Effective period / Period of releases: 1971

Members: Franky Douglas

The Needles were a soul / blues band founded in Rotterdam, The Netherlands by Surinam born singer and cultural entrepreneur Teddy Treurniet and with musicians from Surinam and The Netherlands Antilles. Band members were a.o. Surinam arranger Stan Lokhin, guitar players Franky Douglas and Siegie Cederboom, drummer Eddy Veldman, keyboardist Glenn Gaddum and lead singer Alfons Wielingen. Most members went on to play in Reality.
The Needles often performed in Germany and France, and one of their tracks appeared on the soundtrack of an Italian movie.