Wow (band)

WOW! was a Dutch girl group in the late and early 90's who were produced by the duo Bolland & Bolland.

WOW!
From left to right: Naomi Louwerens, Mandy Gruijters, Denise Koopal and Jenske Moermond in 2001
Background information
OriginNetherlands
GenresPop
Years active1996 (1996)–2001
LabelsB&B (1996-1997)
Bunny (1997-1998)
Dino (1998-2001)

History

WOW! scored their first hit in 1997 called Keer op Keer, which came from their album Wild + Ondeugend. The group scored another hit with Zomer'. The music video for The Night Before You Came was recorded in the Big Brother house.

The band consisted of Denise Koopal, Jenske Moermond, Joëlle van Noppen, Mandy Gruijters and Naomi Louwerens. After each other, Van Noppen and Koopal left the group in 1999 and 2000 respectively. The band restarted in May 2001 under the new name Blaze. However, this was unsuccessful.

WOW! appeared for the last time in its original line-up once in the radio program Coen and Sander Show.

Members

After WOW!

Denise Koopal presented call games for RTL. Mandy Gruijters went to sing in the coverband Broadway and was the finalist of Popstars 2. Joëlle van Noppen died in the Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 plane crash on 12 May 2010.[1]

Discography

Albums
Album with any hit notation (s) in the Dutch Album Top 100 Date of appearance Date of entry Highest

position		 Number of weeks Comments
Wild en ondeugend 1997 15-11-1997 43 8

Singles
Single with possible hit notation (s) in the Dutch Top 40S Date of appearance Date of entry Highest position Number of weeks Comments
Keer op keer 1997 07-06-1997 16 9
Zomer 1997 09-08-1997 28 5
Lekker lang lekker 1997 - -
Zacht en teder 1997 - -
Big Beat Boy 1998 - -
The night before you came 2000 - -

References
  1. Ex-singer WOW perished Telegraaf, 13 May 2010
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