Continental Uptight Band

Dutch band

Continental Uptight Band
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Pop
Years active	1969 - 1980
Labels	Imperial

Past members	Bud Bergsma Peter Legler Maarten Stoopendaal Onno Stoopendaal Ritty Van Straalen Letty Verhoef Remco Wellerdieck

The Continental Uptight Band were a Dutch band who had a few hits during the 1970s.

Background

formed in 1969 in Utrecht, and active till 1980.^[1] The and comprised Bud Bergsma, Letty Verhoef, Maarten Stoopendaal, Onno Stoopendaal, Peter Legler, Remco Wellerdieck and Ritty Van Straalen.^[2] They had three hit singles in the Netherlands with "Please Sing A Song For Us", "Beautiful Friendship" and "On the Ride (You Do It Once, You Do It Twice)".^[3]

Career

The group recorded Barbara Ruskin's song, "Beautiful Friendship". It entered the Dutch Top 40 at no. 40 on 24 October 1970^[4] and stayed in the chart for another week, peaking at no. 36.^[5]

Discography

Beautiful Friendship 1970
Roots 1972

References

^ Gramophone - Volume 48 - p. 1703, 1971 - The Continental Uptight Band also have their first LP issued in this country — Beautiful Friendship (Columbia SCX6454).
^ "The Continental Uptight Band Discography". Discogs.com.
^ "Continental Uptight Band". Top40.nl.
^ Top 40 - 40 BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP, continental uptight band, NIEUW 40, 1 WEEK
^ Top 40 - 36 BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP, continental uptight band, 40 36 2 WEKEN