Sheila & The Black Devotion

Anny Chancel (later known as Sheila) was born on August 16, 1946 in Paris, France. She became a pop/rock star in France in the 1960s, but her early songs have been denounced as childish, vapid, fluffy bubblegum music. Although she sang with The Black Devotion (three African-American singers) in some earlier disco songs in the late 1970s, her crowning achievement is regarded as her song "Spacer". This late-1979 song, as well as the other 7 songs on her 1980 album "King of the World", were produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the Chic Organisation. "Spacer" was popular in Europe (including in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Netherlands) and South Africa, selling 5 million copies worldwide, but was not a big success in the United States.

The back of the cover to the original "Spacer" single record (which also included "Don't Go") shows Sheila & the Black Devotion on rollerskates and in concert.

Golden Earring

Golden Earring is the best known and internationally most succesful rock band to come out of the Netherlands. They have had more than 40 chart hits in their home country. Outside of The Netherlands they are best known for their U.S. hits, Radar Love (1973, a U.S. hit in 1974) and Twilight Zone (1982, a U.S. hit in 1983).

Formed in 1961, the band has been active for more than 55 years non-stop, which probably makes them the world's longest surviving rock band, formed a year before The Rolling Stones.

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