Anneke Grönloh
Johanna Louise "Anneke" Grönloh (born June 7, 1942 in Tondano , Netherlands Indies ; † September 14, 2018 in France ) was a Dutch singer who took part in the 1964 Eurovision Grand Prix .
Life
Grönloh was born as the daughter of a Dutch military man in what was then the Dutch East Indies. She spent the first years of her life in a Japanese camp in occupied Indonesia . After the end of World War II and the release of Grönloh's father from Japanese captivity, the family moved to the Netherlands for fear of the violence of the Indonesians in the War of Independence and Anneke Grönloh grew up in Eindhoven .
At the local Lyceum she met Peter Koelewijn and made the decision to perform with him in his band Peter en zijn Rockets . In 1959, Grönloh won a talent competition and began her international career. In July 1962 they brought out Brandend zand (the version of the German hit Hot Sand, written by Johnny Hoes in Dutch ), which was number one in the Dutch charts for two weeks. In 1964 she represented the Netherlands at the 9th Eurovision Grand Prix in Copenhagen . With the title Jij bent mijn leven (“You are my life”), however, she only reached 10th place. After her first successes as a pop singer , she later made a name for herself as a jazz musician .
In 2000 Anneke Grönloh was named singer of the century in the Netherlands . Two years later, the public accusation as "sloerie" (slut) and "drankorgel" (alcoholic) by the comedian Paul de Leeuw led to the fact that she and her family had to endure mockery and harassment in public. Anneke Grönloh then withdrew to France with her husband and hired a lawyer who identified 14 serious insults to his client in the programs of de Leeuw and demanded 250,000 euros in damages from de Leeuw and his station NCRV . At that time Grönloh announced her retirement from the show stage because she could no longer imagine ever performing again. Two years later, however, it had recovered and appeared again in 2004. From 2005 to 2007 she also ran a small café near Château-Chinon in Burgundy. In 2005 a DVD of her greatest hits was released and in 2006 a DVD of her theater show "Anneke and Friends".
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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NL | |||
2014 | Al hair onvergetelijke successen |
NL26 (3 weeks) NL |
More albums
- 1993: The best van
- 2002: Holland's glory
- 2008: Luchtkasteel
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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NL | |||
1962 | Burning fire | - |
1st place in the Dutch Single Top 100
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Paradiso | - |
1st place in the Dutch Single Top 100
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1963 | Soerabaja | - |
1st place in the Dutch Single Top 100
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Life can be beautiful | - |
8th place in the Dutch Single Top 100
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Cimeroni | - |
1st place in the Dutch Single Top 100
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Vladimir | - |
4th place in the Dutch Single Top 100
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
literature
- Bart Peeters: Anneke Grönloh. De biography. Uitgeverij JEA: Amsterdam, 2019, ISBN 978-90-70024-97-0
Web links
- Anneke Grönloh on Europopmusic.eu (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Telegraaf: Anneke Grönloh ingestort volledig
- ↑ a b Chart sources: NL
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Grönloh, Anneke |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grönloh, Johanna Louise |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tondano , Dutch East Indies |
DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 2018 |
Place of death | France |