Rudy Bennett
Bennett in 1973
Bennett in 1973
Background information
Born (1942-12-27) 27 December 1942 (age 81)
The Hague, Netherlands
GenresNederbeat
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1960s-present
Formerly ofThe Motions, Galaxy-Lin

Rudy Bennett (born 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]

Extended plays

Singles

Galaxy-Lin

Albums

Singles

Solo

Selected singles

References

  1. ^ a b Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Motions | Top 40-artiesten". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-27.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b 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.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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.
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