Snoopy (band)

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Snoopy
Genres Pop, disco
Years active1978–1980
MembersEthel Mezas
Florence Woerdings
Ethel Mezas
Maureen Seedorf

Snoopy was a Dutch female disco duo. The group was founded by music manager Han Meijer in 1978 with singers Ethel Mezas (born 1956) and Florence Woerdings (born 1956). Woerdings left the project in 1979 and was replaced with Maureen Seedorf. The group ceased activities in 1980. [1]

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In 1978–1979 they had a hit with "No Time for a Tango". The song was written and produced by Meijer, Catapult musicians Aart Mol, Cees Bergman, Elmer Veerhoff, Erwin van Prehn and Geertjan Hessing, and Jaap Eggermont's wife Lucia Flint. [1] It reached number 7 in Germany, [2] number 9 in Austria, [3] and number 10 in Switzerland. [4]

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Discography

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Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
AUT
[5] 		BE
[6] 		GER
[7] 		NL
[8] 		SWI
[9]
1978"No Time for a Tango"192471710
1979"Honolulu"—————
"It's All in the Bible"—9—10—
1980"Rain, Snow and Ice"—29—24—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

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References

  1. 1 2 "Deze week, 45 jaar geleden, komen de twee meiden van Snoopy met hun single No time for a tango binnen in de Brt Top 30" (in Dutch). Toen gisteren nog vandaag was. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Hit-Bilanz, deutsche Chart-Singles auf CD-Rom, Taurus Press
  3. ↑ Snoopy in den Austria-Charts
  4. ↑ Snoopy in den Swiss-Charts
  5. ↑ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  6. ↑ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  7. ↑ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  8. ↑ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  9. ↑ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
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