Anita Meyer

Dutch singer-songwriter and actress, born 29 October 1954 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
A member of 's Rainbow Train from 1976 until 1979, she was also a successful solo artist during the late 1970s and 1980s. Before joining Rainbow Train, she performed as part of a duo and was in different bands with her brother René, then gaining early fame as part of the supergroup Holland and also a backing vocal for various artists like .
Her first successful single as a solo artist is her song The Alternative Way in 1976. After a change of record company in 1980, she was accompanied by a new musician and production team. The album Shades of Desire followed and later the single Why Tell Me Why (produced by Martin Duiser) topped the Dutch charts for weeks becoming the best-selling single of 1981.
It was the beginning of a period in which Meyer had many hits, including a cover of the song The One That You Love by the Australian-British rock band . In 1983, she performed with another Dutch singer-songwriter for the first time.
More albums and performances followed but the success of the singles became more modest. In 1986, a live-recorded duet with Towers titled Run To Me (a Bee Gees cover) became Meyer's last Dutch Top 10 hit.