The Art Company
Encyclopedia
VOF de Kunst was a Dutch
pop
group from Tilburg
founded in 1983. Their hit
song was "Suzanne" (Susanna) which reached #1 and #12 in the charts
in the Netherlands
and UK
respectively. The lead singer of the band is Nol Havens
, and they have also toured using the The Art Company name. This latter moniker was used for their only UK hit.
The group has also produced albums of traditional festive songs and songs based on nursery rhymes. Since 1996 they are playing in theatre productions.
.
http://www.last.fm/music/VOF+de+Kunst/+videos/+1-Y1e3RGbHADM.
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...
pop
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
group from Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
founded in 1983. Their hit
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
song was "Suzanne" (Susanna) which reached #1 and #12 in the charts
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
in the Netherlands
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...
and UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
respectively. The lead singer of the band is Nol Havens
Nol Havens
Nol Havens is the Tilburg-born lead singer of the Tilburg based band The Art Company .-References:...
, and they have also toured using the The Art Company name. This latter moniker was used for their only UK hit.
The group has also produced albums of traditional festive songs and songs based on nursery rhymes. Since 1996 they are playing in theatre productions.
External links
Official page of the band in DutchDutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
.
http://www.last.fm/music/VOF+de+Kunst/+videos/+1-Y1e3RGbHADM.