The Cats

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The Cats were a popular Dutch pop and rock band from Volendam, best known for their melodic songs and significant influence on the "Palingsound" music style in the 1960s and 1970s.

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instanceOf Dutch pop band
rock band
activePeriod 1960s
1970s
associatedWith Volendam music scene
basedIn Volendam NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
culturalImpact helped define the Volendam sound
major representatives of Palingsound in the Netherlands
genre Palingsound
pop
rock
hasAlias Cats NERFINISHED
hasBassist Arnold Mühren NERFINISHED
hasDrummer Theo Klouwer NERFINISHED
hasGenreCharacteristic close harmony vocals
melancholic melodies
hasGuitarist Cees Veerman NERFINISHED
Jaap Schilder NERFINISHED
hasLeadVocalist Piet Veerman NERFINISHED
hasMember Arnold Mühren NERFINISHED
Cees Veerman NERFINISHED
Jaap Schilder NERFINISHED
Piet Veerman NERFINISHED
Theo Klouwer NERFINISHED
hasNotableSongwriter Arnold Mühren NERFINISHED
hasVocalist Cees Veerman NERFINISHED
Piet Veerman NERFINISHED
influenced Palingsound music style
influencedBy British pop music of the 1960s
languageOfLyrics English
musicStyle folk-influenced pop
soft rock
notableFor melodic songs
notableWork Lea NERFINISHED
One Way Wind NERFINISHED
Why NERFINISHED
originRegion North Holland NERFINISHED
partOf Palingsound tradition
recordLabel EMI
Imperial Records NERFINISHED

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Volendam hasNotableBand The Cats