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Won Ton Ton
12+ albums
pop80sBelgiumfemale vocalistsbelgian
about
Popular group powered by the charming presence of singer Bea Van Der Maat. Won Ton Ton is the successor to the group Chow-Chow that had a short but beautiful span of new-wave attention in the years 1984-1985. After the split, Bea had started a career on television and continues to sing in the LSP-band (a changing group of musicians that perform mainly covers). Her popularity gets the group a new record contract. In 1987 the group reforms - under the name Won Ton Ton - and release the single "I lie and I cheat". This splendid and emotional song becomes a big hit, both in Belgium (n° 10) and in Holland (n° 13). The successors, "Hey Marlene" and the intimist "Can I come near you" fair less well. As Oor put it "The album debut, very poorly produced by Luc Van Acker disappoints many : weak songs that lack the tension of I lie and I cheat". The group doesn't let its spirits drop after that, but continues to record. However, Bea Van Der Maat is only willing to give part of her attention to the band : it is shared by her television career (she makes the move to VTM and presents "Tien om te zien" - a program carrying the more commercially oriented Flemish music) and her personal life (she gives birth to two children). Perhaps it's this that prevents Won Ton Ton from going the extra mile and becoming a big group. In 1996 Bea Van Der Maat releases a solo album with trip-hop music "Thin skinned" that gets very good reviews but sells poorly. The press on this : "After her
top songs
1
I Lie and I Cheat
6,2642I Lie and I Cheat - 2004 Remaster
3,7783I Lie And I Cheat - 2004 Remastered Version
1,3074I Lie And I Cheat - 2004 Digital Remaster
3235I Lie And I Cheat - 2004 Digital Remaster;2004 - Remaster;
3026Can I Come Near To You
2587hey marlene
2338Hungry Heart
1169Walking on a Wire
11410Maybe Tomorrow
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