Zinatra | |
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Origin | Netherlands |
Genres | Hard rock, AOR, pop rock |
Years active | 1988 | –1992
Labels | NT Records, Mercury |
Spinoffs | Mennen |
Zinatra was a Dutch hard rock- [1] and AOR-band. The band released their debut album in 1988, which contained the single "Love or Loneliness", [1] a song that was successful in the national music chart, [1] [2] [3] peaking at #18. [4] The following singles were "Somewhere" and "Lookin' for Love". [2] Later the band was the opening act for David Lee Roth in his tour called Skyscraper. [1] In 1989 the band performed a tour that went to Taiwan, Thailand and South America. [1] [2]
In 1990, Robby Valentine joined the band as keyboardist, besides participating in the compositions. [1] [2] In spring 1990, the second album, called The Great Escape was released [1] and charted at #72 in the Netherlands. [4] The first single "There She Was", [1] reached #48 in the Netherlands. [4] The other singles from the album, "Love Never Dies" and "Two Sides of Love", did not enter into any music chart. In 1992 Robby Valentine left the band. [1] Later the singer Joss Mennen also left the band to form the band Mennen. [2]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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NLD | ||
Zinatra |
| 98 |
The Great Escape |
| 72 |
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