The mouth and macneal biography
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Mouth & MacNeal were a Dutch pop/rock duo, comprising 'Big Mouth' (Willem Duyn) and Maggie MacNeal (Sjoukje van 't Spijker). They were active as a duo for just a few years (1971-1974), enjoying considerable international chart success, especially with their 1971 smash 'How Do You Do?'.
Mouth & MacNeal were Willem Duyn (born 31 maart 1937 in Haarlem, Netherlands; died 4 December 2004 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Sjoukje van 't Spijker (born 5 May 1950 in Tilburg, Netherlands). Willem had been a member of several unsuccesful bands in the 1960s and he was about to give up on music when he teamed up with producer Hans van Hemert and female singer Sjoukje van 't Spijker, who had a tender solo career under her pseudonym Maggie MacNeal.
Although Willem was thirteen years older than Sjoukje, there was some kind of chemistry between the two: 'Mouth' the rough and loud-mouthed male, 'MacNeal' the tender, soft-voiced girl. Th
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Mouth and MacNeal
Dutch pop duo
Mouth and MacNeal were a Dutch popduo that enjoyed commercial success in the 1970s. Their recording of "How Do You Do" in 1972[1] topped the Dutch chart and became a US top ten hit and number 2 in Canada. They represented the Netherlands at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing third with the song "I See a Star", which went on to become a UK top ten hit.
Career
[edit]They were formed in 1971 when record producerHans van Hemert brought together Big Mouth (born Willem Duyn) and Maggie MacNeal (born Sjoukje van't Spijker). Big Mouth had previously sung in a number of 1960s bands, including Speedway. MacNeal had released one solo single before teaming up with Big mun, a cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", also produced bygd van Hemert.
The duo released their first single, "Hey You Love", which reached #5 in the Dutch Top 40,[2] while the next two singles "How Do You Do" and "Hello-A" both rea