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Famous Artists
Idiot artist are: Paul Tornado, Suzannes, Kewi à Go Go Party (later Kewi University of Swing), Wisselink, La Salle’s, Monomen, Pete Turner, Fay Lovsky, Mathilde Santing, Rafaella Dell, Joep Bruijnjé (On/Off), The Boulevard of Broken Dreams Orchestra, The Little Giants, Jakob Klaasse, Stephen Emmer, The Smithereens, Nils Wieland, Jump Dickie Jump! and Siobhan.

Fay Lovsky, Mathilde Santing and The Boulevard of Broken Dreams Orchestra were all awarded with an Edison Award (Dutch Grammy). Fay Lovsky was also awarded with a Silver Harp.

Famous Record Companies
Early releases were 45’s: singles and EP’s. At first distributed through mail order only, later by different record companies (Ariola, Dureco, RCA). It wasn’t until the release and success of the first Fay Lovsky album that

they became a well known singer/songwriter label and signed a licency deal with Warner Elektra and Atlantic (WEA). When years later, their greatest fan and A&R manager Herman van der Zwan moved to Phonogram, Idiot Records switched as well.
To this day all CD’s are still available via BASTA MUSIC

Easy to whistle, hard to forget
Songs you could be familiar with, or at least should look up in iTunes are: Christmas was a friend of mine by Fay Lovsky, Painted Smile by Mathilde Santing, I get along without you very well by the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Orchestra, Paris Rendezvous by Siobhan, (You is) a guarantee for love by The Smithereens, Yaki Taki Oowah! by The Little Giants, The world is coming to an end by Jump Dickie Jump! and last but not least: Sie wünscht sich ein Kewi ins Bett and Biggles by The Kewi’s.