LUV (THE NETHERLANDS)

Inspired by the band Silver Convention, Dutch record producers Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer decided to form an all girl group. They recruited José Hoebee, Marga Scheife and Patty Brard and called the group Luv. Their first single, 1977’s ‘My Man’ would be a fair success, going to 11 in both The Netherlands and Belgium. However, their second single, ‘Dream Dream’, failed to chart. But they came back strong with their 3^rd, ‘O.U.Me’ which got to number 3 in The Netherlands and equalled that peak in Belgium. 1978 proved their most successful year with ‘You’re The Greatest Lover’ topping the charts in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland and follow up, ‘Trojan Horse’, giving them another Netherlands and Belgian chart topper, while peaking at 3 in German and 2 in Switzerland. By 1981 they had clocked up 12 hits on the Dutch charts, but at that point Patty Brard left to forge a solo career and the hits dried up with only 3 further chart entries and a number of line up changes.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
22-Dec-1978	You’re The Greatest Lover	15	8
27-Apr-1979	Trojan Horse	17	7
		Total hits	2
		Total weeks	15

Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest fallers	0
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	8
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	10
Top 30 points ranking	=762
Top 20 points ranking	=904
Top 30 points	202
Top 20 points	52

Luv were 1 of 24 Dutch acts to chart and they ranked 17^th of those 24.