George Baker Selection 1974 Volendam

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George Baker Selection  Hans Bouwens  By 1967 Bouwens was living in Wormerveer and joined the band Soul Invention, a soul band which played covers of songs by Otis Redding and Sam and Dave. They changed their name to “George Baker Selection”, Bouwens naming himself for a character from a detective novel. The band consisted of Jan Hop, Jacobus Greuter, George The, and Jan Visser. Their first album, Little Green Bag (1970), produced an immediate worldwide hit: their debut single, “Little Green Bag” reached No. 16 on the Cash Box magazine chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Top 100 in the United States.  Hans Bouwens  The song was written in reference to the American dollar and was titled “Little Greenback” but the record company misinterpreted the words. The “new” name stuck and it was used. However, the words in the song then, and now, are “greenback” not “green bag. The success came as a surprise for Baker, who remembers hearing in on the radio at work, in a lemonade factory. The single sold over one million copies globally, and received a gold disc. A string of singles and albums followed; the second single, “Dear Ann”, was such a success that Baker quit his job in the lemonade factory and became a full-time musician. Besides scoring hits with his own band, he also wrote songs for others, including BZN, The Shoes, Andy Star, and Next One. In 1974 singer Lida Bond joined the band, and combining her voice with Baker’s proved highly successful.

George Baker Selection  Hans Bouwens Their fifth album, Paloma Blanca, was released in 1975, and the single “Paloma Blanca” reached No. 1 on charts in several countries. By this time Nelleke Brzoskowsky was the singer; she had joined in 1975. “Paloma Blanca” sold more than seven million copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful Dutch singles ever.

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