Piet Souer
Born (1948-03-29) 29 March 1948 (age 64)
Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant
Origin Netherlands
Genres Pop, Classical music
Occupations songwriter, producer, arranger.
Years active 1969-present
Associated acts Luv', Mouth & McNeal
Website https://www.pietsouer.nl/

Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer (born on 29 March 1948 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch music producer, songwriter and arranger. His collaboration with famous pop acts (like Luv', Mouth & MacNeal, Liesbeth List, Ramses Shaffy, American Gypsy, Champagne...) made him gain twenty two gold and platinum records, one Conamus Export Prize and one Outstanding Song Award thanks to his composition Too Young To Know performed by Anita Meyer at World Popular Song Festival in Japan in 1981.[1]

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Debut [link]

Piet Souer (a guitar and keyboard player) started his career as a member of The Valiants, a rock band from Eindhoven. His breakthrough happened when he played guitar on De troubadour,[2] a track performed by Lenny Kuhr, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. The next year, Lenny, bassist Paul Reekers and Piet were the supporting act of Georges Brassens during his tour in France.

A successful producer, arranger, songwriter and conductor [link]

In the early 1970s, he scored, as a songwriter and an arranger, moderate hits like I'm The Grand Pretender and Keep On Dancing (performed by Cardinal Point) and Angel Eyes (performed by American Gypsy) as well as successful chart toppers in Holland like Te Veel Te Vaak (by Liesbeth List) and Samen (by Liesbeth List & Ramses Shaffy). In 1976, he recorded with conductor Harry van Hoof the album Strings by candlelight (certified gold in the Netherlands). Then, he produced hit records for popular Dutch acts such as Champagne (1977 Export Award),[3] Doris D. & The Pins, Vanessa, American Gypsy, Mouth & MacNeal, Anita Meyer, Maywood, Conquistador. He also collaborated with international artists including Vicky Leandros, Helen Shapiro, Kathy Kissoon and Engelbert Humperdinck.
In 1982, French Bulgarian chanteuse Sylvie Vartan sang one of his composition (La Sortie de Secours), which was released as a single and was a French cover version of I'm So Sorry (originally performed by José Hoebee). The same year, British pop group Tight Fit covered Fantasy Island (one of his songs originally performed by The Millionaires) which became a UK Top 5 hit and a European Top 10 hit.

Luv' [link]

In 1976, he teamed up with producer Hans van Hemert and manager Han Meijer (later replaced by Pim Ter Linde) to form a female pop trio: Luv'. Van Hemert and him wrote songs for the girl group (under the pseudonym Janschen & Janschens). In the late 1970s, Luv' had popular hit singles (like You're The Greatest Lover, Trojan Horse or Casanova) in Benelux, German-speaking countries, Denmark, Spain, France, South Africa, New Zealand and Mexico. This international success made Luv' win a Conamus Export Prize in 1979.[4][5] This formation sold seven million records (singles and albums).[6]

The Eurovision Song Contest [link]

Souer composed two songs for the Eurovision Song Contest: Sing Me a Song by Bernadette (in 1983) and De eerste keer by Maxine & Franklin Brown (in 1996). Both of them reached the 7th position.

TV jingles & film soundtracks [link]

This prolific artist composed film soundtracks and television jingles.

Scores for TV programs including:

  • Suske en Wiske
  • Ted Show
  • Spoorloos
  • the Dutch version of the game show Boggle
  • the Dutch, American, Swedish and Polish versions of Lingo

He composed Bel canto themes for the NCRV show Una Voce Particolare[7] hosted by Ernst Daniel Smid.[8] His collaboration with Smid includes the Top 5 album Gevoel van Geluk.

Film soundtracks including:

References [link]

  1. ^ Page about the 1981 World Popular Song Festival
  2. ^ Piet’s memories about “De Troubadour” by Lenny Kuhr
  3. ^ List of the winners of Dutch pop music awards presented by Buma Cultuur (formerly Conamus) in 1977 (among them the Export Prize winner)
  4. ^ Dutch music awards (including the Export Prize) in 1979
  5. ^ [1] - List of the Conamus Export Prize winners; Conamus (currently: Buma Cultuur) is an organisation which promotes Dutch music artists abroad. Every year, since 1972, this foundation has presented an Export Prize to reward the best selling Export acts from the Netherlands.
  6. ^ Total record sales mentioned at page 10 of CD booklet of 25 Jaar Na Waldolala written by Skip Voogd
  7. ^ Website of TV show Una voce particolare
  8. ^ Official site of Ernst Daniel Smid

Bibliography [link]

  • "500 Nr.1 Hits uit de Top 40", book by Johan van Slooten, Gottmer Becht Publishing, 1997
  • "Top 40 Hitdossier 1956-2005 (9e editie)", book by Johan van Slooten, Gottmer Bech Publishing, 2006
  • "50 jaar nummer-1-hits 1956-2006", book by Johan van Slooten , Gottmer Uitgevers Groep, 2006
  • "Albumdossier 1969-2002", book by Johan van Slooten, Becht's Uitgevers, 2002

External links [link]

  • [2] - Piet Souer Official Site
  • [3] - information about Souer's career on the Nationaal Pop Instituut website (in Dutch)
  • [4] - Souer chart performances in Holland on the DutchCharts.nl portal

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    by: Frank Sinatra

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