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Toni Willé (full name Antonia Johanna Cornelia Veldpaus; born 26 June 1953) is a Dutch country pop artist who was lead vocalist of the band, Pussycat. (en)
Toni Willé, geboren als Antonia Johanna Cornelia Veldpaus (Treebeek, 26 juni 1953), is een Nederlands zangeres. Als Tonny Willé werd ze bekend als de leadzangeres van Pussycat; ze ging vanaf 1985 onder de naam Tony (later: Toni) Willé verder als solozangeres. Ze heeft een kenmerkende hese zangstem. Muziekjournalist Jip Golsteijn noemde haar in 1985 de beste soulzangeres van Nederland. (nl)

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Colored photograph of Toni Willé standing onstage holding a mike. She has long blonde hair and is wearing a black top and off-white full-sleeved top with grey pants. (en)

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Cornsilk (en)

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Treebeek, Netherlands (en)

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Toni Wille at NDR 1 Niedersachsen Oldies, Aurich, Germany, (en)

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"Impressions" dedicated to Music Composer Werner Theunissen recorded in 2012 has Toni singing in a much fuller voice incorporated with soft ballad instrumentation (en)
"Like A Child" from the album 'Fantastic Stories' was recorded in 2006 is a radio version with a more pop style instrumentation (en)

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Impressions by Toni Wille.ogg (en)
Like a Child Radio Version Toni Wille.ogg (en)

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Pop, Country (en)

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EMI Bovema (en)

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Toni Willé (en)

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Singer-songwriter (en)

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Although we started as a hobby, we had to build a professional organization due to the success of "Mississippi". That wasn't so easy, especially when we started touring. We even went to South Africa. But after some time it became increasingly difficult to finance huge tours with that size of a group. During that time it also became popular to work with a tape instead of live musicians. With pain in our hearts we parted company with our backing band and started to perform with a tape. By 1985 my sisters wanted to spend more time for themselves and so we all agreed that stopping with Pussycat was the best thing to do. (en)
Besides the 'Single Luck' Television programme which focuses on the success of 'Mississippi', we also get requests for interviews and shows. Although we are certainly willing to accommodate these requests, we will only do the things we like. This means that we might do the occasional Pussycat show, but there will be no real comeback. As of now, we limit our singing to our hobby band and to birthdays and family parties. (en)
The success of "Mississippi" overwhelmed us. We were more or less knocked out by it, because we never dreamed that the debut was such a strong one. As a matter of fact, we weren't ready for it. Pussycat was a kind of a hobby for us then. For instance, I was still working. Our lives went on an overdrive. We could not keep our jobs as typists as we were dragged all over the place, from one show to the other. "Mississippi" has made all our dreams come true. Everywhere the three of us go, we still get asked to sing it. Over the years we may have sung the song over ten thousand times, but we will never get tired of it!. (en)
The particular country sound in our songs certainly has to do with our voices, which contain a country like warmth. But we can just as easily sing jazz or black music preferably old fashioned soul. Our producer Pim Koopman was also partly responsible for our change of sound. (en)

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– Toni recollects when asked about the final years of Pussycat. (en)
– Toni talks about the country sound in their music (en)
– Toni and her sisters confirming that they will be no official comeback. (en)
– Toni remembering the commotion around their debut. (en)

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"Impressions" (en)
"Like a Child" (en)

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Toni Willé (full name Antonia Johanna Cornelia Veldpaus; born 26 June 1953) is a Dutch country pop artist who was lead vocalist of the band, Pussycat. (en)
Toni Willé, geboren als Antonia Johanna Cornelia Veldpaus (Treebeek, 26 juni 1953), is een Nederlands zangeres. Als Tonny Willé werd ze bekend als de leadzangeres van Pussycat; ze ging vanaf 1985 onder de naam Tony (later: Toni) Willé verder als solozangeres. Ze heeft een kenmerkende hese zangstem. Muziekjournalist Jip Golsteijn noemde haar in 1985 de beste soulzangeres van Nederland. (nl)

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