This is where it all started. In 1964, the building was purchased by hospitality entrepreneur Theo Kuppens, who had probably been leasing it for several years. He renamed it in café restaurant âCecil and brought modern hip cabaret talent there for a tea dessert at Delft's annual military music party at Delft's annual military music party. In the 1960s, the establishment would make a name for itself as an epic center of up-and-coming Delft pop music. Kuppen's employee Peter Tetteroo regularly played there on an improvised live stage with his band âThe Shatsâ. The sound system and the safety of the electrical wiring sometimes left much to be desired, as the stories go.

An Australian wandering told Tetteroo that âShat was the past tense of âshitâ, after which he immediately looked for a new name for his group. Via âThe Delft Bluesâ, he ended up on the âTee Setâ. Due to noise about the music licenses, Kuppens announced in the Delftsche Courant of 14 January 1965 that he had bought the café Trokadero in Antwerp and was going to leave Delft. By the way, the latter was not so bad. Café Cecil (also known as âCecileÂ) remained noisy with live music for a few more years.

Peter Tetteroo is the founder of the band Tee Set and a multi-instrumentalist Hans van Eijck the musical genius. The band was founded in 1965 by Peter Tetteroo, Gerard Romeyn, Polle Eduard and Carry Janssen. This line-up can be seen on the cover of the first single Early in the morning.

The biggest hit in the band's history was released in 1969: Ma Belle Amie. In the spring of 1970, the song rose to fifth place on the US chart.

A conflict between singer Tetteroo and manager Theo Kuppens on the one hand and the other band members on the other hand leads to fights in the band. The income that Kuppens earns with the hit Don't you leave (an old blues song registered by the manager under his own name) plays a role here.

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