Johnny Kendall

Singer Hans Donkerkaat from Amsterdam. His first group, Johnny Kendall & Heralds, was one of Nederlands' first real beat group. The proof of just how popular they were is the fact that when Herman Stok presented their "St. James infirmary" as a flop in his tv-programme Top Of Flop: it became a hit over almost all of Europe. In 1963, De Heralds were formed out of the instrumental group Les Sylvains and stayed together till 1968: Wim Roozendaal (dr, to John Kristel and Conny Vink), Gerard van Veen (b, to Tony Alberti), Frits van Es (g, to Tony Alberti) and Dennis Jacquet (g,o). After the Heralds, Johnny worked with several groups: Selection, Maskers, Machine and Pineapple. In addition, in 1973 with Wally Tax and in 1974/75 in Germany in Bert Kaempfert Orchestra. Selection (1968): Jan-Pieter Boekhoorn (o,p, ex-Tee Set), John van Dijk (dr, ex-Group W.N., replaced Fred Kragten, to Gallery), Loek Kuiper (b, later with Dave & Jos Brink) and Dennis Jacquet (g, ex-Heralds). Selection (1969): Jan-Pieter Boekhoorn (o,p, to Sympathy), Andre Versluijs (b, to Mike Justin & Crystal), Jaap de Wit (g, to Bismarck) and Willem Voorhaar (dr, ex-Bob Bouber). Maskers (1969-1972): Ton van der Meer (s, ex-Pepper & Soul), Hans de Hont (b, ex-ZZ & Maskers, to Alexander Curly), Adri de Hont (g, ex-Maskers, to September, in 1970 replaced by Ben de Bruin, ex-Panda, to Rob Hoeke and by Ben de Roest, ex-Short '66, to Sharks & Me), Fred Ros (o,p, ex-Pocomania, to Mayflower, in 1970 replaced by Ger Veldhuijzen (ex-Gallery, to Square Set and Temple) and Willem Voorhaar (dr, in late 1969 to Punky's Dilemma and replaced by, in succession, Jerry Gobel, ex-Short '66, to Angelflight Railways and Theo de Ruiter, to Album).

Johnny Kendall Machine (1976): Ger Veldhuijzen (o,p, by now ex-Mouth & MacNeal), Jan Vredenburg (dr, ex-Mouth & MacNeal and Machine, to Champagne), Paulette Bronkhorst (v, to Champagne), Bert Altena (g), Hein Braat (b, better known as Barry Duncan, ex-Herman van Keeken), Ed van Toorenburg (v,g, ex-Mokum Beat Five and to Breeze) and Fred Jansen (v, g, ex-Mayflower, to Breeze). Pineapple (1976-1981): Ron Meyes (g, also in Knack, replaced by Tony Leroy, ex-Met & Zonder, to Beauty Case), Ruud Baron (b, ex-Temple, to Latul and replaced by Wilbert de Gooyer, ex-Liberation of Man, to Spirit), Ger Veldhuijzen (o,p, replaced by Bert Kok, ex-Rembrandt) and Theo van Adrichem (dr, ex-Square Set and Never Mind, in 1979 to Album and succeeded by Ko Joon, to Fat Eddy Band). Alongside of Johnny, in Pineapple were singing Anna Dekker (solo als Deedee), Julia Lekranty (to Cheyenne) and Ed van Steijn (ex-Rembrandt, to Joe Monroe Band).

1974 Do you love me/Old Kentucky home CNR 141278
1976 't Kon zo niet verder gaan/Hollywood Elf Provincien ELF 65053
1981 Yes I know/Tears in the night Dureco 4458

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JOHNNY KENDALL & HERALDS
1964 Eenzaam hart/Sinds ik jou daar zag staan RCA 47-9547
St. James infirmary/Little girl RCA 47-9570
I found myself a brandnew baby/A thousand ways [w/ Heralds] RCA 47-9581
Jezebel/Hoochie coochie man RCA 47-9588
1965 See see rider/Shake hands RCA 47-9593
Greenback dollar/Bad news RCA 47-9596
I wanna be free/That's why baby RCA 47-9598
You tell me why/Why not stop and dig it RCA 47-9651
[Italy] Hai promesso (Heart of stone)/Tu cemmini (See See Rider)
RCA 45-1452
LP On the move Camden CAL 10041
[Italy] LP
1966 Girl/Do you remember RCA 47-9654
Run run run/I hear horns blow RCA 47-9734
1967 Went wrong/I'm high RCA 47-9752
1969 St. James infirmary/My crazy clown RCA 47-15135
1974 St. James infirmary/Shake hands/See see rider/Hoochie coochie man
RCA 47-16168

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JOHNNY KENDALL & MASKERS
1969 Feelin' strange/Every little thing Negram NG 179

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JOHNNY KENDALL SELECTION
1968 Cryin'/I realised too late Havoc SG 147

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