Teach In - Festival/Teach In

This group was formed in 1969 in Enschede. The first lineup was: Hilda Felix (vocals), Henk Westendorp (vocals, later in Superfly), John Snuverink (vocals, guitar), Frans Schaddelee (bass), leader Koos Versteeg (vocals & keys) and Ruud Nijhuis (drums). In 1972, only Koos and Rudi remained in the group, and the rest of the band comprised: Getty Kaspers (vocals, in 1976 solo as Getty), John Gaasbeek (bass, in 1964 in the Stora Combo, later known as Orkest Freddie Golden, left in 1976), Chris de Wolde (guitar) and Ard Weenink (until 1976). New members joined in 1976: Hans Nijland (bass, in 1977 replaced by Nick de Vos), Betty Vermeulen (vocals), Marianne Wolsink (vocals, ex-Head). In 1975, Teach-In participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Nick De Vos' brother Wim replaced Frans Schaddelee, first temporarily when the latter fell ill, and then was asked to stay permanently. Wim joined the band in 1972 and stayed for about six months. Earlier, he had played with Chris de Wolde in The Honest Men.

Besides Teach In, Wim played in several bands, including Adrian van de Berg, Patricia Paay (in Himalaya - one of their hits was "Put your hand the hand"), Jan de Hont, Wim Overgaauw, Eef Albers, etc.

Unfortunately, Henk Westendorp later died in a car crash.

From the "Dutch Eurovision Biographies":

Teach In were Getty Kaspers, Chris de Wolde, Ard Weenink, Koos Versteeg, John Gaasbeek and Ruud Nijhuis. The band was formed in 1967, with a different line-up from the one in 1975. Singer Getty joined the band in 1971, when they got their first recording contract with producer and composer Eddy Ouwens. In 1974, the band had three Top 15 hits, after which their winning Eurovision entry, "Ding-A-Dong", was recorded, which resulted in a chart entry in nearly every European country. Teach In toured Europe for the next two years, but the success took its toll when the band split up in 1978. Getty tried a solo career, but wasn't succesful. In 1979, Ruud Nijhuis and Koos Versteeg reformed the band, this time with two new female singers. After three more hits, the group split up again. In 1997, news came that the original line-up (with Getty Kaspers) had re-recorded some of their old hits and had plans to tour again.





"Festival"


01. The Circus Show
02. In The Summernight
03. There Ain't No Time
04. I'm Alone
05. Let Me In
06. It's A Beautiful Day
07. Tennessee Town
08. Ding-A-Dong
09. Sing Your Song
10. The Circus Is Coming To Town
11. Old Friend Goodbye
12. Doll
13. You And Me
14. Fly Away

Teach In
01. I'm Gonna Love You
02. Dear John
03. Welcome Back
04. Sometimes
05. Suntun
06. Greenpeace
07. We Need Music
08. Here I'm Coming
09. Remembering
10. The Robot
11. You Are Ready Now


Discography:
1971 Spoke the Lord creator/Darkness of life CBS 7144
Can't be so bad/Take me to the water CBS 7530
1972 So easy to sing/My name is honey CBS 8173
1974 Fly away/Bye bye bye CNR 141250
In the summernight/Old friend goodbye CNR 141246
Tennessee town/There ain't no time CNR 141287
LP Roll along CNR 651005
1975 Dingadong/Ik heb geen geld voor de trein CNR 141291
Dingadong/The circus show CNR 141301
Goodbye love/Sailor man CNR 141308
LP Get on board CNR 657522
LP Festival CNR 539001
1976 Rose valley/Lala love song CNR 141320
Upside down/Please come home Negram NG 783
LP Teach-In Polydor 2383341
1977 A ride in the night/A wonderful feeling Negram NG 847
See the sun/All around Negram NG 879
My rock & roll song/Our story Negram 5C 006-82420
LP See the sun Negram NN 6/064-82400
1978 Dear John/Instrumental John CNR 141498
1979 The robot/Well Comeback CNR 141527
Greenpeace/Part 2 CNR 141531
LP Greenpeace CNR 660034
1980 Regrets/Things we say RCA PB 8766
Bad day/I wish you all the luck RCA PB 8797