Bolland & Bolland

It all started for Brothers Bolland with their appearance on the TV show of Willem Duys', called "De Vuist". They were 15 and 16 years of age, respectively. The success of that show appearance was a bit overwhelming for the youngsters. But "Summer of '71", their first single, brought them a lot more publicity. Rob and Ferdy were born in Port Elisabeth, South Africa, Rob - on April 17, 1955 and Ferdy - one year later, on August 5th. When they were still very young, they learned to play guitar from their older brother Tom, who was already a performing pop artist in his own right, known as George Riley. Giving in to their musical ambitions, the three brothers formed a band called "The Swingkickers". The band performed mostly at parties, etc., usually very simple music; it was just for fun. It was the time of the Merseybeat, and the Beatles were an up and coming band! After living in South Africa for a while, the family moved to Holland, and later to Germany, then back to South Africa again, and finally back to Holland. Upon their arrival back in Holland, they sent, as a joke, a tape containing some of their songs to Negram. The next day, the record company phoned them up with great enthusiasm! In a few weeks, the single "Summer of '71" was on the market. The two brothers subsequently became very popular in Germany as well, as they immediately embarked on a promotional tour there. The 'peak time' of the brothers' career was in the early seventies. They were only 17 and 18 years of age at the time. Following a string of very successful hit singles, the Bolland brothers concentrated on songwriting and production work. In the eighties and nineties, they've had 'on and off' success launching and producing contemporary teenybop groups.

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