The sixth single by DOLLY DOTS is also from 1983. The song on the A side is called MONEY LOVER (BITE THE DUST). Once again, Peter van Asten and Richard de Bois composed the song. The single was released on the WEA label. This single reached number 22 on the Dutch charts. Continue reading DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – MONEY LOVER (BITE THE DUST)
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DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – SHE’S A LIAR
The fifth single by DOLLY DOTS is from 1983. The song on the A side is called SHE’S A LIAR. Peter van Asten and Richard de Bois again composed this song. The single was released on the WEA label. This single reached number 7 on the Dutch charts. Continue reading DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – SHE’S A LIAR
DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – DO YOU WANNA WANNA
The fourth single by DOLLY DOTS is also from 1982. The song on the A side is called DO YOU WANNA WANNA. Once again, Peter van Asten and Richard de Bois composed the song. The single was released on the WEA label. This single reached number 8 on the Dutch charts. Continue reading DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – DO YOU WANNA WANNA
DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – ALL THE ROSES
The third single by DOLLY DOTS is from 1982. The song on the A side is called ALL THE ROSES. Peter van Asten and Richard de Bois again composed this song. The single was released on the WEA label. This single reached number 9 on the Dutch charts. Continue reading DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – ALL THE ROSES
DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – S-T-O-P
The second single by DOLLY DOTS is also from 1981. The song on the A side is called S-T-O-P. Peter van Asten and Richard de Bois also composed this song. The single was released on the WEA label. This single also reached number 6 on the Dutch charts. Continue reading DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – S-T-O-P
DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – P.S.
The first DOLLY DOTS vinyl single is from 1981. It has the song P.S. as the A track. Peter van Asten and Richard de Bois composed the song. It came out on the Polydor label. It reached number 6 on the Dutch charts. Continue reading DOLLY DOTS SINGLES – P.S.
GIRL GROUPS FROM THE NETHERLANDS PART 3
Dolly Dots were a popular Dutch girl band in the 1980s. With their style of upbeat dance/pop, they scored many hits throughout Europe. The sextet consisted of Angela Groothuizen, Angéla Kramers, Anita Heilker, Esther Oosterbeek, Patty Zomer and Ria Brieffies. The Dolly Dots had many hits between 1979 and 1988. They were most successful in the Netherlands, but they also scored hits in the rest of Europe. Their single “Radio” was a big hit in Japan. “P.S.” was a Top 50 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play hit in 1981. They also enjoyed hits in Turkey, Lebanon, Iceland, and toured through Egypt. At the peak of their success in 1984 the Dolly Dots had their own TV series, Barbie dolls, wallpaper, and a #1 hit, “Love Me Just a Little Bit More (Totally Hooked On You)”. At the end of the next year, Anita Heilker left the group to have a daughter. She later became the Dutch voice of Donald Duck. The rest of the band continued as a five-piece. Heilker had already launched her own career. In 1986 she released four solo singles (“You’ve Got Me Keyed Up”, “Into The Night”, “Dancing On The Moon” and “Don’t Treat Me Like This”), as well as a solo album (The Girl In Black). Since the TV series’ success in 1984, there had been plans to record a Hollywood movie. In the summer of 1986 the 5 remaining Dolly Dots finally went to the US to work with an unfinished script and made a movie called Dutch Treat, which was released later that year. The movie and its soundtrack were modest successes in The Netherlands but were not released in the US due to poor reviews. The group broke up in 1988. Their last single was an attempt to break into the UK market. The Dolly Dots teamed up with hit producers Stock Aitken Waterman and released the song “What a Night”. It reached number 18 in the Dutch charts, but was not successful in the UK. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, composed by Richard Debois and Peter van Asten (who wrote the 1984 Dutch entry Ik hou van jou), would have been a great Euro entry.