It all started for Brothers Bolland with their appearance on the TV show of Willem Duys', called "De Vuist". They were 15 and 16 years of age, respectively. The success of that show appearance was a bit overwhelming for the youngsters. But "Summer of '71", their first single, brought them a lot more publicity. Rob and Ferdy were born in Port Elisabeth, South Africa, Rob - on April 17, 1955 and Ferdy - one year later, on August 5th. When they were still very young, they learned to play guitar from their older brother Tom, who was already a performing pop artist in his own right, known as George Riley. Giving in to their musical ambitions, the three brothers formed a band called "The Swingkickers". The band performed mostly at parties, etc., usually very simple music; it was just for fun. It was the time of the Merseybeat, and the Beatles were an up and coming band! After living in South Africa for a while, the family moved to Holland, and later to Germany, then back to South Africa again, and finally back to Holland. Upon their arrival back in Holland, they sent, as a joke, a tape containing some of their songs to Negram. The next day, the record company phoned them up with great enthusiasm! In a few weeks, the single "Summer of '71" was on the market. The two brothers subsequently became very popular in Germany as well, as they immediately embarked on a promotional tour there. The 'peak time' of the brothers' career was in the early seventies. They were only 17 and 18 years of age at the time. Following a string of very successful hit singles, the Bolland brothers concentrated on songwriting and production work. In the eighties and nineties, they've had 'on and off' success launching and producing contemporary teenybop groups.
1972 Summer of '71/Theme for blue Negram NG 275
Wait for the sun/Answer for a lifetime Negram NG 288
Florida/Peanuts Negram NG 306
LP Florida Negram NQ 20074
1973 Ooh la la/Fly across the sky Negram NG 331
Leaving tomorrow/Saturday morning news Negram NG 376
I won't go anywhere/Small town citizen Negram NG 387
LP Greatest hits Negram SPLO 108
LP Greatest hits Negram ELS 979
1974 Mexico I can't say goodbye/If you leave me Negram NG 427
Train to your heart/Honey love Negram NG 465
Dream girl/ [Germany]
LP The best of Bolland & Bolland Negram SPLO 130
1975 You make me feel so high/Two tonight Philips 6012543
Holiday/Tiana Philips 6012599
LP Bolland & Bolland Philips 6410089
1976 Souvenir/All summer long Philips 6012603
The last Apache/Autumn of her lifetime Philips 6012664
1977 Time of your life/ Philips 6012711
1978 Spaceman/Young girl Negram 5C 006-25838
UFO/Funkadelic man Negram 5C 006-25948
Hold on/Outlaws paradise Negram 5C 006-26045
1979 Melodrama/Showdown at sundown Negram 5C 006-26266
1980 The music man/Free in L.A. Negram 5C 006-26446
Way back in the sixties/Free in L.A. Negram 5C 006-26561
1981 I'm in the army now/Domino theory theme Lark INS 1439
LP The domino theory Lark INL 3618
1982 Never too late/ Lark INS 1447
Cambodia moon/
1984 LP Silent Partners
1987 LP Brotherology
1991 LP/CD Dream Factory
1991 LP/CD The Bolland Project (w/many special guests incl. Suzi Quatro, Colin Bluntstone, etc.)
1995 CD Pure
BOLLAND
7-11-81 SINGLE tip YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW
3-11-84 SINGLE tip TEN AMERICAN GIRLS
BOLLAND & BOLLAND
6-5-72 SINGLE 19 5 SUMMER OF '71
29-7-72 SINGLE 11 6 WAIT FOR THE SUN
18-11-72 SINGLE tip FLORIDA
14-4-73 SINGLE 27 3 OOH LA LA
6-10-73 SINGLE tip LEAVING TOMORROW
11-5-74 SINGLE 16 8 MEXICO, I CAN'T SAY GOODBYE [Alarmschijf op 4-5-74]
27-9-75 SINGLE 31 3 YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO HIGH
29-11-75 SINGLE tip HOLIDAY
25-12-76 SINGLE 25 4 THE LAST APACHE
18-3-78 SINGLE 14 7 SPACEMAN
5-8-78 SINGLE tip UFO (WE ARE NOT ALONE)
7-10-78 SINGLE tip HOLD ON
12-5-79 SINGLE tip MELODRAMA
13-1-90 SINGLE 23 4 THE WALL CAME TUMBLING DOWN [Alarmschijf op 6-1-90]
15-2-92 SINGLE tip BROADCAST NEWS