Unit Gloria

Unit Gloria

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About Unit Gloria

Unit Gloria was a pop group from Utrecht, The Netherlands. The group was established in 1966 as Gloria and actually released a string of singles under that moniker, including their biggest Dutch hit single The Last Seven Days in March 1969. In that same year the group decided to change the band name into Unit Gloria, because many people thought that 'Gloria' was a girl. Personnel: Albert Hol: guitar, vocals Gerrit Hol: drums Hoss van Hardeveld: bass, piano, guitar, vocals Robert Long: vocals, electric organ The history of (Unit) Gloria In 1966 Gloria was formed by the brother Albert 'Mouse' Hol (guitar, singing), Gerrit 'Meep' Hol (drums), Geert Hol (Guitar, singing) and Hoss van Hardeveld (bas, piano, singing). In 1967 Geert Hol was replaced by Robert Long, which take now the role as lead singer of the group. In 1968 the group record their first 7” record called “So it Goes”, produced by George Kooymans of Golden Earrings. The second 7” record was “Bitter Sweet”, produced by Bobby Graham and brought out as the first record by Red Bullet, the label of Willem van Kooten. The record wasn't very succesful and for that reason they switch to another record company, EMI-Bovema. Also Bobby Graham switch to Bovema and product in March 1969 "The Last Seven Days". The record made it the Dutch Top-5, very soon after it success in the Netherlands, the record was brought out in Belgium, Germany, USA, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland and the UK. After the hit "The Last Seven Days" Willem van Kooten of Red Bullet want to get also some pieces of the success Gloria and brought out on a 7” record a demo version of the "The Storm" , also this record became a hit. In 1969 the group brought out there first Long player named "Mea Semper Gloria Vivet". The group got also more success outside the Netherlands and changed their name into Unit Gloria and later in Robert Long & Unit Gloria. After the success of "The Last Seven Days" the following records were brought out "Our Life", "Wild Bird", "Our Father", "Heartaches and Sorrows" and "Back in the Sun". "Our Father "was again a huge hit. The record "Heartaches and Sorrow" is brought out in two different versions. Version one is the 7” record, on the Album "Ultrajectum" you can find version two, this album is released in 1971. "Ultrajectum" is a total different record then the previous onces, its more a rock album, more the way Unit Gloria live performed. Unit Gloria was a group which could play different styles. Unit Gloria has also visited the USA, on invitation of the California Holland Club, they performed one week in the Hollywood Palladium with a lot of success. In 1972 Robert Long has made the decision to leave the group because he wants to start a solo career. Bonnie St. Claire took his place. Almost one year Robert Long and Bonnie St. Claire performed both on stage with Unit Gloria. Bonnie St. Claire & Unit Gloria had several big hits like "Clap Your Hands And Stamp Your Feet" and "Waikiki Man", following by other hit records. Till 1976 the formation was still active, but the last two years there were several changes Hoss and Meep had left the group and were replaced by Ed van Swanenburg and Frans Meijer, added to the group was Jan Rietman as keyboard player. In the last formation Rob Metz was addes as Guitar player and Mouse was playing the Bass Guitar.

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