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Galaxy-Lin was a Dutch rockgroup that was founded in 1974 by Robbie van Leeuwen (ex Motions and Shocking Blue) and Rudy Bennett (ex Motions). Also the others members of the band made name with well-known Dutch popgroups: Dick Remelink (sax and flute) came from Ekseption, Skip van Rooy, keyboards from The Buffoons and bassist Peter Wassenaar from Blue Planet. Drummers was the late Peter Rhijnvis. Robbie van Leeuwen plays mandoline in this song. The group signed a contract with Polydor Holland and recorded an album “G“ which was well received. They played at the famous Popgala in Voorburg, The Netherlands, supporting The Who, The Eagles and Rod Stewart & The Faces to name just a few. Their hit “Long Hot Summer“ reached 19th place in the Dutch Top 40. This extremely rare Toppop recording was first broadcast on June 20, 1975. Galaxy-Lin was een Nederlandse rockgroep die in 1974 werd opgericht door Robbie van Leeuwen (ex Motions en Shocking Blue) en Rudy Bennett (ex Motions). De groep kreeg een contract bij Polydor Nederland en maakte het album ‘G’ dat goed ontvangen werd. Andere leden van de band kwamen uit bekende Nederpopgroepen: Dick Remelink (sax en dwarsfluit) kwam uit Ekseption, Skip van Rooy, keyboards kwam uit The Buffoons en bassist Peter Wassenaar uit Blue Planet. Drummers was de inmiddels overleden Peter Rhijnvis. Hun enige hit ‘Long Hot Summer’ bereikte de 19e plek in de Nederlandse Top 40. Deze uiterst zeldzame Toppop opname werd voor het eerst uitgezonden op 20 juni 1975. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 20 June 1975 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.
