Earth Fire Weekend Top Pop

Earth Fire was a Dutch progressive rockband from the 1960 s. The group started with twin brothers Chris (guitar) and Gerard (keyboards) Koerts. They were the main composers of the band. Lead singer was Jerney Kaagman who later also came to prominence as head of the jury of TV program Idols. Earth Fire had a string of hits in the early 1970 s starting with Seasons, Ruby Is the One, and Wild and Exciting, Later came Invitation, Storm and Thunder and Memories between 1970 and 1973. Weekend was their biggest hit ever, and reached no 1. in the Dutch Top 40 in November 1979 and stayed at no. 1 for three weeks. Especially this performance on TopPop made Jerney Kaagman a true Dutch icon. Unfortunately Gerard Koerts deceased on 20 February 2019 in Pergignan, France.