Snoopy (band)

Snoopy
GenresPop, disco
Years active1978 – 1980
MembersEthel Mezas
Florence Woerdings
Maureen Seedorf

Snoopy was a Dutch female disco duo. The group was founded by music manager Han Meijer in 1978 with singers Ethel Mezas (1956-2023) and Florence Woerdings (born 1956). Woerdings left the project in 1979 and was replaced with Maureen Seedorf. The group ceased activities in 1980.[1]

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]

Members

  • Ethel Mezas (born 1955 in Paramaribo, Suriname, died 2023 in Harderwijk, Netherlands) — vocals
  • Florence Woerdings (born 1956) — vocals (until 1979)
  • Maureen Seedorf — vocals (1979-1980)

Discography

Albums

  • 1980: Snoopy

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
AUT
[5] 		BE
[6] 		GER
[7] 		NL
[8] 		SWI
[9]
1978 "No Time for a Tango" 19 24 7 17 10
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

References

  1. ^ a b "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.