The Belgian Frank Van Molle participated in 1994 as Frank Galan in the Soundmixshow. He sang a song by his great example Julio Iglesias and thus took second place. Much more important than that second place was the record deal he was offered. Just like in Belgium, his first two singles El Bandido (a Will Tura cover) and Maria Reina Del Mar were also high in our charts. In addition, his albums Pasiones
… (1996) and Alegria (1997) both reached the Album Top 100. In the meantime he recorded a few Dutch-language duets with fellow Belgians Sandra Kim and Dana Winner and tried to pass through our eastern neighbors by means of a German-language CD. break. Released in 2003, Caricias is his fifth Spanish-language album and the formula has remained the same: cheerful, positive and summery love songs that are performed by Galan in perfect Spanish. In Belgium and the Netherlands this CD will therefore again achieve good sales figures, whether or not helped by a tactically planned music special at TROS television. However, the question remains whether the rest of Europe will go flat for Galan, because in Spain and Italy there are hundreds of these singers of charm. (MvP)more