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 as duo with his twin brother Gerard Koerts named "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 the songs. The most succesfull one was "Weekend". 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 passed away in 2019, Chris Koerts died on 10 November 2022 at the age of 74 from a lung disease.