Willem Duyn

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Willem Duyn with Maggie MacNeal , 1971

Willem Duyn (born March 31, 1937 in Haarlem , North Holland , † December 3, 2004 near Almelo ( Netherlands )) was a Dutch singer .

Life

Duyn began his career as a drummer in 1960. With his partner Sjoukje van't Spijker as Maggie MacNeal (born May 5, 1950) he had some great successes from 1971 as " Mouth " in the duo Mouth & MacNeal . The best known are How Do You Do? (1972), Hello-a (1972) and I See a Star (1974).

In 1974 Mouth & MacNeal reached third place with I See a Star at the Eurovision Song Contest . In the same year, the German original recording of the Dutch Eurovision contribution with the title: A gold star . Shortly thereafter, the duo split up. While Maggie MacNeal was now active as a soloist, Mouth and his new partner Ingrid Kup founded the duo " Big Mouth & Little Eve ". After the end of this project he devoted himself to his solo career and had his greatest success with the single Willem , which rose to number 5 in the Dutch charts in 1979 .

In the 1990s Duyn performed with various rock bands, but in recent years he has mainly been hired by cafes and bars.

Duyn lived in Emmen-Roswinkel , Province of Drenthe . He died of cardiac arrest on December 3, 2004.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Willem
  NL 5 08/25/1979 (11 weeks)
Het grote sprookjeslied (with Corry, Bonnie St. Claire, Sandy, Alexander Curly and Nico Haak)
  NL 24 01/26/1980 (5 weeks)
Wat 'n rare man
  NL 32 03/13/1982 (4 weeks)
Woenderbaar (as Willem dût Normaal)
  NL 18th 09/19/1992 (5 weeks)

Albums

  • 1980: Willem Duyn
  • 1992: Niet normaal Meer

Singles

  • 1971: Remember (Walking in the Sand) (as Big Mouth)
  • 1978: Mamy Oh Mamy (as Big Mouth)
  • 1978: Ik thought niet te kunnen leven
  • 1979: Dag dikke olifant
  • 1979: Willem
  • 1979: Het grote sprookjeslied (with Corry , Bonnie St. Claire , Sandy , Alexander Curly and Nico Haak )
  • 1979: Zij wel
  • 1980: Marie-An
  • 1980: Zal ​​ik een krekel wezen
  • 1981: Angelina / Oh mama
  • 1982: Een kind, een kind (with Alexander Curly, Bonnie St. Claire, Dimitri van Toren, Lenny Kuhr and Shirley Zwerus )
  • 1982: Je zeurt te veel
  • 1982: Wat 'n rare man
  • 1983: Ik neem de eerste trein naar Zandvoort
  • 1983: Ik word ziek van aerobic
  • 1984: Stamcafé
  • 1984: Lost vast single (with De Los Vast Band)
  • 1985: Samen (with Artiesten Voor Afrika)
  • 1986: Kom nou, Elles
  • 1987: Grandpa is gone
  • 1988: Lola
  • 1988: End of Work (as Big Mouth)
  • 1989: M'n allessie
  • 1992: Woenderbaar (as Willem dût Normaal)
  • 1994: Score met die hap
  • 2011: Bluffers en suffers

literature

swell

  1. ↑ Chart data: Singles

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Duyn, Willem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mouth; Big mouth; dût Normaal, Willem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch rock singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Haarlem , North Holland
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 2004
Place of death near Almelo ( Netherlands )