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| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | Delft, Netherlands |
| Genre: | Nederbeat, Pop rock |
| Years Active: | 1965–1979 |
| Label: | Tee Set Records |
| Associated Acts: | After Tea |
| Current Members: | Peter Tetteroo Dihl Bennink Ray Fenwick Ferry Lever Joop Blom Franklin Madjid Hans van Eijck |
Tee-Set was a pop rock band formed in 1965 by singer Peter Tetteroo in Delft, Netherlands. The band is best-known for their single "Ma Belle Amie", which was a No. 5 hit in the United States and No. 3 in Canada.
The band had a number of other hit songs in the Netherlands, including the number one song "She Likes Weeds". The band underwent numerous changes in its members; the only constant was its lead singer Peter Tetteroo, who died in September 2002 at the age of 55.
The band was formed in 1965 in Delft, Netherlands by singer . Other early members were Gerard Romeyn on guitar, Polle Eduard on bass, Carry Janssen on drums, and Robbie Plazier on keyboard. Their first single released in 1966 on the Delta label, "Early in the Morning", was successful in The Netherlands. The band had a top 10 hit "Don't You Leave" the same year, selling 10,000 copies in its first week of release.[1] The band underwent numerous changes in its line-up though the years; the keyboardist joined in 1966, replacing Robbie Plazier. Romeyn, Eduard and Janssen left, to be replaced by Ray Fenwick on guitar, Franklin Madjid on bass, and Joop Blom on drums. Van Eijck also left and was replaced by Jan-Pieter Boekhoorn on keyboard (Van Eijck later returned in 1969).[2] Fenwick then left and later reappeared in The Spencer Davis Group.[3] He was replaced by Ferdi Karmelk. Dihl Bennink also joined the band. In 1969, Tetteroo founded their own label Tee Set Records.
The group recorded a single in 1969 titled "Ma Belle Amie", which was a hit in their native country, selling over 100,000 copies.[4] The group released an album in the United States on Colossus Records in 1970 titled Ma Belle Amie (the single of the same name listing the artist as 'The Tee Set'), which reached No. 158 on the Billboard 200 chart,[5] just as the single took off in the United States, eventually reaching No. 5.[6] The single sold over 1 million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[7] The version of "Ma Belle Amie" released in 1970 on Major Minor records in the UK is a different studio version of the song, slower in tempo and beginning in a lower key than the hit U.S. version.
In the Netherlands, Tee Set's single "She Likes Weeds" reached No. 1 on the Dutch charts. However, the track was banned in the U.S. because it was said to be referring to drug use, although the title was taken from the film Funeral in Berlin. The follow-up single "If You Do Believe in Love" hit No. 81[6] in the US and No. 31 in Canada. The group disbanded in 1975, but briefly reunited in 1978 and 1983. Since 1983 the band was revived, although its work was mainly nostalgic "sixties".
Peter Tetteroo (Petrus Gerardus Anthonius Tetteroo) (8 July 1947 − 9 September 2002) was a Dutch composer, pop musician and singer born in Delft. He became known in 1966 as founder and lead singer of Tee-Set. In 1968, he had a top 10 hit with a solo album, his version of Red Red Wine. Despite a severe liver disease, Peter remained active to the end. He died at his home in Delft from liver cancer at the age of 55.[8]
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL [9] | US [10] | |||
| Emotion |
| 8 | — | |
| Join the Tea Set |
| — | — | |
| Ma Belle Amie |
| — | 158 | |
| In the Morning of My Days |
| — | — | |
| Non-Perishable |
| — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NL | |||
| Tee Set Songbook |
| — | |
| Forever |
| — | |
| T-Five T-Set |
| — | |
| Tee Set Toppers |
| — | |
| Do It Baby |
| — | |
| 14 Gouwe Ouwe |
| — | |
| Golden Greats of the Tee Set |
| — | |
| Tea's Ready |
| — | |
| The Hits Collection |
| — | |
| Greatest Hits – Hot Nights |
| — | |
| Timeless (The Best Of...) |
| — | |
| Golden Classics |
| — | |
| The Best of Tee-Set |
| — | |
| 24 Carat |
| — | |
| Ma Belle Amie |
| — | |
| She Likes Weeds – Collected |
| 12 | |
| Ma Belle Amie: The Album |
| 23 | |
| Mythology |
| 40 | |
| The Golden Years of Dutch Pop Music |
| 58 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL 40 [11] | NL 100 [12] | AUS [13] | BE (FLA) [14] | BE (WA) [15] | CAN [16] [17] | GER [18] | NZ [19] | SA [20] | SWI [21] | US [22] | ||||
| "Early in the Morning" | 1966 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | |
| "Believe What I Say" | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Don't You Leave" | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Emotion | ||
| "Please Call Me" | 1967 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="3" | |
| "Now's the Time" | 13 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "What Can I Do" | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Tea Is Famous (In the Whole Wide World)" | 1968 | 12 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Join the Tea Set | |
| "Life's but Nothing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Trip Trap Door de Tulpjes" (as Tinus Plotseling) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | ||
| "This Rose in My Mind" | 16 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mr. Music Man" | 1969 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ma Belle Amie | |
| "Ma Belle Amie" | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| "Finally in Love Again" | 1970 | 26 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "If You Do Believe in Love" | 22 | 17 | 42 | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | 81 | |||
| "She Likes Weeds" | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | In the Morning of My Days | ||
| "Marie Claire" (Belgium-only release) | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "In Your Eyes (I Can See the Lies)" | 9 | 7 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="4" | ||
| "Little Lady" | 19 | 19 | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "A Sunny Day in Greece" | 20 | 18 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Shotguns" | 1972 | 16 | 17 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mary Mary (Take Me 'Cross the Water)" | 20 | 17 | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-Perishable | ||
| "Long Ago" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "There Goes Johnny (With My Lady)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-Perishable | ||
| "You Bringing Me Down" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Bandstand" | 1974 | 16 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Do It Baby | |
| "Do It Baby" | 1975 | 13 | 22 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="6" | |
| "I'll Be Lost Without Your Lovin'" | 1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Linda-Linda" | 1979 | 20 | 19 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "TV Boy" | 1980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Tribute to the Spencer Davis Group" (as T.E.E. Set) | 1983 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Rollerskater" (as T.E.E. Set) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hot Nights" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Greatest Hits – Hot Nights | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
