were a Dutch
teenage girl group
of the 1980s. The four members of the group were Karin Vlasblom (born August 10, 1967), Laura Vlasblom (born October 8, 1968), Mandy Huydts (born April 9, 1969) and Marjon Keller (born June 1, 1970).
Early years: Kinderen voor Kinderen
The girls debuted in 1981 on the second album of Kinderen voor Kinderen
, a children's choir whose ongoing television-shows are broadcast by VARA
each November. All four of them were given a lead vocal
; Karin in Gastarbeider
(a song about a forbidden love between a Dutch
girl and a Greek
boy), Mandy in Bijna brugklas
(about the transition from primary
to secondary school
) and Marjon in Roken
, an anti-smoking tirade. Laura sang Verlegenheid
(a reminder that shyness hits everyone at one moment) in an embryonic
line-up of Frizzle Sizzle (minus Marjon). Due to their age (13 was the maximum), the Vlasblom sisters left after the second album; Mandy and Marjon paid further contributions to the third album. The former sang Johnny mijn pony
(about being in love with her pony), the latter Op de wip
(about being stuck in the middle between a pain-in-the-neck brother and a bossy sister). Marjon left after the fourth album on which she had minor roles in two tracks; Iedereen gaat voor z'n beurt
(Nobody waits his turn
) and Ziek zijn (which sums up the joys of pretending to be sick to miss a day of school). She also sang the first half of the call-for-exercise Trim trim trim.
Breaking out and......