Werner Theunissen

He rose to fame when his song "Mississippi", released by the band in 1975, became an international hit and sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

Within the same year as 'Sweet Reaction' they cut a single, "Tell Alain," for the Telstar label owned by Johnny Hoes which did not yield much success.

But very soon with the next single and a string of well written and composed songs by Werner, this group was on its way to make history.

When listening to the tape, it was "Mississippi" that grabbed EMI Bovema's attention, and they decided to sign the band.

Following this incident, they were invited to play the song in a Dutch TV quiz show hosted by Kick Stockhuyzen, as they had a question about the Mississippi River on the show and the broadcasting company thought it would be a nice idea to let Pussycat play 'Mississippi' right after the question.

That's when things started to roll and by December 1975 the song became a massive hit seller at the Number One position in the Dutch charts,[5] followed by the international success in 1976 pushing them into the charts across Europe and England as far as Africa and Australia, where it reached number one in August 1976.

Some of his other well-known hits include "My Broken Souvenirs" (1977), "Wet Day in September" (1978) and "Doin'La Bamba" (1980).

Werner Theunissen continued to write songs until his death due to a cardiac arrest in a restaurant in England on 18 January 2010.