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| Hearts of Soul | |
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 Bianca, Patricia and Stella Maessen in 1970 | |
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| Origin | Harderwijk, Netherlands |
| Years active | 1969–81, 2010 |
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The Hearts of Soul, also known as Dream Express (1975–79) and LBS (1979–81), were a musical group that originally consisted of the Indonesian-born Dutch sisters Bianca (born 30 June 1950), Patricia (1952 – 15 May 1996) and Stella Maessen (born 6 August 1953). Belgian singer Luc Smets joined the group in 1975. They are known for representing the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 and Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977.
History
Early career
The sisters worked as session singers for Dusty Springfield until 1968. In 1969, they recorded their debut album.
In 1970, they represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "Waterman" (written by Pieter Goemans). They finished seventh out of twelve participants.
Their single "It's Great Fun" was arguably their most popular at the time. They collaborated in 1972 on a single with Marius Monkau. The song "Oh Complete Jesus" is still popular, especially among religious people.
Success in Belgium
In the mid-1970s the group moved to Belgium. There they formed Dream Express in 1975 with former Pebbles musician Luc Smets, who married Bianca. In the summer of 1976, they had a number-two hit in Flanders with the self-titled song "Dream Express".
On 5 February 1977, they won the national finals in Belgium to enter the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, held in Wembley, London. This was the first time that Belgium had entered a song to be sung entirely in English. With the song "A Million in One, Two, Three", they reached seventh place out of eighteen participating countries.
Dream Express changed its name to LBS in 1979, an acronym for Luc, Bianca and Stella. Their singles "LBS" and "Uncle Jim" received much airplay in 1979.
Solo careers
In the 1980s, Stella started releasing solo singles under the name of Stella Mason. She represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "Si tu aimes ma musique". She finished in fourth place out of eighteen participants.
Bianca released several singles from the early 1980s to 1993. Her single "Twee dolfijnen aan het strand van Hawaii" was released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Antwerp Zoo.
In the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, Patricia provided backing vocals for the winning entrant Sandra Kim. In 1987, Patricia was also a backing singer for Plastic Bertrand, representing Luxembourg. Patricia Maessen died on 15 May 1996 in Mortsel, Belgium at the age of 44, from the effects of a stroke.
Reunion
In September 2010, the Hearts of Soul released the single "Suddenly You". The group now consisted of Bianca, Stella and younger sister Doreen Maessen.
Discography
Singles
| Singles in the Dutch Top 40 | |||||
| Title | Release date |
Entry date |
Highest position |
No. of weeks | Remarks |
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| "Oh What a Price" | 1969 | 15-2-1969 | tip | ||
| "Everybody Goes for Joe / Abraham, Martin & John" | 1969 | 11-10-1969 | tip | ||
| "Fat Jack" | 1970 | 31-1-1970 | 18 | 5 | |
| "Waterman" | 1970 | 14-3-1970 | tip | ||
| "It's Great Fun" | 1972 | 8-7-1972 | tip | ||
| "I Can Hear You Calling" | 1971 | ? | tip | ||
| "Dream Express" | 1976 | 7-2-1976 | tip | As Dream Express | |
| "A Million in One, Two, Three" | 1977 | 23-4-1977 | tip | As Dream Express | |
See also
References
- "Patricia & Hearts of Soul: Waterman". Eurovision Artists (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Patricia Maessen overleden". NRC.nl (in Dutch). 18 May 1996. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- "Come-back Hearts of Soul". Kliknieuws.nl (in Dutch). 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
External links
Media related to Hearts Of Soul at Wikimedia Commons
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| Preceded byLenny Kuhr with "De troubadour" |
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 |
Succeeded bySaskia & Serge with "Tijd" |
| Preceded byPierre Rapsat with "Judy et Cie" |
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 |
Succeeded byJean Vallée with "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie" |
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