Only Your Love Will Do - Música

Jan Leyers Was Born In 1958 In Wilrijk In The Antwerp Province. When He Was About 10 Years Old He Found An Acoustic Guitar In His Attic. His Father An Architect Taught Him How To Play The Guitar And Later That Same Year He Saw An Electric Guitar For The First Time In His Life Being Played By A Man In A Lounge On A Boat. 10 Years Later With Hugo Matthysen Bart Peeters And Marc Kruithof He Starts The Group Beri-Beri. The Group Tried For Some Years To Become Successful But Failed To Rise. After Beri-Beri Jan Spends A Few Years Singing In Theaters Until 1986 When He Meets Singer Paul Michiels In A Café In Heist-Op-Den-Berg Jan For His Part Is A Native Of Wilrijk. Together They Record A Single "You Get To Me " Which Goes Over Well For Guy Brulez An Executive For EMI In Belgium. Brulez Persuades The Two To Pursue A Duo And They Do So Under The Name The Soul Sisters. They Also Record "Talk About It" And "Like A Mountain." In 1988 The Group Now Under The Name SoulSister Releases Their Debut Album It Takes Two Which Goes Big With The Hit Single "The Way To Your Heart." It Becomes A Hit In Belgium The Netherlands Germany And Even Makes Its Way Onto U.S. Hit Charts. In 1990 SoulSister Changes Its Moniker To Leyers Michiels And SoulSister For A While But Then Reverts Back To SoulSister. They Release Three More Studio Albums Heat Simple Rule And Swinging Like Big Dogs Which Jan Co-Produced With Joey Balin An EMI Executive . In Between Jan Pursues Solo Songwriting Endeavours. In 1997 SoulSister Has Officially Dissolved With The Release Of A "Very Best Of" Compilation Album. Jan Leyers Now On A Solo Track Teams Up With Filip Cauwelier And Joost Van Den Broek To Form The Group My Velma. SoulSister Had Performed Melodic Pop But My Velma Which Takes Its Name From Velma The Girlfriend Of A Mob Boss In The Raymond Chandler Book Farewell My Lovely Did Harder Rock A Much Different Form Of Music Than Was Pursued By SoulSister. The Group Started Off With Two Test Singles "Running A Bath" And "Shower Of Love." In October 1997 The Group Recorded Exposed And It Was Released In June 1998 By Mercury Records Of The Netherlands. In 2000 Jan Scored A Big Hit In Belgium With The Single "Only Your Love Will Do " Which Was Featured In The Soundtrack For The Jan Verheyen Film Team Spirit. Ironically There Was Also A Hit On The Soundtrack By His Old SoulSister Buddy Paul Michiels And The Following Year He Worked With Michiels On His Forever Young Cover Album. However My Velma Ultimately Met Its Demise And The Group Broke Up At Around The Same Time. Throughout These Endeavors He Remains A Music Producer And Also Writes Film Music. In 2003 Jan First Tried His Hand At Solo Work With The Album Jan Leyers Which Became Popular With The Hits "Crash And Burn" And "Don't Make Me Miss You." It Also Featured His Hit From 2000 "Only Your Love Will Do." On January 1 2005 Jan Released The Single "The Long Road " And Soon Afterwards Begins His 2005 Tour In Belgium. Later That Year He Releases The Singles "Rolling On" And "Break My Heart." In September He Released In The Virgin Dark Which Features These Three Singles Along With "This One" And "The Remedy." "This One" Is Featured In The Jan Verheyen Movie Buitenspel Off-Side . In The Fall Of 2006 He Released Songbook 1996-2006 A Compilation Of His Work With My Velma And His Solo Work. read less