Rudy Bennett

Rudy Bennett
Bennett in 1973
Background information
Born	(1942-12-27) 27 December 1942 (age 82) The Hague, Netherlands
Genres	Nederbeat
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1960s-present
Formerly of	The Motions, Galaxy-Lin

Rudy Bennett (born Cornelis Johannes Rudy van den Berg, 27 December 1942) is a Dutch singer, who led the Nederbeat groups The Motions and Galaxy-Lin.

Career

Bennett formed The Motions with Robbie van Leeuwen, Henk Smitskamp, and Sieb Warner. ^[1] They were the first Nederbeat band to achieve chart success, and had their first major selling single in 1965. ^[1] While he was still in the Motions, he had solo hit in 1967 with "How Can We Hang On to a Dream". ^[2] The song went to number five in the Netherlands. ^[2]

When the Motions disbanded in 1970, he formed Galaxy-Lin with van Leeuwen. They released three singles and two studio albums before disbanding in 1976. In the 1980s, he was in the duo Bennet & Bee with Beatrix Willemstein. ^[3] They had two top 40 hits. In 1997, Bennett joined Clous van Mechelen's Second Hand Rock & Soul Band. ^[4]

Discography

The Motions

Albums ^[5]

• 1965 - "Introduction to The Motions"
• 1966 - "Their Own Way"
• 1967 - "Motions Songbook"
• 1967 - "Impressions of Wonderful"
• 1968 - "The Motions Live!"
• 1969 - "Electric Baby"
• 1970 - "Sensation"

Extended plays

• 1965 - "I've Waited So Long" + "It's Gone" / "For Another Man" + "I've Got Misery"
• 1966 - "Wasted Words" + "I'll Follow the Sun" / "There's No Place to Hide" + "Everything That's Mine"
• 1966 - "Every Step I Take" + "Hard Time Blues" / "Stop Your Crying" + "Everything That's Mine"

Singles

• 1965 - "It's Gone" / "I've Got Misery"
• 1965 - "You Bother Me" / "We Fell in Love"
• 1965 - "For Another Man" / "I've Waited So Long"
• 1965 - "Love Won't Stop" / "No Matter Where You Run"
• 1965 - "Wasted Words" / "I'll Follow the Sun"
• 1966 - "Everything That's Mine" / "There's No Place to Hide"
• 1966 - "Why Don't You Take It?" / "My Love Is Growing"
• 1966 - "Every Step I Take" / "Stop Your Crying"
• 1966 - "It's the Same Old Song" / "Someday Child"
• 1967 - "I Want You, I Need You" / "Suzie Baby"
• 1967 - "Wonderful Impressions" / "Nellie the Horse"
• 1967 - "Tonight We'll Be Stoned" / "One Million Red Balloons"
• 1968 - "You're My Adee" / "Hey Conductor Man"
• 1968 - "Take Your Time" / "Make It Legal"
• 1968 - "Miracle Man" / "Something"
• 1968 - "I Ain't Got Time" / "Fantasy Club"
• 1968 - "Take the Fast Train" / "Hamburg City"
• 1969 - "It's Alright" / "Hey Everybody"
• 1969 - "Freedom" / "Little Boy's Life" + "What's Your Name"
• 1969 - "Eliza" / "Wedding of the Hundred Brides"
• 1969 - "I Can't Help It" / "Look Away"
• 1970 - "Try to Make You Happy" / "We All Come Together"

Galaxy-Lin

Albums

• 1974 - "Galaxy-Lin"
• 1975 - "G"

Singles

• 1974 - "Travelling song" / "Utopia"
• 1975 - "Long hot summer" / "Utopia"
• 1975 - "Hunting song" / "Don't"

Solo

Selected singles

• 1966 - "How Can We Hang On to a Dream"

References

1. Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Motions | Top 40-artiesten". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-27.
2. Hung, Steffen. "Rudy Bennett - How Can We Hang On To A Dream". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
3. Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Bennet & Bee | Top 40-artiesten". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-27.
4. "Muziekencyclopedie - De Second Hand Rock 'n' Roll Band". www.muziekencyclopedie.nl. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
5. "The Motions Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-12-27.