JERNEY KAAGMAN
Jerney Kaagman (born July 9, 1947) is a Dutch singer, musician and music executive best known as the lead singer for the progressive rock group Earth and Fire, with whom she scored a slew of international hits between 1969 and 1990. She recorded as a solo artist also, and after her career as a singer worked for the music industry, as president of the Dutch musicians’ union BV Pop; as a public relations manager for a radio station; and on television, as a judge on television talent show Idols. (More from Wikipedia)
I spent a good part of last month’s post extolling Shocking Blue and managed to do so without ever mentioning Mariska Veres, the lead singer on “Venus” and nearly all of their songs. Few rock bands had female lead singers in those days, though there were a few, notably Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane. Another Dutch band of the same time period, Earth and Fire also had a fine female lead singer, Jerney Kaagman.
(September 2012)
