The Fool on the Hill EP

Rita Hovink (1944-1979) is most famous as singer in her native language, and had numerous Dutch pop hits. Her first love, however, remains jazz. In 1969 she recorded her first LP, Love me or leave me (Reissued in 2019 on 678 records SSE12010), the album has a heavy jazz influence and includes some pop songs in a jazzy style.
On this 5 track EP her distinctive, smoky voice and intense performance is accompanied by a combo leaded by jazz pianist and record producer Cees Schrama who plays Hammond organ and a Fender piano. In his Pressure Group, we find top Dutch musicians
Rita performs four of her favorite songs; The Beatles' Fool on the hill (with a Latin touch), I feel the earth move, a pop song written by Carole King, Mr Bojangles, written by Country artist Jerry Jeff Walker and an intense version of For every man there's a woman, made famous by Peggy Lee. Finally, the song Johnny Guitar was recorded together with guitarist Wim Overgaauw. The song also appears on her second album, but the exclusive version offered here is from an earlier date and hails from her archives; it is sung much more intensely than the album version.