has revealed its list of the 500 kitschiest pop tracks of all time (excluding the Top 10 which will be revealed later). Luv' signature song "You're the Greatest Lover" has reached the 202nd position.

Click here to see the complete list of "Top 500 van het Foute Uur".

Source: Qmusic, Hitsallertijden.nl

Charts, Silver/Gold/Platinum certifications, Sales Figures & Awards

Singles charts: peak positions

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Dutch and Belgian charts 

                                                   

Title	Year	NL 1	NL 2	B 1	B 2
My Man	1977	#12	#12	#10	#11
U.O.Me	1978	#3	#3	#2	#3
You're the Greatest Lover	1978	#1	#1	#1	#1
Trojan Horse	1978	#1	#1	#1	#1
Casanova	1979	#2	#2	#5	#4
Eeny Meeny Miny Moe	1979	#11	#6	#9	#10
Ooh, Yes I Do	1979	#5	#4	#5	#7
Ann-Maria	1980	#11	#4	#10	#14
One More Little Kissy	1980	#9	#4	#15	#23
My Number One	1980	#5	#4	#5	#7
Tingalingaling	1981	#29	#15	-	-
Welcome To My Party	1989	#22	#19	#28	#39
Starmaker (All Stars)	1989	-	#57	-	-
He's My Guy	1991	-	#75	-	-
Megamix '93	1993	#23	#17	-	-

Source:

NL 1: Dutch Top 40 (Netherlands)

NL 2: Nationale Hitparade / Single Top 100 (Netherlands)
B 1: BRT Top 30 (Belgium)

B 2: Ultratop (Belgium)

                        European charts

     

Title	Year	EUR	D	CH	AUT	DK	FIN	F
My Man	1977	#19	-	-	-	-	-	-
U.O.Me	1978	#5	-	-	-	-	-	-
You're the Greatest Lover	1978	#5	#1	#1	#2	#1	#26	#19
Trojan Horse	1978	#3	#3	#2	#2	#2	#16	#38
Casanova	1979	#2	#6	#4	#2	#2	-	-
Eeny Meeny Miny Moe	1979	-	#36	#17	-	#8	-	-
Ooh, Yes I Do	1979	#10	#27	-	#13	#2	-	#10
Ann-Maria	1980	-	#37	-	-	-	-	-
One More Little Kissy	1980	-	#75	-	-	-	-	-
My Number One	1980	#15	#60	-	-	-	-	-

Source:

EUR: TROS Europade

D: Musikmarkt/Media Control Charts (Germany)
AUT: Ö3 Austria Top 40 / Ö3-Hitparade (Austrian chart)

CH: Schweizer Hitparade (Swiss chart)

DK: BT Hitlisten (Denmark)

FIN: Finnish chart

F: SNEP chart (France)

Overseas charts

Title	Year	SA	ZBW	AUS	NZ	CAN	MEX
You're the Greatest Lover	1978	#15	-	-	-	-	-
Trojan Horse	1978	#17	#14	#50	#6	#95	-
Ooh, Yes I Do (Si, Que Si)	1979	-	-	-	-	-	#1

Source:

SA: South African chart
ZBW: Zimbabwean Chart

AUS: Kent Music Report (Australian charts)

NZ: New Zealand chart

CAN: RPM Top Singles (Canada)

MEX: Mexican singles chart

Albums charts: peak positions

Dutch and Belgian charts

Title	Year	Netherlands LP Top 50	Netherlands Nationale Hit Parade Album Top 100	Belgium Billboard Benelux
With Luv'	1978	#6	#8	-
Lots Of Luv'	1979	#7	#4	#6
True Luv'	1979	#13	#7	-
Greatest Hits	1979-	-	#21	-
Forever Yours	1980	#13	#5	-
Luv' Gold	1993	#14	#9	-
Completely In Luv'	2006	-	#95	-

European charts

Title	Year	Germany Musikmarkt Media Control	Switzerland Musikmarkt Schweizer Hitparade	Austria Alben Top 25	Denmark BT Hitliste
With Luv'	1978	#50	#11	#15	#9
Lots Of Luv'	1979	#39	#11	#13	#8

Silver / Gold / Platinum certifications

Title	Year of certification	Country	Award	Certified units
You're the Greatest Lover	1978	Netherlands	Gold single	100.000 copies
With Luv'	1978	Netherlands	Gold album	50.000 copies
You're the Greatest Lover	1979	Germany	Gold single	500.000 copies
With Luv'	1979	Netherlands	Platinum album	100.000 copies
You're the Greatest Lover	1979	Netherlands	Platinum single	150.000 copies
Trojan Horse	1979	Netherlands	Gold single	100.000 copies
Trojan Horse	1979	Netherlands	Platinum single	200.000 copies
Trojan Horse	1979	Austria	Gold single	50.000 copies
Trojan Horse	1979	Belgium	Gold single	100.000 copies
With Luv'	1979	Denmark	Silver album	25.000 copies
Lots Of Luv'	1979	Netherlands	Gold album	50.000 copies
Lots Of Luv'	1979	Netherlands	Platinum album	100.000 copies
True Luv'	1980	Netherlands	Gold album	50.000 copies
Si, Que Si (Ooh, Yes I Do)	1980	Mexico	Gold single	-
Toppers In Concert 2006	2007	Netherlands	Platinum CD/DVD	50.000 copies

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Source: NVPI/IFPI

Some record sales

* U.O.Me (single): 

- 150.000 copies in Benelux

* You're the Greatest Lover (single): 

- Netherlands: 150.000 copies (certified units as of May 1979)

- Germany: 500.000 copies (certified units as of March 1979) / 650.00 copies (as of December 1979)

- France: 67.000 copies (as of March 1979)

- 1 million copies worldwide

* Trojan Horse (single):

- Netherlands: 200.000 copies (certified units as of May 1979)

- Germany: 480.000 copies (as of December 1979)

- Austria: 50.000 copies (certified units as of May 1979)

- Belgium: 100.000 copies (certified units in 1979)

- France: 85 526 copies (as of July 1979)

- 1 million copies worldwide

* With Luv' (album):

- Netherlands: 100.000 copies (certified units in 1979)

- Denmark: 25.000 copies (certified units in 1979)

* Casanova (single):

- Germany: 300.000 copies (as of December 1979)

* Lots of Luv' (album)

- Netherlands: 50.000 copies (certified units in 1979) / 100.000 copies (as of December 1979)

* Ooh, Yes I Do (single)

- France: 200.000 copies (as of December 1980)

* True Luv' (album):

- Netherlands: 50.000 copies (certified units as of May 1980)

* Luv' Gold (album):

- Benelux: 40.000 copies (as of December 1993)

* 2.5 million records sold outside of the Netherlands in 1979

* Total record sales: approximately 7 million copies

Source: Billboard/IFPI

Awards

• December 1978: Two Veronica Top 40 Awards for reaching the number one position on the Dutch Top 40 with the singles "You're the Greatest Lover" and "Trojan Horse".

• December 31st, 1979: Conamus Export Award for being the best selling Dutch recording act (sales of 2.5 million records outside of the Netherlands in 1979).

Luv' won the Conanus Export Award on December 31st, 1979 in Loosdrecht, NL