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David Klein
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Time Flies," "What's a Woman," "Night Owls"

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Latin band Vaya con Dios released several albums for Ariola Records during the 1980s and '90s. Some of the material is collected on Best Of, released in late 1996. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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Vaya Con Dios
Dani Klein
Dani Klein
Background information
Origin Brussels, Belgium
Genre(s) Pop
Years active 1986 - 1996, 2004 - present
Label(s) Ariola Records
Members
Dani Klein
Jean-Michel Gielen (1990-)
Former members
Willy Lambregt (1986-1990)
Dirk Schoufs (1986-1991)

Vaya Con Dios is a Belgian musical group founded in 1986 by Dani Klein, Dirk Schoufs, and Willy Lambregt (the latter subsequently replaced by Jean-Michel Gielen). Their name is Spanish for "Go with God". It's one of the most successful bands Belgium has ever had.

They had some international success with the songs "Just a Friend of Mine" (a hit in France), "What's a Woman?" (a number 1 hit in the Netherlands in 1990), "Nah Neh Nah", "Don't Cry for Louie", "Puerto Rico", "Heading for a Fall", "Johnny", "Sunny Days" and "Don't Break My Heart".

In total, Vaya Con Dios have sold more than 7 million albums and more than 3 million singles.[1]

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Biography

Dani Klein, the lead singer, and Willy Lambregt had previous success in the band Arbeid Adelt! and decided to form the band Vaya Con Dios together with contrabassist Dirk Schoufs, because they shared interests in gypsy music, jazz, and opera - genres that they felt were underappreciated in Brussels.

Their first single, "Just a Friend of Mine", had a Latin feel and became a big hit in France, selling over 300,000 copies.[2] Willy Lambregt left the group and was replaced by Jean-Michel Gielen.

Even though Vaya Con Dios was successful in Latin countries, the band remained largely unknown in the Netherlands, partially due to being a Belgian band, but also because of their gypsy style. In the summer of 1990 they finally had their breakthrough in the Netherlands with "What's a Woman?" peaking at #1 for three weeks, making Vaya Con Dios the second Belgian artists to have a #1 hit in the Netherlands. (The first was Ivan Heylen in 1974.) [3] The song is about the difficulties of men and women who on one hand need each other, yet sometimes find it hard to understand one other.

In 1991, Dani Klein and Dirk Schoufs decided to go their separate ways, and from then on the group consisted of Klein playing with various musicians. On May 24, 1991, Schoufs died of an AIDS-related illness. (He had contracted HIV through his heroin addiction.) [2] The third album, Time Flies, is much more melancholy than its predecessors.

Even though the music and the composition of the band changed, Vaya Con Dios remained popular in much of Europe - especially France, Germany, and Scandinavia - until 1996, when Klein left the music business complaining of too much stress. She returned in 1999 as singer in the group Purple Prose, which released a debut album of the same name that year. Vaya Con Dios returned in 2004 with a new album titled The Promise, released on an independent label. In 2006, there is The Ultimate Collection, a greatest hits album, with a DVD of the acoustic concert of Brussels, and some bonus items, such as an interview with Dani, some photos... Pauvre Diable was the first single.

A new studio album is soon ready for summer'09 release

Discography

Albums

Date Title Chart Comments
October 1988 Vaya Con Dios   2 x Platinum (FIN) [4]
April 1990 Night Owls   Platinum (NL) [5], Platinum (D) [6], Gold (FIN) [4]
September 1992 Time Flies 1 NL
1 CH
Platinum (NL) [5]; 3 x Platinum (CH) [7]

Platinum (D) [6] Platinum (Norway) [8]

September 1995 Roots and Wings   Gold (NL) [5] Gold (Norway) [8]
October 1995 Best Of Vaya Con Dios   Gold (Norway)[8]
November 1998 What's A Woman: The Blue Sides Of Vaya Con Dios   Greatest hits album
October 2004 The Promise    
November 2006 The Ultimate Collection 5 BE [9] Greatest hits album

Singles

Date Title Chart Comments
1986 "Just a Friend of Mine"    
1987 "Puerto Rico"    
1988 "Don't Cry for Louie"    
1989 "Johnny"   Only released in France
1990 "Nah neh nah"    
June 1990 "What's a Woman?" 1 (NL) Certified Gold in NL [5]
1990 "Night Owls"    
1992 "Heading for a Fall"    
1993 "So Long Ago"    
1995 "Don't Break My Heart"    
1996 "Stay with Me"    
"Lonely Feeling"    
2004 "No One Can Make You Stay"    
2005 "La Vida Es Como Una Rosa/Take Heed"    
2006 "Pauvre Diable"    
"What's a Woman" ft. Aaron Neville    

References

  1. ^ Official Vaya Con Dios site: Interview with Dani Klein (Accessed: Aug 10, 2006)
  2. ^ a b Belgian Pop & Rock Archives: Vaya Con Dios (Accessed: Aug 10, 2006)
  3. ^ Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 nr. 1 hits in the Top 40, page 271, 9023009444 (Book in Dutch)
  4. ^ a b Suomen ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat, accessed 2008-05-15
  5. ^ a b c d NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
  6. ^ a b [1]
  7. ^ SwissCharts.com Certifications 1995 (Accessed: October 29, 2006)
  8. ^ a b c IFPI Norway
  9. ^ Skynet.be Ultratop album chart Accessed November 30, 2006

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