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Werner Theunissen

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image =
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename =
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the 70s Dutch country music band "[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]". He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen in The Rocking Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Pussycat]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|{{largethumb}}|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner wrote several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2014-07-11T04:38:22Z

Cynthiapinto123: /* Accolades */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image =
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename =
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the 70s Dutch country music band "[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]". He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen in The Rocking Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Pussycat]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|largethumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner wrote several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2014-07-11T04:34:16Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image =
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename =
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the 70s Dutch country music band "[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]". He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen in The Rocking Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Pussycat]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner wrote several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2014-07-11T04:31:18Z

Cynthiapinto123: /* Accolades */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image =
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename =
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the 70s Dutch country music band "[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]". He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen in The Rocking Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Pussycat]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[Bestand:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|{{largethumb}}|De Limburgse popgroep Pussycat krijgt de exportprijs van [[Conamus]] uitgereikt (1977)]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner wrote several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2014-07-11T04:08:46Z

Cynthiapinto123: /* Accolades */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image =
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename =
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the 70s Dutch country music band "[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]". He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen in The Rocking Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Pussycat]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner wrote several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2014-07-11T04:08:13Z

Cynthiapinto123: /* Accolades */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image =
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename =
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the 70s Dutch country music band "[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]". He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen in The Rocking Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Pussycat]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner wrote several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2014-07-11T04:04:30Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image =
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename =
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the 70s Dutch country music band "[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]". He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen in The Rocking Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Pussycat]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner wrote several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2014-07-11T04:03:53Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image =
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename =
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the 70s Dutch country music band "[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]". He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen in The Rocking Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Pussycat)]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner wrote several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-02-20T04:08:14Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
{{Break}}{{Break}}
==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-02-20T04:07:56Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|left
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
{{Break}}{{Break}}
==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-02-20T04:07:14Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|float left
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
{{Break}}{{Break}}
==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-02-20T04:00:32Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|float = left
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
{{Break}}{{Break}}
==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-02-20T03:59:57Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
| float = left
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
{{Break}}{{Break}}
==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-02-20T03:55:57Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen|left
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
{{Break}}{{Break}}
==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-02-20T03:54:49Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
{{Break}}{{Break}}
==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

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{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
{{Break}}{{Break}}

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-02-20T03:37:20Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
{{Break}}{{Break}}

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-02-20T03:36:41Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
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==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

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{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.
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==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Werner Theunissen

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the the 70s Dutch country music band "[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]". He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat)]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner wrote several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the the 70s Dutch country music band "[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]". He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat)]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Mississippi (Lied)

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{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Werner Theunissen

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the the 70s Dutch country music band '[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]'. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat)]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2014-01-09T09:52:32Z

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the the 70s Dutch band '[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]'. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat)]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2014-01-09T09:50:42Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
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}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist of the the Dutch band '[[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]'. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat)]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in the Netherlands, to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in the Netherlands in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In the [[Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in the Netherlands, and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

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| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
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| A-side =
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| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
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| Genre =
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| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975, the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

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{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote "Mississippi" in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. The song grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-01-09T09:43:45Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].

[[Werner Theunissen]] wrote the song in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. 'Mississippi' grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-01-09T09:43:19Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].

[Werner Theunissen]] wrote the song in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts'. 'Mississippi' grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-01-09T09:42:11Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].

Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts', the song 'Mississippi' grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-01-09T09:24:55Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].

The song written by [[Werner Theunissen]] in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts', grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref>

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-01-09T09:21:43Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].

The song written by [[Werner Theunissen]] in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts', grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Biography|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-01-09T09:20:47Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by [[Werner Theunissen]]
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].

The song written by [[Werner Theunissen]] in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Biography|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2014-01-09T09:19:47Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]].

The song written by [[Werner Theunissen]] in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Theunissen|first=Werner|title=Biography|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Theunissen}}</ref> By December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the number one position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by its international success in 1976 pushing the song into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref> In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station. The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]]. There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2013-12-12T06:50:58Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}
{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]], spending four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref>
The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station.
The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]].
There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|16|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|id=328298|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2013-12-12T06:50:18Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}

{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]], spending four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref>
The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station.
The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]].
There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|16|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|id=328298|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2013-12-12T06:49:49Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}

{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]], spending four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref>
The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station.
The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]].
There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|16|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|id=328298|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2013-12-12T06:48:50Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}

{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]], spending four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref>
The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station.
The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]].
There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|16|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|id=328298|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2013-12-12T06:48:08Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}

{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]], spending four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref>
The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station.
The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]].
There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|16|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|id=328298|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Mississippi (Lied)

2013-12-12T06:46:50Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox single 
| Name = Mississippi
| Cover = Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg
| Border = yes
| caption = Cover from Mississippi Single from Pussycat (1975)
| landscape =
| Alt = Black and white photograph of the members of Pussycat band with blue border on top and below
| Artist = [[Pussycat_(band)|Pussycat]]
| Album = First of All
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|1975|11|29}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Writer = Werner Theunissen
| Producer = Eddy Hilberts
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Mississippi'''" (1975)
| Next single = "'''Georgie'''" (1976)
| Misc =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

{{For|the Bob Dylan song released in 2001|Mississippi (Bob Dylan song)}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2006}}
"'''Mississippi'''" was a popular single by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] group [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] which consisted of three sisters Betty, Marianne and [[Toni Willé|Toni]] Kowalczyk of which [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (now [[Toni Willé]]) was the lead vocalist. They were accompanied by Lou Willé (g), Theo Wetzels (b), John Theunissen (g), Henk Hochstenbach, Hans Lutjens ('til 1973), Theo Coumans (from 1973) and again Hans Lutjens. Written by [[Werner Theunissen]] and produced by Eddy Hilberts, the song "Mississippi" was the sole number one single for [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]], spending four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October [[1976 in music|1976]].<ref>http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/biografie/pussycat.4139.html?lang=EN</ref>
The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station.
The lyrics are about the [[history of music]], how [[rock music]] became more popular than [[country music]].

Another version of this song was recorded by [[Barbara Fairchild]].
There is also a version in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] called "Te necesito" by the [[Colombia]]n singer [[Fernando Calle]].

In [[1979 in music|1979]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dansband]] [[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], with lyrics by [[Margot Borgström]]. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887681|title=Svensk mediedatabas|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

There was also a [[Czech language|Czech]] version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1976-1977)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Billboard Vol. 91, No. 45|url=http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=HiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=kent+music+report |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|work=Kent Music Report|page=68|date=1979-11-10|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-06-15|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-14|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Canada (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite journal|title=RPM Volume 31, No. 23|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4399a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=rj56tr1o0d1n29e92sj50pdq62|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=1979-09-01|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_70.php |title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70|publisher=Infodsic.fr|date=April 12, 2013|language=French|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Germany2|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|year=1979|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – Search charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=2008|id=To use, type "Born to Be Alive" in the "Search by Song Title" search bar and click search|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-04-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-10-21|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1979.html |title=Listas de superventas: 1979|author=Davidalic|publisher=Listas De Superventas|work=[[Productores de Música de España|AFE]]|date=February 12, 2010|accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref>{{rs|date=April 2013}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-27|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-03-25|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|date=1979-07-28|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|16|artist=Patrick Hernandez|song=Born to Be Alive|id=328298|accessdate=2013-04-12}}
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pussycat|title=Mississippi|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true}}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = "[[Dancing Queen]]" by [[ABBA]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = 12 October 1976 for four weeks
| after = "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi (Song)}}
[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Vikingarna songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]

{{1970s-single-stub}}

Werner Theunissen

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Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song composed by Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the Dutch band [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] in 1975, became an international hit and sold 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat)]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], The [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in [[The Netherlands]], to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in [[The Netherlands]] in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In their homeland [[The Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in [[The Netherlands]], and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[UK]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2013-12-12T06:44:43Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song written by Composer Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the Dutch band [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] in 1975, became an international hit and sold 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat)]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], The [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in [[The Netherlands]], to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in [[The Netherlands]] in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In their homeland [[The Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in [[The Netherlands]], and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[UK]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2013-12-12T06:43:48Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

{{listen
|title = "Mississippi" (1975)
|filename = Pussycat - Mississippi.ogg
|description = The single 'Mississippi' by Dutch band Pussycat is a country pop song whose lyrics were written by Composer Werner Theunissen
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and lyricist. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the Dutch band [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] in 1975, became an international hit and sold 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat)]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], The [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in [[The Netherlands]], to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in [[The Netherlands]] in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a Dutch radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In their homeland [[The Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in [[The Netherlands]], and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[UK]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2013-12-11T08:07:08Z

Cynthiapinto123: /* Pussycat */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Dutch]] composer and lyricist. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the Dutch band [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] in 1975, became an international hit and sold 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat)]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], The [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in [[The Netherlands]], to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in [[The Netherlands]] in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a [[Dutch]] radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In their homeland [[The Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in [[The Netherlands]], and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[UK]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2013-12-11T08:06:31Z

Cynthiapinto123: /* Musical career */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Dutch]] composer and lyricist. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the Dutch band [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] in 1975, became an international hit and sold 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat) Photo by Music Artist: [http://www.backtothesixties-brunssum.nl/ Henk Bloeubaum]]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], The [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in [[The Netherlands]], to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in [[The Netherlands]] in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a [[Dutch]] radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In their homeland [[The Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in [[The Netherlands]], and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[UK]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2013-12-11T08:05:21Z

Cynthiapinto123: /* Pussycat */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Dutch]] composer and lyricist. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the Dutch band [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] in 1975, became an international hit and sold 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964. Photo by Music Artist: [http://www.backtothesixties-brunssum.nl/ Henk Bloeubaum]]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat) Photo by Music Artist: [http://www.backtothesixties-brunssum.nl/ Henk Bloeubaum]]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], The [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in [[The Netherlands]], to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in [[The Netherlands]] in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a [[Dutch]] radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In their homeland [[The Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in [[The Netherlands]], and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[UK]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2013-12-11T08:05:00Z

Cynthiapinto123: /* Musical career */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Dutch]] composer and lyricist. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the Dutch band [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] in 1975, became an international hit and sold 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964. Photo by Music Artist: [http://www.backtothesixties-brunssum.nl/ Henk Bloeubaum]]]
He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat).]]
Under the name of Sweet Reaction, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], The [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in [[The Netherlands]], to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in [[The Netherlands]] in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a [[Dutch]] radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In their homeland [[The Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in [[The Netherlands]], and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]]
Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

=== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

=== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

=== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[UK]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

2013-12-11T03:47:13Z

Cynthiapinto123:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (May 12, 1942 – January 18, 2010) was a [[Dutch]] composer and lyricist. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the Dutch band [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] in 1975, became an international hit and sold 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964. Photo by: Music Artist [http://www.backtothesixties-brunssum.nl/nieuws.php Henk Bloebaum]]] He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat). Photo by: Music Artist [http://www.backtothesixties-brunssum.nl/nieuws.php Henk Bleobaum]]] Under the name of Sweet Reacton, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], The [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in [[The Netherlands]], to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in [[The Netherlands]] in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a [[Dutch]] radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In their homeland [[The Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in [[The Netherlands]], and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]] Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

==== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

==== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

==== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[UK]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]

Werner Theunissen

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Werner Theunissen
| background = non_performing_personnel 
| image = File:Werner Theunissen Lyricist of Pussycat Band.jpg
| caption = Werner Theunissen in 1994
| landscape = no
| alt = Colored photograph of Werner Theunissen sitting with a guitar in his hand
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|1|18|1942|5|12}}
| death_place = [[England]], [[UK]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]]
| alias =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation = Composer, songwriter
| years_active = 1963–2010
| label = [[EMI]] Bovema
| associated_acts = The Rocking Apaches, The Entertainers, Sweet Reaction, [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]
| website =
}}

'''Werner Theunissen''' (12 May 1942 – 18 January 2010) was a [[Dutch]] composer and lyricist. He rose to fame when his song "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]", released by the Dutch band [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] in 1975, became an international hit and sold 7 million copies worldwide.

== Musical career ==
[[File:Werner_Theunissen_in_The_Rocking_Apaches.jpg|thumb|left|Werner Theunissen (first row, left) during his stint with 'The Rocking Apaches' in 1964. Photo by: Music Artist [http://www.backtothesixties-brunssum.nl/nieuws.php Henk Bloebaum]]] He began his musical career in the early sixties with 'The Rocking Apaches'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutch Sixties Beat Groups|title=The Rocking Apaches|url=http://www.nederbiet.nl/rocking_apaches.html}}</ref> However, it was with the Indo - rock band from Heerlen called 'The Entertainers' that he wrote his first single.<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery">{{cite web|last=The Indo Rock Gallery|title=The Entertainers (Heerlen)|url=http://indo-rock.jimdo.com/e/the-entertainers-heerlen/}}</ref> He also gave guitar lessons to three sisters [[Toni Willé|Toni]] (later [[Toni Willé]] lead singer of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]]), Marianne and Betty Kowalczyk from Limburg who were around 10, 11 and 12 years old at that time. Werner got them acquainted with contemporary pop music. He discovered their talent and went on to write his first song for them called 'Bitte, Bitte, Liebe Mich'. Six years later in 1973 he formed the group 'Sweet Reaction' with the core of the group consisting of these three singing sisters, Lou Willé the guitarist from another band called Ricky Rendall and His Centurions along with two other musicians from a band called Scum. Recording came quickly to the nascent group. Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success. But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.<ref name="3 FM">{{cite web|last=3 FM|title=Pussycat Biography|url=http://www.3fm.nl/artiest/1206/pussycat/biografie}}</ref>

== Pussycat ==
[[File:Werner Theunissen along with band members of Sweet Reaction.jpg|thumbnail|Werner Theunissen (seated second from left) with members of Sweet Reaction (before Pussycat). Photo by: Music Artist [http://www.backtothesixties-brunssum.nl/nieuws.php Henk Bleobaum]]] Under the name of Sweet Reacton, the group sent a demotape with three songs on it to EMI Bovema and one of them was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]'. This song was written by Werner for the girls in 1969 being inspired by the [[Bee Gees]] song 'Massachusetts' but was shelved by him for a reason Werner himself describes as the demise of country music in favor of rock and pop. When listening to the tape, it was '[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' that grabbed [[EMI Records|EMI Bovema]]'s attention, and they decided to sign the band. EMI's arranger Eddy Hilberts became their producer. With the sisters still the core members of the group, by early 1975 they recruited drummer Theo Coumans, bassist Theo Wetzels and guitarist John Theunissen to update their image once again now finally emerging as Pussycat.

== Success of Mississippi ==
'[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]' was Werner's first single released under the 'Pussycat' banner. It was recorded in February 1975 in the [[EMI]] Bovema studios in [[Heemstede]], The [[Netherlands]]. The company was kind enough to postpone the recording sessions until after [[carnival]], a festivity that is widely celebrated in [[The Netherlands]], to avoid the sisters having trouble with their voices as a result of celebrating carnival. 'Mississippi' was released in [[The Netherlands]] in the summer of 1975 backed with 'Do It' from the debut album by Pussycat. When Meta de Vries, a [[Dutch]] radio DJ played it on her radio show she received calls from various people inquiring about the song. Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the river '[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]' on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question. That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,<ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|last=Dutch Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976. In [[South America]] alone, it even was charted for 129 weeks. 7 million copies were estimated to have been sold worldwide.

In their homeland [[The Netherlands]], [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was well sought after and Werner's songs yielded one hit after the other. During the following 10 years 6 hit albums and 17 singles, all of them almost equally successful. The follow-up of Werner's other hits after "[[Mississippi (song)|Mississippi]]" were "Georgie" (1976) at No.4 in [[The Netherlands]], and "Smile" (also in 1976) at No. 2. Both of these songs also charted in [[Great Britain]]. Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day In September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).<ref name="Ulta Top">{{cite web|last=Ultra Top|title=Pussycat|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pussycat&cat=s}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
[[File:Pussycat band receiving the Conamus Award.jpg|thumb|left|Pussycat receiving the Conamus Award from British Ambassador in 1977]] Werner's panache in composing music and the band’s own brilliant style of execution led the group 'Pussycat' to win several prestigious awards including the '[[Buma Export Award|Conamus Award]]' (now called the Buma Export Award), '[[Edison Award]]', the 'Silver Harp Award' as well as the German 'Goldener Löwe Award'.<ref name="3 FM" /> Pussycat won Conamus Export Award on 5 January 1977 from the Conamus Foundation. This award was bestowed upon them by the [[British Ambassador to the Netherlands]], Sir John Barnes in [[The Hague]] for being the first Dutch pop group that had primarily taken on the British charts with their debut song 'Mississippi'.

Werner continued to write several other hit songs for Pussycat albums. Some of them include "Same Old Song", "Tennage Queenie" and "Then The Music Stopped". Towards the end of 1984 the third line up of 'Pussycat' had disbanded and Werner with a repertoire of songs to his credit moved on to write songs for other artists.

== Death ==
Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.
The last song he wrote for [[Toni Willé]] the former lead vocalist of [[Pussycat (band)|Pussycat]] was 'Impressions', a song which was included in her album "[https://itunes.apple.com/in/artist/toni-wille/id73133947 Worlds United]" released in 2008. Another popular song he wrote was for Dutch singer [http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/henryvanwijmeren Henry van Wijmeren's] album "All About Time" called "Lonely Hearts Motel" in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry van Wijmeren|title=Lonely Hearts Motel|url=http://henryvanwijmeren.webklik.nl/page/biografie-henry-van-wijmeren}}</ref>

== The Entertainers - Discography<ref name="The Indo Rock Gallery" /> ==
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (Public-Records PR 651)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home Girl (CNR UH 9778)
* 1965 Searching / Down Home girl (Columbia C 23118) Duitsland
* 1966 It's You / I'm Sorry Girl (CNR UH 9798)
* 1966 Crazy Miss Daisy / Little Girl (CNR UH 9803)

== Charts ==

==== Dutch Charts: Werner Theunissen (Pussycat) Singles <ref name="Dutch Charts" /> ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Titel !! Entry !! Peaks !! Weeks
|-
| Mississippi || 22/11/1975|| 1 || 11
|-
| Georgie || 21/02/1976 || 1 || 8
|-
| Smile || 28/08/1976 || 2 || 9
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 02/04/1977|| 2 || 8
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 03/09/1977|| 12 || 4
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 31/12/1977 || 21 || 3
|-
| Wet Day In September || 05/08/1978|| 8 || 10
|-
| Hey Joe || 06/01/1979 || 17 || 7
|-
| Daddy || 08/09/1979 || 13 || 7
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 08/12/1979 || 38 || 5
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 02/08/1980 || 4 || 8
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 25/04/1981 || 10 || 11
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 01/08/1981 || 16 || 7
|-
|Teenage Queenie || 14/11/1981 || 33 || 5
|-
| De zomerzon (Koos Alberts & Yvon)|| 17/08/1996 || 25 || 5
|}

==== UK Charts : The Best Rated Songs from Werner Theunissen (Pussycat)<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|last=UK Charts|title=Werner Theunissen|url=http://uk-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Werner+Theunissen}}</ref> ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| The Easy Way || 5 || 4.6
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Georgie [deutsch]|| 11 || 4.55
|-
| Wet Day In September||22 || 4.45
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9|| 4.44
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman || 21 || 4.29
|-
|Mexicali Lane || 7 || 4.29
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Bad Boy || 6 || 4.17
|-
| Light Of A Gipsy || 8 || 4.12
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|}

==== UK Charts: The Most Known Songs from Werner Theunissen<ref name="UK Charts" /> ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Reviews !! Average
|-
| Mississippi || 140 || 4.74
|-
| Georgie || 79 || 4.41
|-
| My Broken Souvenirs || 56 || 4.23
|-
| Smile || 54 || 4.22
|-
| Teenage Queenie || 45 || 4.44
|-
| Mississippi [deutsch] || 26 || 4.65
|-
| If You Ever Come To Amsterdam || 25 || 4.24
|-
| Wet Day In September || 22 || 4.45
|-
| I'll Be Your Woman ||21 || 4.29
|-
| Then The Music Stopped || 19 || 4.21
|-
| Doin' La Bamba || 16 || 3.94
|-
| Hey Joe || 15 || 3.2
|-
| Une chambre pour la nuit || 12 || 4
|-
| Help Me Living On || 11 || 4.73
|-
| Georgie [deutsch] || 11 || 4.55
|-
| Daddy || 11 || 3.82
|-
| Abschiedssouvenir || 10 || 5
|-
| Ein altes Lied || 9 || 4.56
|-
| Let Freedom Range || 9 || 4.44
|-
| Ich bleib bei dir (Rebekka)|| 9 || 3.22
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/pussycat/smile-song_hguh.html Chart Information for 'Smile']
* [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu_70s2ndhalft.html German Charts Top 20 - Top 300]
* [http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Werner+Theunissen# Muziekencyclopedie - Werner Theunissen]
* [http://www.toniwilleonline.com/ Toni Willé Online]
* [http://www.45cat.com/45_composer.php?tc=Werner+Theunissen 45 Cat]
* [http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.sg/2010/09/pussycat.html Pussycat Music at Loads A Music Juke Box]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Pussycat/Pusssycat.htm Pussycat by Henk Bloebaum]
* [http://www.henkbloebaum.nl/Solist2/Collega%27s%20bands%20jaren%20%2760/Sweet%20Reaction/sweetreaction.htm Sweet Reaction by Henk Bloebaum]

{{Persondata
| NAME = Theunissen, Werner
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 12 May 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Heerlen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 January 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[England]], [[UK]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theunissen, Werner}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brunssum]]