Sincerely Yours (Luv' Album)
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Sincerely Yours is the fifth studio album
by Dutch girl group Luv'
, released in 1991 by the labels RCA Records
/BMG
. It includes the singles Hasta Mañana
, Jungle Jive
, He's My Guy
(a minor hit song) and The Last Song
. This opus features a new group's member Carina Lemoine
who replaced Michelle Gold.
s line-up. Michelle Gold was replaced by Carina Lemoine
, a 20 year old singer who had
been recruited among a hundred girls by Marga Scheide
(the only original group's member). This change in the trio's formation coincided with a new record deal. Luv'
signed a contract with the Dutch subsidiary of RCA Records
/BMG
and chose another kind of repertoire. After the moderate success of the Welcome to my party
single (inspired by the Stock Aitken Waterman
style and produced by Nigel Wright), the female pop act recorded the Sincerely Yours album named after a cover version of a US Top 20 song originally performed by the American Dance girl group Sweet Sensation
. The songs on this opus were tainted by Pop music
(Sentimental Fool, The Last Song
), Dance music
(2am Saturday Night, I Wanna Make Love To You), flamenco
(Hasta Mañana
), Latin American music
(Sincerely Yours, Canta De La Luna), and Jazz
(He's My Guy
). This material was produced by Jacques Zwart (a.k.a E.Mergency), Marga Scheide
's partner at the time.
Highly demanded session musicians from the Dutch music scene were hired for the recording of this album: Bert Meulendijk, Eddie Conard, Hans Jansen Lex Bolderdijk, Omar Dupree and Ton op 't Hof. They had collaborated with popular artists like Bolland & Bolland
, Paul de Leeuw
, Gordon
, Lee Towers
, Herman Brood
, and Dolly Dots
. Despite their participation, the Sincerely Yours record failed to make any chart impact. However, though Luv'
hadn't reached a mainstream success with this recording, their schedule was hectic. They often toured the club and gay circuit in Holland and Belgium and appeared on TV.
Additional personnel
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Dutch girl group Luv'
Luv'
Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...
, released in 1991 by the labels RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
/BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
. It includes the singles Hasta Mañana
Hasta Mañana (Luv' song)
Hasta Mañana is the twenty first single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1990 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours. It involved Luv's new member: Carina Lemoine .-Song history:...
, Jungle Jive
Jungle Jive (Luv' song)
"Jungle Jive" is the twenty-second single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:...
, He's My Guy
He's My Guy
"He's My Guy" is the twenty-third single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:...
(a minor hit song) and The Last Song
The Last Song (Luv' song)
"The Last Song" is the twenty-fourth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:...
. This opus features a new group's member Carina Lemoine
Carina Lemoine
Carina Lemoine is a Dutch pop female singer. She was a member of the girl group Luv' from 1990 to 1992. She scored with the female formation a minor hit song: He's My Guy. After Luv' had disbanded in 1992, she formed with Diana van Berlo the short-lived girl duo Lady's D.C...
who replaced Michelle Gold.
Album story
June 1990 saw changes in Luv'Luv'
Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...
s line-up. Michelle Gold was replaced by Carina Lemoine
Carina Lemoine
Carina Lemoine is a Dutch pop female singer. She was a member of the girl group Luv' from 1990 to 1992. She scored with the female formation a minor hit song: He's My Guy. After Luv' had disbanded in 1992, she formed with Diana van Berlo the short-lived girl duo Lady's D.C...
, a 20 year old singer who had
been recruited among a hundred girls by Marga Scheide
Marga Scheide
Marga Scheide is a Dutch former model and a singer. She is a member of the girl group Luv'....
(the only original group's member). This change in the trio's formation coincided with a new record deal. Luv'
Luv'
Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...
signed a contract with the Dutch subsidiary of RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
/BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
and chose another kind of repertoire. After the moderate success of the Welcome to my party
Welcome to My Party (Luv' song)
"Welcome to My Party" is the fourteenth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the autumn of 1989 by Dureco/High Fashion records. This song appears on the EP For You...
single (inspired by the Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
style and produced by Nigel Wright), the female pop act recorded the Sincerely Yours album named after a cover version of a US Top 20 song originally performed by the American Dance girl group Sweet Sensation
Sweet Sensation
Sweet Sensation was a Puerto Rican female freestyle-dance music trio from The Bronx, New York.-History:Formed in 1986, In The Bronx . The original group members were Betty LeBron and sisters Margie and Mari Fernandez. Originally on Next Plateau Records, in 1988 they were picked up by Atco and...
. The songs on this opus were tainted by Pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
(Sentimental Fool, The Last Song
The Last Song (Luv' song)
"The Last Song" is the twenty-fourth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:...
), Dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
(2am Saturday Night, I Wanna Make Love To You), flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
(Hasta Mañana
Hasta Mañana (Luv' song)
Hasta Mañana is the twenty first single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1990 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours. It involved Luv's new member: Carina Lemoine .-Song history:...
), Latin American music
Latin American music
Latin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
(Sincerely Yours, Canta De La Luna), and Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
(He's My Guy
He's My Guy
"He's My Guy" is the twenty-third single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:...
). This material was produced by Jacques Zwart (a.k.a E.Mergency), Marga Scheide
Marga Scheide
Marga Scheide is a Dutch former model and a singer. She is a member of the girl group Luv'....
's partner at the time.
Highly demanded session musicians from the Dutch music scene were hired for the recording of this album: Bert Meulendijk, Eddie Conard, Hans Jansen Lex Bolderdijk, Omar Dupree and Ton op 't Hof. They had collaborated with popular artists like Bolland & Bolland
Bolland & Bolland
Bolland & Bolland are two Dutch music producers – the brothers Rob and Ferdi Bolland ....
, Paul de Leeuw
Paul de Leeuw
Paul Henri de Leeuw is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA...
, Gordon
Gordon Heuckeroth
Cornelis Willem Heuckeroth is a Dutch performer and radio and television personality, better known by his nickname Gordon...
, Lee Towers
Lee Towers
Lee Towers is a Dutch singer. He was discovered in 1975 as "The Singing Crane Mechanic" and labelled as a dockworker in Rotterdam...
, Herman Brood
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...
, and Dolly Dots
Dolly Dots
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....
. Despite their participation, the Sincerely Yours record failed to make any chart impact. However, though Luv'
Luv'
Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...
hadn't reached a mainstream success with this recording, their schedule was hectic. They often toured the club and gay circuit in Holland and Belgium and appeared on TV.
Track listing
- "Jungle JiveJungle Jive (Luv' song)"Jungle Jive" is the twenty-second single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:...
" (G. Thé, Marga ScheideMarga ScheideMarga Scheide is a Dutch former model and a singer. She is a member of the girl group Luv'....
, E.Mergency) - 3:23 - "Sincerely Yours" (Ricardo Pagan, Joseph Malloy) - 4:25
- "Sentimental Fool" (E. Mergency, Marga ScheideMarga ScheideMarga Scheide is a Dutch former model and a singer. She is a member of the girl group Luv'....
) - 4:17 - "Canta de la Luna" (E.Mergency, Marga ScheideMarga ScheideMarga Scheide is a Dutch former model and a singer. She is a member of the girl group Luv'....
) - 4:15 - "2am Saturday Night" (F. Rampen, E. Mergency) - 3:10
- "Hasta MañanaHasta Mañana (Luv' song)Hasta Mañana is the twenty first single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1990 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours. It involved Luv's new member: Carina Lemoine .-Song history:...
" (E.Mergency, Marga ScheideMarga ScheideMarga Scheide is a Dutch former model and a singer. She is a member of the girl group Luv'....
) - 5:33 - "He's My GuyHe's My Guy"He's My Guy" is the twenty-third single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:...
" (E. Mergency) - 3:44 - "Live or Die" (A. Hol, Marga ScheideMarga ScheideMarga Scheide is a Dutch former model and a singer. She is a member of the girl group Luv'....
, E. Mergency) - 3:32 - "I Wanna Make Love To You" (Lion Keezer) - 3:26
- "The Last SongThe Last Song (Luv' song)"The Last Song" is the twenty-fourth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:...
" (E. Mergency, Marga ScheideMarga ScheideMarga Scheide is a Dutch former model and a singer. She is a member of the girl group Luv'....
) - 4:31
Singles
| # | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hasta Mañana Hasta Mañana (Luv' song) Hasta Mañana is the twenty first single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1990 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours. It involved Luv's new member: Carina Lemoine .-Song history:... " |
1990 |
| 2. | "Jungle Jive Jungle Jive (Luv' song) "Jungle Jive" is the twenty-second single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:... " |
1991 |
| 3. | "He's My Guy He's My Guy "He's My Guy" is the twenty-third single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:... " |
1991 |
| 4. | "The Last Song The Last Song (Luv' song) "The Last Song" is the twenty-fourth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/BMG. It appears on the album Sincerely Yours.-Song history:... " |
1991 |
Personnel
Luv'- Marga ScheideMarga ScheideMarga Scheide is a Dutch former model and a singer. She is a member of the girl group Luv'....
- vocals - Diana van BerloDiana van BerloDiana van Berlo is a Dutch pop female singer. She was a member of the girl group Luv' from 1989 to 1992. She scored with the female formation a Dutch and Flemish Top 30 hit with the single Welcome to my party as well as another minor hit song He's My Guy...
- vocals - Carina LemoineCarina LemoineCarina Lemoine is a Dutch pop female singer. She was a member of the girl group Luv' from 1990 to 1992. She scored with the female formation a minor hit song: He's My Guy. After Luv' had disbanded in 1992, she formed with Diana van Berlo the short-lived girl duo Lady's D.C...
- vocals
Additional personnel
- Jacques Zwart - keyboard/arranger
- Hans Jansen - keyboard
- Bert Meulendijk - guitar
- Lex Bolderijk - guitar
- Ton op 't Hof - drums
- Eddie Conard - percussion
- The Styluss Horns - horn section
- Omar Dupree - background vocals
Production
- Producer: Jacques Zwart
- Recorded at Hit Jam Studios, Dureco Studios and Wisseloord StudiosWisseloord StudiosThe Wisseloord Studio is a recording studio in Hilversum, Netherlands. It was officially opened on 19 January 1978 by Prince Claus.The studios were founded by electronics company Philips, to enable their PolyGram artists to record in a professional environment. Initially there were three studios,...
- Recording engineers: Sytze Gardenier, Erroll Lafleur, Margret van den Heuvel and Jacques Zwart
External links
- Page about Sincerely Yours' from the website Fonos.nl about the Dutch Pop Music Archives http://www.fonos.nl/fonos2/store?request=detail&type=view&catalogue_key=6573