In 1974, singer Lida Bond joined the Selection, and combining her voice with Baker's proved highly successful. Besides scoring hits with his own Selection, Baker also wrote songs for others, including BZN, The Shoes, Andy Star, and Next One.

In March 1971 Jan Visser left the band to be replaced by Cor Veerman. Not all band members followed suit and, besides Bouwens, the 'Selection' from mid 1970 was formed by Jan Visser, Jan Hop (drums), Jacques Greuter and George ThГ© (voice, guitar, bass). A string of singles and albums followed the second single, 'Dear Ann,' was such a success that Baker resigned from his job in the lemonade factory and became a full-time musician. The single sold over one million copies globally and received a gold disc. The success came as a surprise for Baker, who remembers hearing it on the radio while he was working in a lemonade factory. 21 on the Billboard Top 100 in the United States. 16 on the Cash Box magazine chart and No. This first album, Little Green Bag (1970), produced an immediate worldwide hit: their debut single, ' Little Green Bag,' reached No. The band recorded their first album in September 1969, after which, considering this was no soul music, they changed their name to ' The George Baker Selection', Bouwens naming himself for a character from a detective novel. Visser and Bouwens wrote the song 'Little Greenback' (sic) in the summer of 1969.

The band consisted of Job Netten (guitar), Henk Kramer and Eric Bardoen (saxophone), Jacques Greuter (keyboard and flute), Theo Vermast and later Jan Visser (bass), and Ton Vredenburg (drums). In 1968, Hans Bouwens from Wormerveer joined the band 'Soul Invention', a soul band that had been founded the previous year by Henk Kramer in Assendelft and played covers of songs by Otis Redding and Sam and Dave.

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