The duo consisting of Sandra Reemer and Dries Holten. When they started working together in 1968, they both had full careers behind them: Sandra as a teen pop star and Dries Holten - with Dutch "carnival" repertoire. Besides that, he'd recorded together with the Jolly Jokers and as Andy Wood. Sandra and Andres split up after a great number of hits in 1975 and both went solo.
1968 Storybook children/Just a minute Philips JF 333912
Something in my heart/ ?
1969 For the first time in my life/Tjibidi beng beng Philips JF 336008
Reaching for the moon/Angel and a woman Philips JF 336080
1970 Let us pray together/Give it up Philips 6012021
Love is all around/You got soul Philips 6012059
LP Storybook children Philips UBY 873031
1971 Those words/Isn't it a very good thing Philips 6012094
Que je t'aime/It's summertime Philips 6012138
Mary Madonna/It's all been said Philips 6012170
LP Let us sing together Philips 6413012
LP Que je t'aime Philips 6413019
LP Storybook children [re] Philips 6440030
1972 Als het om de liefde gaat/Oude zigeuner Philips 6012202
What do I do/Gipsy man Philips 6012208
Mama mia/Would you be so kind Philips 6012262
Auntie/part 2 [w/Vicky Leandros, Demis Roussos] Philips 6832032
LP Als het om de liefde gaat Philips 6413027
1973 Aime moi/Land of gold Philips 6012323
Dzjing boem te ra ta ta/I'm going down to the river Philips 6012383
LP Vijf jaar top 10 Philips 6413041
LP True love Philips 6413047
LP Let us sing together [re] Philips 6343205
1974 True love/Let me love you like before Philips 6012393
You believed/Don't you see Philips 6012443
LP Yum yum Philips 6443225
LP Tschinderassassa [Duitsland] Ariola IT 87499
1975 Oh nous sommes très amoureux/I can't forget Philips 6012495
LP De beste Philips 9289001
1976 LP Yum yum Philips 6413019
Sandra Reemer was born in Bandoeng and was launched at the start of the 60s as a child star, but she proved her longevity on the scene. In 1968, she sang at the Knokke Song Contest and participated several times in the Eurovision Song Contest (1972: with Andres; 1976: as Sandra Reemer; 1979: as Xandra).
Besides that, from 1968 to 1975, she was one half of the duo Sandra & Andres with Dries Holten. The group Xandra featured Ton op 't Hof (dr), Mac Sell (g), Paul Vink (o, p) and Ferdy Lancee (g) and didn't last very long.
1962 Al di la/Duizenden sterren Philips PF 318776
Stille nacht/Gloria in excelsis Deo Philips PF 318810
1963 Ik zweef aan mijn ballonnetje/Waarom Philips PF 318840
Hoe leit dit kindeke/De herdertjes lagen bij nachte Philips JF 327518
Gloria gloria/Sprookjesbal Philips JF 327525
Sluimer zacht/'t Is een mooie dag vandaag Philips JF 327564
EP Kopi susu/Stambul bunga mawer/Nona nona zamang seharang/Kapal ladju
Philips PE 433137
EP Stille nacht/De herdertjes lagen bij nachte/Hoe leit dit kindeke/
/Gloria in excelsis Deo Philips PE 433180
1964 Mijn gitaar/Als de wilde rozen bloeien Philips JF 327643
Kopi susu/Nona nona zamang seharang Philips JF 327653
Als jij maar wacht/Ben je 't heus Philips JF 327664
Oh Malaysia/Singapura [from EP, 'Oh Malaysia', with Boy & Rolling Kids]
Philips PE 433201
1965 Een bos rozen/Zeg wat is er aan de hand Philips JF 327788
Heimwee/Dit gaat nooit meer voorbij Philips JF 327879
1966 Mijn concert/Toe Philips JF 327935
Teddy song/No one can love you like I do Philips JF 333525
1967 Jij vergeet/Ik wil vrij zijn Philips JF 333637
1968 Since you have gone/Won't be long Philips JF 334526
Love is like a rainbow/ Philips JF 334576
1970 Simon Zealotes/Look on up at the bottom Philips 6012071
1972 Als mijn moeder huilt/Soms [b-kant door Madelein] Fontana 6013020
1975 Love me honey/Porque tu quieras Philips 6012549
1976 The party is over/Mrs. Lonely Philips 6012602
Trust in me/Two tonight Philips 6012621
LP Trust in me Philips 6413086
1977 This is your heartbeat/Lonely hearts club guide Philips 6012713
How little we know/Don't turn on the night Philips 6012767
1981 Indonesia/This is the day [as Sandra Reemer] CBS 1807
1982 Get it on/On and on CBS 2094
Dries Holten aka Andres.
1971 Wedding bells/Unforgettable Negram NG 204
Having accompanied his sister Sandra between 1960 and 1966 as a guitarist, Frank went on to making his own records as Franky, Justin Frank and under his own name. In 1976, he was a member of Radar for a short period of time.
1977 Sometimes/We've got to work this out Negram NG 2199 LP Second thought (Concerto for voice and orchestra #1) Negram NZ 4 1979 LP Bagatella Negram 5C 052-26142 LP Paraphonia [& André Groote] Negram 5C 052-26194
1974 Morning/Conquer the world Polydor 2050314
1975 Portrait/Goodbye Lark INS 9506
1981 It's okay for me/ CNR 141716 It's okay for me/ [12"] CNR 151036
1979 Oh boy/part 2 [as Rosy, Ronny & Debbie] Philips 6012868
After the breakup of Sandra & Andres, Dries Holten formed this duo with Rosy Pereira. The duo existed from 1975 to 1978.
1975 Sausolito/Dance dance CNR 141317
1976 I was born to love/Why don't you phone me CNR 141326
My love/I wanna be your baby CNR 141351
LP My love CNR 657529
1977 I believe in you/Walt Disney wonderworld CNR 141392
Save me/Kiss me on the plane CNR 141415
I'd rather be sorry/Sing me another lovesong CNR 141433
Zwei wie du und ich/Wir spielen Katz und Maus Telefunken 6.12090
LP Pasar Malam souvenirs CNR 657544
LP Come closer CNR 660015
1978 LP Zestien gouden successen CNR 541664
1979 Colorado/Intercity Mercury 6013529
Colorado [Engels]/Colorado [Nederlands] Mercury 6013531
Nothing's gonna change/Stranger in town Mercury 6013541
It hurts to be in love/Fast mover Mercury 6013547
LP Nothing's gonna change ?
SANDRA & ANDRES
16-3-68 SINGLE 9 13 STORYBOOK CHILDREN
20-6-70 SINGLE 5 8 LET US PRAY TOGETHER
7-11-70 SINGLE 5 12 LOVE IS ALL AROUND
27-3-71 SINGLE 5 10 THOSE WORDS
14-8-71 SINGLE 8 7 QUE JE T'AIME [Alarmschijf op 7-8-71]
6-11-71 SINGLE 12 7 MARY MADONNA
4-3-72 SINGLE 3 10 ALS HET OM DE LIEFDE GAAT [Alarmschijf op 26-2-72]
16-9-72 SINGLE 12 6 MAMA MIA [Alarmschijf op 9-9-72]
17-3-73 SINGLE 12 7 AIME MOI
15-12-73 SINGLE 33 4 DZJING BOEM! TE-RA-TA-TA
16-2-74 SINGLE 21 5 TRUE LOVE
1-6-74 SINGLE 14 6 YOU BELIEVED
1-3-75 SINGLE 28 2 OH NOUS SOMMES TRES AMOUREUX
ROSY & ANDRES
29-11-75 SINGLE 6 8 SAUSALITO [Alarmschijf op 22-11-75]
3-4-76 SINGLE 29 3 I WAS BORN TO LOVE
4-9-76 SINGLE 3 11 MY LOVE
14-5-77 SINGLE 26 5 I BELIEVE IN YOU
15-10-77 SINGLE tip SAVE ME
SANDRA [NL]
29-11-75 SINGLE tip LOVE ME HONEY
6-3-76 SINGLE 3 8 THE PARTY IS OVER
2-7-77 SINGLE tip THIS IS YOUR HEARTBEAT
SANDRA REEMER
8-5-76 ALBUM 33 7 TRUST IN ME
27-2-82 SINGLE tip GET IT ON
1-2-86 SINGLE tip GOLD
12-9-87 ALBUM 20 12 THE BEST FOR MY LOVE
3-10-87 SINGLE 26 4 ALL OUT OF LOVE
18-2-89 ALBUM 28 15 UNFORGETTABLE
1-4-89 SINGLE tip GOODNIGHT, SWEETHEART ...
20-10-90 ALBUM 54 6 SHE'S THE ONE
20-10-90 SINGLE 23 5 LA COLEGIALA
XANDRA
7-4-79 SINGLE 37 2 COLORADO
ANDRES
11-10-80 ALBUM 26 8 RAME RAME
DEBBIE EN ANDRES
6-8-88 SINGLE tip LAZY DAYS
Submitted by: Adri Verhoef
(a3@a3.xs4all.nl-removespam)
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