Cha Cha is the first live album by Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 rock and roll

Rock and roll

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 and blues

Blues

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 group Herman Brood & His Wild Romance

Herman Brood

Hermanus "Herman" Brood was a Dutch musician, painter and media personality. Initially a musician who achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, and called "the Netherlands' greatest and only rock 'n' roll star," later in life he became a well-known painter.Known for his...

. The album produced one single, "Still Believe." On the Dutch album chart, the album reached #2 on 13 January 1979, and stayed on the chart for 18 weeks. The album was certified gold in 1979.

Cha Cha

Cha Cha (film)

Cha Cha is a 1979 Dutch film directed by Herbert Curiel. It stars Herman Brood, and contains appearances from New Wave musicians Lene Lovich and Nina Hagen....

is also the name of a movie filmed in 1979 with Herman Brood, Nina Hagen

Nina Hagen

Nina Hagen is a German singer and actress.-Early years:Hagen was born as Catharina Hagen in the former East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of Hans Hagen , a scriptwriter, and Eva-Maria Hagen, an actress and singer...

, and Lene Lovich

Lene Lovich

Lene Lovich is an American singer based in England, who first gained attention as part of the New Wave music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Her most popular hit single was "Lucky Number", first released in 1979.-Early years:...

, whose soundtrack was released separately on LP, also called Cha Cha

Cha Cha (soundtrack)

Cha Cha is the soundtrack for the 1979 movie of the same name starring Herman Brood, Nina Hagen, and Lene Lovich, with most of the music played by Dutch rock and roll and blues group Herman Brood & His Wild Romance...

. In the movie, he marries Nina Hagen; in reality they had a brief affair.

Cha Cha was re-released on CD in 1991 by Sony BMG/Ariola

Ariola Records

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.

Track listing

Singles

The single "Still Believe" (with "Jilted" on the B-side) reached #15 in the Dutch Top 50 on 30 December 1978, and stayed on the chart for ten weeks. The single draws interest in Germany and France also.

Personnel

• Herman Brood - piano
  Piano
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  , keyboard
  Musical keyboard
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  , vocals
• Monica Tjen Akwoei - vocals
• Bertus Borgers - saxophone
  Saxophone
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• Freddy Cavalli - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Josee van Iersel - vocals
• Danny Lademacher - guitar
  Guitar
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• Ani Meerman - drums
• Robin Freeman - sound engineer
• Anton Corbijn
  Anton Corbijn
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  - photography