Patty Brard
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Petula Louise Brard |
| Also known as | Patty Brard |
| Born | March 25, 1955 ; Sorong, New Guinea / Indonesia |
| Origin | Netherlands |
| Genre(s) | pop |
| Occupation(s) | TV presenter/host, Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Singing |
| Years active | 1977 - present |
| Associated acts | Luv', José Hoebee, Marga Scheide, Hans van Hemert, Piet Souer, |
Patty Brard (born Petula Louise Brard in Sorong, New Guinea/Indonesia, on March 25, 1955) is an Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) entertainer. She is a TV personality and a singer notable for being one of the members of the girl group Luv'.
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[edit] Patty's musical career
[edit] The Luv' Years
In 1976, she was recruited by Hans van Hemert to take part in Luv' (a girls band) with two other girls (José Hoebee and Marga Scheide). In the late 1970's, Luv' was the best export act from the Netherlands and scored a string of hit records in Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Poland, South Africa and Mexico. In 1980, she left the group and made two comebacks (in 1993-1994 and in 2005-present).
[edit] The Post Luv' Era
In 1981, Patty was the first Luv' member to start a solo career. She recorded in the 1980's three albums (All This Way, You're In The Pocket and Red Light) in Los Angeles. She collaborated with famous session musicians (like Billy Preston, Paulinho Da Costa and Jai Winding). Patty's American recordings weren't big selling discs like those of Luv' (except the Hold On To Love single which was a Top 20 hit in Holland, a Top 10 hit in Belgium and which reached the 12th position in South Africa in 1981).
She is used to record duets:
- In 1986, she performed a ballad (Tender Love), released as a single, with Eddie Kendricks [1].
- In 2000, she sang a track with Def Rhymz, a Dutch rapper.
- In 2004, she recorded a single (Huilen Is Voor Jou Te Laat with Jacques Herb) which was a minor hit on the Dutch charts (#64 on the Mega Top 100).
- In 2005, a duet (That's Life) with her lover Derick was the theme of Pat's Life, one of her TV programme.
- In 2006, Her "Après Ski/Carnival" song (Ik Wil Knallen) with Ome Henk (a comic singer) became a Dutch Top 5 Hit.
In the mid-1990's, Patty hired five young women to form a short-lived female pop group (Patty Cash). Hans van Hemert did the production on the quintet's recordings. Moreover, in 1997, she was part of a Dutch All Stars Choir which recorded a parodic cover version of We Are the World (BN'ers voor BNN: Hij Gaat Voor C) that reached the 3rd position on the Dutch Top 40. Six years later, she briefly formed her own girls band (Enuv'), inspired by her experience as a Luv' member.
[edit] Discography
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- Singles:
- Hold On To Love (Philips, 1981)
- Brazilian Love Song / Samba Man (Philips, 1981)
- You Stole a Little Piece of My Heart (Ultraphone, 1983)
- Never My Love (Ultraphone, 1983)
- Woman in Love (Striped Horse, 1985)
- Mystery Theme (Striped Horse, 1985)
- Over My Head (Striped Horse, 1986)
- Red Light (Striped Horse, 1986)
- Tender Love (duet with Eddy Kendricks, Striped Horse, 1986)
- Ik Ga Extreem (Red Bullet, 1996)
- BNers Voor Bnn: Hij Gaat Voor C (Bunny Music Bucs, 1997)
- Huilen Is Voor Jou Te Laat (duet with Jacques Herb, Telstar/CNR Music, 2004)
- That's Life (duet with Derick, Princess Records, 2005)
- Ik Wil Knallen (duet with Ome Henk, Princess Records, 2006)
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- Albums:
- All This Way (Philips, 1981)
- You're In The Pocket (Ultraphone, 1983)
- Red Light (Striped Horse, 1986)
- Een vrolijk kerstfeest [2](Tip Top TTC , 1995)
- Gouden Kerst [3]( Megado, 1996)
[edit] TV career
Since 1982, Patty Brard has hosted a lot of TV shows (Banana Split, San Remo Festival, Gaat Met Die Banaan, Brard Gaat Extreem, Onder de B Van Brard, Hart Van De Stad...).
In 1985, she presented with Pippo Baudo the famous San Remo Music Festival[4] on Rai Uno (an Italian TV Channel).
In the first semester of 2001, in her TV show Absolutely Patty on Yorin, she interviewed V.I.P's in her house. Several months later, she hosted the third Dutch edition of Big Brother.
Two years later, a reality TV programme Patty's Posse featured her domestic life, her friends and her family (Priscilla, her daughter and René, her third husband). In the autumn of 2004, she was filmed with other celebrities (among them, her Luv' colleague, Marga Scheide) as they were having a health cure in Ibiza.
On March 25. 2005, she celebrated her 50th birtday. That's why a special TV programme (Pat's Life) in which she met the most important persons in her life was prepared.
Then, the Dutch Channel, RTL 5, broadcasted Lieve Patty, in which Patty helped desperate candidates to solve their love problems.
In 2006, a docusoap (Back In Luv') featured Luv's reunion.
Her funny performance in Sterren Dansen Op Het Ijs (the Dutch version of Skating With Celebrities) in January 2007 was a heavily covered media event. Since February 2007, she has hosted Shownieuws (an entertainment news show) on SBS 6. The diva is often invited in successful TV shows (like Mooi! Weer de Leeuw, Jensen!, Life & Cooking...) From January 26th to March 15th 2008, she was the regular guest of a paranormal TV show: De Nieuwe Uri Geller, the Dutch version of The Successor and Phenomenon (TV series) on SBS 6.
[edit] List of Patty's TV shows
Bananasplit (Tros, 1982)
Sanremo Festival (RAI Uno, 1985)
Bingo (1986, Belgium)
Gaan met die banaan (RTL-Veronique, 1989)
Hart van de stad (RTL 4, 1994)
Brard gaat extreem (RTL 5, 1994)
Onder de B van Brard (RTL 5, 1995)
Brard gaat extreem (Veronica, 1997-1998)
Brard (Veronica, 1997-1998)
Veronica Goes Gay (Veronica, 1998)
Patty (Veronica, 1999)
Patty gaat extreem (Veronica, 1999)
Absolutely Patty (Veronica, 2000-2001)
Big Brother-The Battle (Yorin, 2001)
Patty's Posse (Yorin, 2003-2004)
Patty's Fort (Yorin, 2004)
Pat's Life (Yorin, 2005)
Lieve Patty (RTL 5, 2005)
Back In Luv' (RTL 5 et VTM (Belgium), 2006)
Shownieuws (SBS 6, 2007-present)
[edit] Patty's videos on Youtube
- Intro of Gaan met die Banaan, a Candid Camera-like show hosted by Patty Brard on RTL-Veronique in 1989-1990:
- Patty hosting Gaan met die Banaan (1989-1990):
Part 1: ([2] on Youtube)
Part 2: ([3] on Youtube)
Part 3: ([4] on Youtube)
Part 4: ([5] on Youtube)
Part 5: ([6] on Youtube)
Part 6: ([7] on Youtube)
Part 7: ([8] on Youtube)
Part 8: ([9] on Youtube)
- Patty Brard interviewing Marilyn Manson in 1998 on Veronica (TV channel):
- A TV ad to promote Veronica (TV channel) with Patty and other Dutch hosts in 1999:
- Patty hosting the third season of Big Brother and presenting Kelly van der Veer who performs her single I am what I am on Yorin in 2001:
- Patty as a candidate in Lotto Weekend Miljonairs, the Dutch version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on April 28th 2007 on RTL 4:
Part 1: ([13] on Youtube)
Part 2: ([14] on Youtube)
- Patty Brard and Gerard Joling in a hidden camera sequence (De Toffeefee) from the TV show Monte Carlo aired on RTL 4 between 1998 and 2002:
- Patty Brard as a guest in De Nieuwe Uri Geller, the Dutch version of The Successor and Phenomenon (TV series), on SBS 6:
Part 1: ([16] on Youtube)
Part 2: ([17] on Youtube)
Part 3: ([18] on Youtube)
Part 4: ([19] on Youtube)
- Patty Brard performing Patforce 1, a medley of Disco hits, inspired by Bearforce 1, in Life & Cooking on RTL 4 on March 16th 2008:
- Patty as a guest on Mooi! Weer de Leeuw on March 29th 2008:
- Patty hosting Shownieuws on SBS 6 with Viktor Brand on April 2nd 2008:
[edit] Career in other media
[edit] Radio
In the mid 1990's, Patty hosted Radio Romantica (in which she gave the listeners advices about their love problems) on Veronica FM. In 2003-2004, she worked on a weekend show on NoordZee FM.
[edit] Playboy
In 1988, Brard was the cover girl of one issue of the Dutch edition of Playboy. Nowadays, the pictures of this photo session can easily be found on internet.
[edit] Column in Weekend and Privé
In 2005-2006, she wrote a weekly column in Weekend (a Dutch gossip magazine) about her career and her point of view about show business. In August 2007, she is the temporary correspondent of "Privé" (a Dutch celebrity magazine) in which she writes another column about her holidays in Ibiza.
[edit] Acting
In addition to her activities, Patty appeared in a film (Odysée d'Amour, directed by Pim de la Parra in 1987) and in an episode of a TV series (Costa! in 2001). In the late 1990s, she played a cameo role in Pittige Tijden, (a parody of Goede tijden, slechte tijden, the most famous Dutch soap opera since 1990 (based on The Restless Years, an Australian series).
[edit] Advertisements and TV commercials
The Dutch entertainer appeared in advertisements and TV commercials:
- in the 1980's in a newspaper advertisement to promote Papillon/American Love romance novels
- in 1984 for the Coebergh Spirits,
- in 2001 for the Sun tablets (dishwasher products)
- in 2003 in a newspaper advertisement for the Dutch subsidiary of Debitel, a mobile services provider
- in 2003 for chello[5], an internet provider (in which she played the role of a Idols Netherlands contestant)
[edit] Personal life
[edit] Her husbands and her lovers
Since Luv's breakthrough, The Dutch tabloids have always been interested in Patty's privacy, especially in her love affairs.
The Luv' singer got married three times:
- 1979-1980: Her first husband, Ron Brandsteder, is a famous TV presenter in Holland.
- 1983-1988: The second, Carlo Nasi, is an Italian music producer who is an heir and descendant of Giovanni Agnelli, founder of the FIAT company. He's the father of Patty's daughter, Priscilla.
- 1999-2004: The third one, René Muthert, is a singer and a musician who appeared in Patty's Posse, one of her TV docusoaps.
In addition to these weddings, she had a lot of affairs. Among them:
- Pepe Lienhard, a TV host and a famous Swiss orchestra conductor
- Eric Peute (an entrepreneur and publisher)
- Hans van Hemert (Luv's producer)
- Derick (with whom she recorded in duet a single (That's Life), the theme of her TV show Pat's Life in 2005).
Her current lover is Antoine van de Vijver, an architect.
[edit] Patty's bankruptcy in 1993
Due to the flop of Hello/Brard (a magazine she had launched with Eric Peute and that focused on women's fashion, beauty, health and entertainment), Patty went bankrupt in December 1993. She was obliged to sell all her possessions. It took years to recover.
[edit] Biography
A journalist, Pieter Ploeg wrote her biography (De Naakte Waarheid: The Naked Truth) which was published by Strengholt in 2003.
[edit] References
- ^ Kendricks is a former singer of the Motown singing group the Temptations
- ^ Christmas music compilation on which Patty Brard sings It's Gonna Be A Cold Christmas with Robert Halewijn
- ^ Re-issue of Een vrolijk kerstfeest
- ^ The San Remo Music Festival (Festival della canzone italiana), running since 1951, is an Italian popular song contest held annually (first part of March) in San Remo and is broadcast on RAI UNO. It was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest. The winner of the 1985 edition (presented by Patty Brard) was the famous Italian band "Ricchi E Poveri" with the song Se m'innamoro. This group had previously in 1981 a big European hit (Sara Perche Ti Amo). The next years, other international celebrities co-hosted this famous program: Brigitte Nielsen (in 1992), Eva Herzigova (in 1998), Laëtitia Casta (in 1999), Luciano Pavarotti (in 2000) and Raffaella Carrà (in 2001)
- ^ Patty's chello ad
[edit] External links
- Patty Brard at the Internet Movie Database
- Luv's official fanclub site (in Dutch)
- Fansite about Patty Brard (in Dutch)
- Another fansite (in Dutch)
- Page about Patty on the Dutch Pop Institute website (in Dutch)
- A short biography in Dutch
- Page about Brard's career on the site of Veronica's story (Veronica is a TV channel and a radio station from the Netherlands)
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