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Monica Verschoor

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Monica Verschoor
Imperial Records, Transatlantic Records, Pathé Records
Born (1950-10-08) October 8, 1950 (age 74)
The Hague, the Netherlands
NationalityDutch

Monica Adella Verschoor (born 18 October 1950, in The Hague) is a pop singer and pianist. When her songs ranked number 1 in the Dutch top 40, Monica became a famous singer in the 1970s .

Biography

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Monica Verschoor was born in The Hague. Her mother from the former Dutch East Indies married in the Netherlands Jan Verschoor, French teacher. During 10 years, she had piano lessons from Mrs. Tilly Talboom Smits, founder of the Hofstads Youth Orchestra [nl]. Later, on the advice of Mrs. Talbert, she played as double bass player for several years in this orchestra. Studying Dutch in Leiden, she obtained a teaching certificate.

In 1971, with the band Monica and the voice of freedom hit the number 1 of the Dutch top 40 with the single Empty words release by Imperial Records in the Netherlands, Columbia Records in Germany, Transatlantic Records in United Kingdom, and also in 1972 with Oscar Benton with the single All I ever need is you or Everybody is telling me] released by Imperial Records.

Later, she became both a teacher and a performing artist in all the Netherlands. She is currently an active composer, pianist and vocalist, Her last project is an educational show for children wij gaan op reis with Guillaume Marcenac.

Discography

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Singles

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Year Title Label Reference
1971 Empty words / Crying for love[1] Imperial Records 5C 006-24 447
1971 Empty words / Crying for love EMI 2C 006-24 447 M
1971 Empty words / Crying for love Columbia Records 1 C 006-24 447
1971 Empty words / Crying for love Odeon Records 1 J 006-24 447
1972 Paula / Springtime Imperial Records 5C 006-24 605
1972 All I ever need is you / Sing along sing along Imperial Records 4C 006-24 476
1972 All I ever need is you / Sing along sing along Imperial Records 5C 006-24 476
1972 Was ich brauche das bist du / Danke schön bitte schön Columbia Records 1 C 006-24 484 U
1972 Everybody is telling me / Were you there? Imperial Records 5C 006-24 627
1972 Everybody is telling me / Were you there? Columbia Records 1C 006-24 627
1972 Everybody is telling me / Were you there? Carrere Records 49 037
1973 What I wanna do / Stay another night EMI 5C 006-24 876
1973 Mama don't you worry / Never trust a woman Imperial Records 5C 006-24 809
1974 My children- my wife/ My first band Imperial Records 5C 006-25 005
1981 All I ever need is you / Everybody is telling me Imperial Records 5C 006-24 476
1981 All I ever need is you / Everybody is telling me Imperial Records 4C 006-24 476

Albums / collector-LP's

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Year Title Label Reference
1972 Top picks Imperial Records 5C 052-24 521
1972 Met volle kracht-de eerste hits van Veronica 538 Columbia Records 5C 048.24 538
1972 20 Original hits, 20 original artists EMI 5C 052.24 920
1972 Summer hits, original hitversions vol.1 Columbia Records 5C 048-24700

CD’s

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Year Title Label Reference
1988 Exclusive Love Duets Ariola Records 259.065
1997 De jaren ’70, vol 3 1972 EVA Records 74321-419902
1994 The real hits, 14 original hitrecordings EMI 7243 83066322
2005 Nederpop volume 2 Universal Music Group 0602498275665
2008 50 jaar Nederpop, rare & obscure, samengesteld door Leon Blokhuis Universal Music Group 0602517851573

Literature

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Year Title Editor Reference
2001 Top 40 Hitdossier ISBN 9789025733490
2001 Oor's Eerste Nederlandse Pop Encyclopedie Oor ISBN 9789045304618

References

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  1. ^ "Monica". www.nldiscografie.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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