Chris Koerts

Chris Koerts (10 December 1947 – 10 November 2022) was a Dutch guitarist, composer and record producer.

Koerts was born in Leiden in 1947 and spent part of his childhood in Indonesia. At the age of 14, Koerts started a duo with his twin brother Gerard Koerts called The Singing Twins. In 1967 they founded the rock and pop band Earth and Fire. The first hit Seasons was written by George Kooymans but later the Koerts brothers started writing their own songs. The most successful one was Weekend.Tekst van Weekend, gezongen door Jerney Kaagman In 1979 Koerts left the band and started studying musicology. There was a comeback tour in 1987. In 1988, the Koerts brothers returned as Earth and Fire Orchestra and released two albums ( and ). Together they also wrote and produced music for singer Anneke Grönloh and Kinderen voor Kinderen.

After his brother Gerard died in 2019, Chris Koerts died on 10 November 2022 at the age of 74 from a lung disease. 

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Category:20th-century Dutch composers
Category:Dutch record producers
Category:Dutch guitarists
Category:1947 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Musicians from South Holland
Category:People from Leiden
Category:Place of death missing