Traincha: the best
singer which Holland ever knew, and obviously she is also very beautiful
Total Touch is:
Leading singer:
Trijntje oosterhuis
Composer and
writer: Tjeerd Oosterhuis
Backing vocal:
Berget Lewis
Backing vocal:
Caroline Dest
Keyboard: Bas
van den Heuvel and Tjeerd Oosterhuis
Percussion: Anthony
Guitars William
Nurruwe
Guitars: Arnold
van dongen
Drums: Cyril
Direktie
Kind of music: Euro R&B
Total Touch excists since:1987
Albums: Total Touch (1996) and This Way (1998)
Singles: Touch me There, Somebody else's lover, One moment your mind, Standing strong together, Doo be la dee (not in Holland) I'll say goodbye, Love me in Slowmotion
Trijntje's solo singles: De Zee. Wereld zonder jou and Vlieg met me mee.
Prices: Mega Award, Veronica Dance Award, 5 tmf awards, Pall mall Export price, Zilveren harp. Gouden palm, Edison Award and many many more. They are the most award winning band of the 90's.
Next single: Forgive
won't forget
Total Touch is
ruling the Dutch charts since 1996. They are a group of 9 persons with
Trijntje Oosterhuis
as the leading
singer. Tjeerd Oosterhuis, Trijntje's brother, is the composer and songwriter.
Berget Lewis and Caroline dest are the Backing Vocals of this extremely
popular group. The big break through of Total Touch was in 1996 with the
outstanding song Touch me There. This song reached the 13th place in the
Dutch charts. Trijntje's big break through was in august of that year she
was the woman that opened the Amsterdam Arena (the homeplace of soccerclub
Ajax) With the song "De zee" which means "the Sea". She performed for 50.000
people, one of the visitors was the queen of Holland: Beatrix. With the
song "De zee" she reached the 7th place . About the same time Total Touch
2nd single came out: Somebody else's lover which reached the 3th place
in the charts. Other singles of the album Total Touch were One moment your
mind en Standing Strong together, these songs became also very big hits.
The album Total Touch is the best selling debute-album ever. About 500.000
copy'ss were sold only in Holland.
Total Touch has
won a lot of prices in that period. They have won The Pall mall Export
price, de Zilveren Harp, they also scored 3 TMF Awards for the best singer,
group and album.
In Europe Total
Touch is getting very famous and very popular also. Maybe you have already
heard Somebody Else's lover but you must know the single Doo be la dee,
which was very popular in the States and in Europe. Also popular were the
singles I'll say goodbye and Love me in Slow motion these songs you really
need to know. The singles I'll say goodbye and Love me in slowmotion
are coming from the second album This way which already sold about
300.000 copy's. You must have seen Total Touch on MTV in 1998: they were
nomineed for a MTV Award. In Holland this price is comparable with a TMF
award. In 1997 Total Touch was nomineed for 6 tmf awards en they
scored 3 awards. In 1998 Total Touch scored 2 awards. This year they will
win again. At the 3rd of April we will know that.
Total Touch is
now for 3 years the best selling group in Holland. All their concerts are
sold out en their albums are one of the best scoring in Holland.
Trijntje (traincha)
is called the Whitney Houston of Europe. But she is singing much better
than Whitney.
She is the best
singer in the world. In Holland we already know that, Europe will know
that soon.
Go to your local record store and ask for Total Touch. Maybe you can get 1 of the following albums of Total Touch, on the right side you can see all the singles of Total Touch, you can ask for them too.