One of the better dance-bands of the late sixties.The band was founded on the remains of the fifties bebop-jazz orchestra "The Flamingo's" and "The Croonies", recruited by the brothers Stevens from the best musicians of a number of high-school bands. Leader of the gang became Clement van Herzele, rebaptized to Clee. This band came about in 1962 and slowly but surely built a good reputation for itself in the region of Zottegem.
In 1966 Griet de Bock joined the band (much later, Humo would write "the very first female rock-and-roll singer in Flanders", best known as "Kate") which gave the band new possibilities. They recorded an album for Philips, live in dancing "De Truweel" in Sint-Lievens-Esse, with nothing but well-known songs from those days (e.g. "Hey Joe", "The Beat goes on", "Happy Together" ...).(http://houbi.com/belpop/groups/cleesfive.htm)
"Jerk With The Clee's Five" released in 1967 on Philips label (QL 625908).From this album i chose "Somebody To Love", "The Beat Goes On" and "We Love You". (vinyl rip) Enjoy!!!
Band members :
- Griet De Bock (vocals)
- Dré Baeckelandt (drums, guitar)
- Herman "Toots" De Vos (bass)
- Guido Vanden Hauwe (piano)
- Clee van Herzele (guitar)
-by dj fanis: here
3 comments:
Wondering If you Could Post The Entire two albums from this group?
No my friend, i have only this album and for some reasons i must upload only 2 or 3 songs from each album.Sorry.
dj fanis
Wow! Thanks anyway for the tracks that you WERE able to upload. It was a great share, and a great example of the talent of this rare group. Tis a shame that there was not a re-release of their output. much appreciated for your time and effort.
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