The Cats
The Cats were a rock band from Volendam, Netherlands. Together with BZN, they were key figures of what came to be called the Palingsound (eel-sound), an umbrella for artists residing in Volendam.
Career
1960s
The band began life as two separate duos: Cees Veerman (6 October 1943 - 15 March 2014) and Arnold Muhren (born 28 January 1944) who started in a skiffle band; and cousins Piet Veerman (born 1 March 1943) and Jaap Schilder (born 9 January 1943) who modelled themselves after the Everly Brothers. The duos merged and became The Mystic Four, with Cees and Piet Veerman on vocals and guitar, Schilder on guitar (and piano), and Muhren on bass. By 1965 they changed their name to The Blue Cats, a reference to the colour of their suits and Cees' nickname, Poes (Dutch for 'cat'). Dropping the 'Blue' from their name in 1966 they recruited drummer Theo Klouwer (30 June 1947 – 8 February 2001).
The Cats borrowed money from Jan Buys, who was later to become their manager, and recorded their first singles that immediately entered the charts. Singing in English thanks to a songwriting duo from England, the group sounded British. Cees initially performed the majority of the lead vocals but that was to change by 1968 when the band recorded "Times Were When"; Piet decided that this song (the original version is by the Scottish band Studio Six), suited his voice better and Cees agreed on giving him a go. Arnold's lyrics and Piet's sad voice appeared to be a match made in heaven, spawning five Top 10 hits in the next two years including "Lea" (dedicated to a faithful fan who died in a car accident), "Why?", "Scarlet Ribbons" and "Marian".
The Cats (film)
The Cats (Swedish: Kattorna) is a 1965 Swedish drama film directed by Henning Carlsen. Eva Dahlbeck won the award for Best Actress at the 2nd Guldbagge Awards.
Cast
References
External links
The Cats (album)
The Cats is an album credited to jazz musicians Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, and Idrees Sulieman, released in 1959 on New Jazz, a subsidiary label of Prestige Records. It was issued after Coltrane had already ceased recording for the label.
Track listing
All songs written by Tommy Flanagan except as indicated
Personnel
On "How Long Has This Been Going On" Sulieman, Coltrane and Burrell are pausing.
References
Podcasts:
The Cats
ALBUMS
- Collected released: 2014
- Those Were the Days released: 2006
- Signed By The Cats released: 2003
- Aglow released: 2003
- Katzen-Spiele released: 2003
- The Cats Greatest Hits released: 2002
- The Complete Collection released: 2002
- Best of the Cats released: 2000
- The Very Best Of released: 1998
- Side by Side released: 1996
- The Greatest Hits of the Cats, volume 1 released: 1988
- One Way Wind released: 1988
- Live - De Vriendschap 't Veld released: 1985
- Girls Only released: 1985
- Flyin' High released: 1985
- Third Life released: 1983
- Homerun released: 1976
- Hard to Be Friends released: 1975
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas released: 1975
- Love In Your Eyes released: 1974
- Home released: 1973
- The Best Of released: 1973
- Vaya Con Dios released: 1972
- Take Me With You released: 1970
- Colour Us Gold released: 1969
- Cats as Cats Can released: 1968
- The Best of Live released:
- The rest of released:
- Shine On released:
- One Way Wind released:
- Cats released:
- Like the Old Days released:
- The Greatest Hits of the Cats, Volume 2 released:
- De Mooiste Love Songs released:
- Forever released:
Collected
Released 2014- What a Crazy Life
- Vive L'Amour
- Remember the Good Times
- Without Your Love
- Sure He's a Cat
- What's the World Coming To
- Turn Around and Start Again
- Times Were When
- Lea
- Why
- Scarlet Ribbons
- Marian
- Magical Mystery Morning
- Where Have I Been Wrong
- Don't Waste Your Time
- One Way Wind
- Country Woman
- There Has Been a Time
- Trying to Explain
- Let's Dance
- Maribaja
- Let's Go Together
- Vaya Con Dios
The Cats Greatest Hits
Released 2002- What a Crazy Life
- Sure He's a Cat
- What's the World Coming To
- Turn Around and Start Again
- Times Were When
- Lea
- Why
- Scarlet Ribbons
- Marian
- Magical Mystery Morning
- Where Have I Been Wrong
- Don't Waste Your Time
- One Way Wind
- Let's Dance
- Vaya Con Dios
- There Has Been a Time
- Let's Go Together
- Maribaja
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Be My Day
- Come Sunday
- The End of the Show
The Complete Collection
Released 2002- Jukebox
- What A Crazy Life
- Vive L'amour
- Sure He's A Cat
- Without Your Love
- What's The World Coming To
- Turn Around And Start Again
- Remember The Good Times
- Times Were When
- Lea
- I Gotta Know What's Going On
- Lies
- Why
- Mandy My Dear
- Scarlet Ribbons
- Today
- Marian
- Somewhere Up There
- Magical Mystery Morning
- Where Have I Been Wrong
- Don't Waste Your Time
- One Way Wind
- Country Woman
- Let's Dance
Cats as Cats Can
Released 1968- What Is the World Coming To
- Night Time
- Little Miss Mary
- Without Your Love
- No You Can't Love Them All
- Far Beyond the Call of Duty
- Sure He's a Cat
- Goodby Baby, Baby Goodbye
- I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came in)
- Love of the Common People
- But Tomorrow
- Full Stop
- What a Crazy Life
- Hopeless Try
- Vive l'amour
- How Could I Be So Blind
The rest of
- What a Crazy Life
- Hopeless Try
- Vive L'Amour
- Love of the Common People
- I Like the Way
- Why Baby Why
- Freedom Bird
- I Walk Through the Fields
- Don't Waste Your Time
- It's Over Now
- Five Little Tears
- Trying to Explain
- I've Been in Love Before
- Missisippi
- Hard to Be Friends
- We Should Be Together
- Cindy
- One More Time
- Sois Ma Femme (Be My Day)
One Way Wind
- Love Is a Golde Ring
- La Dilligence
- Lovers Don't Talk
- One Way Wind (live)
- Rock and Roll (live)
- A Room Full of Tears
- You May Alreadybe a Winner
- Rosie
- Darling' Oh Darling
- Let's Dance (live)
- Sail Away
- I Could Never Hurt
- Let's Spend the Night
- We Ain't Free
- I'll Find My Way Back to You
- Second Pair of Eyes
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by The Cats
One Way Wind
by: The CatsYou said some winds blow forever
and didn't understand
but you saw my eye's where asking
an smiling you took my hand
so we walked along the seaside
when treace grow just one way
finding our one direction
that a wind blow's day after day.
(Refrain)
One way wind, one way wind
are trying to grow my mind
One way wind, one way wind
if she heard that i hope to find
I will blow the coals everyday
tell me what are you try to say.
Now I don't know how about you
but maybe I never will
but I do now every word out.
I talking it from the hill
And when ever I will see you
oh maybe one more time
I'm sure I'll get the answer
that a wind has still mine.
(Refrain)
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