Guest
Bert Ruiter, former bassist of Focus and Earth & Fire, passed away yesterday, March 24, 2022. The musician, composer and producer, who was together with Jerney Kaagman for almost fifty years, was 75 years old. As part of Focus, Ruiter experienced foreign success in the 1970s with the song Sylvia. He remained associated with the band until it fell apart in 1978. Ruiter then switched to Earth & Fire, the group with which Kaagman had already achieved various successes. With Ruiter in the ranks, the band scored the number 1 hit Weekend. With this Earth & Fire hit we commemorate this extremely amiable man. . Bert Ruiter. Christina Henriette (Jerney) Kaagman (The Hague, July 9, 1947) is a Dutch singer, who became known in the band Earth & Fire. She was also chairman of Stichting Conamus (later called Buma Cultuur Foundation) and BV Pop, as well as jury member of the television program Idols. Earth & Fire (also Earth and Fire) was a Dutch pop group from the seventies and eighties of the 20th century. The members came from Voorschoten, Voorburg and Leidschendam. The main band members were Jerney Kaagman (vocals) and twin brothers Gerard (keyboards) and Chris Koerts (guitar). The other band members changed over time. Drummer on the first two hits is Cees Kalis, who then chose a job in education and was replaced by Ton van der Kleij. Bass guitarist Hans Ziech was replaced in 1974 by Theo Hurts, who was succeeded in 1978 by Bert Ruiter. This Toppop recording was first broadcast on 22 December 1981 This Toppop recording was first broadcast on 22 December 1981 Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 22 december 1981 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.
