Heintje
Hendrik Nikolaas Theodoor "Hein" Simons (born August 12, 1955 in Bleijerheide ) is a Dutch pop singer who celebrated great success as a child star under the name Heintje . He became known in Germany for his hit Mama (performed for the first time in 1967 on the ZDF television show Der goldene Schuss ) and as an actor in six films from 1968 to 1971.
Career
The Dutch musician and producer Addy Kleijngeld found out about Heintje in 1966 through a tip. After he won a talent competition in Schaesberg with the Dutch version of the hit title Mamma , he was signed by Kleijngeld. Kleijngeld worked from then on as Heintjes manager and composed most of the singer's titles. In the same year Heintje recorded his first record in Dutch in Amsterdam .
He achieved great fame in German-speaking countries with the German version of his winning competition entry, which was presented to the public for the first time in October 1967. Mama - as the spelling is now used - stayed in the charts for 25 weeks, reached number 2 in the charts and was the best-selling single in Germany in 1968. With the following publications (including You shouldn't cry , a reinterpretation of the song Das Lied der Taube, composed by Ralph Maria Siegel in 1949 ), Heintje landed at number one on the German charts three times in a row, as well as other musical successes such as Snowdrop in February . This 1971 single stayed in the charts for 20 weeks, including 12 weeks in the top ten. The highest ranking was 4th place, and in the hit parade of NDR 2 Heintje was able to stay in the top ten for 33 weeks with this song. Within around four years, Heintje was awarded a total of 40 gold records , a platinum record , two golden lions from Radio Luxembourg , a Bambi and numerous other prizes for his singles and long-playing records . Its German producer was Ronny ( Studio Nord Bremen ) until 1976 . Most of the texts and compositions came from Hans Hee . Heintje has sold over 40 million records. Three LPs were released for the international market (USA, Canada, Australia) in English. In 1968, Heintje was discovered for the film. He initially played a supporting role in To the Devil with the Penne , before turning several films from 1969 onwards with leading roles specifically attributed to him. However, he did not have a career as an actor.
From 1973 onwards (comeback after changing voice , which he achieved at the age of sixteen and a half), Heintje was never able to completely detach himself from his image of the child star. Although he achieved a large fan base in South Africa in 1975 with two LPs recorded in Afrikaans , his success in Europe remained modest.
In 1979 Heintje sang a duet with Andrea Jürgens on the TV show "Zwischenmahlzeit", who was considered the female counterpart of the child star.
Hein Simons tried several comebacks, first under the name Heintje Simons , later as Hein Simons - whereby he was able to establish himself in the field of folk music in the mid-1990s . Since then he has been a guest on various television music programs and continues to release new albums. Simons appeared in December 2017 together with Hansi Kraus in the quiz show "Who knows something?" (Episode 267), moderated by Kai Pflaume .
Private
Until the 1980s, Heintje lived with his parents in Neu-Moresnet, a sub-municipality of Kelmis , and since then on a farm (Gut Schimper) in Moresnet, a sub-municipality of Plombières . Both municipalities are in Belgium . He runs a riding school . From 1981 to 2014 he was married to his wife Doris and has two sons and a daughter.
Filmography
- 1968: To hell with the penne
- 1969: Heintje - A heart goes on a journey
- 1969: Hurray, the school is on fire
- 1970: Heintje - One day the sun will shine again
- 1970: Heintje - my best friend
- 1971: School is canceled tomorrow
- 1971: Glückspilze (TV film, director: Thomas Engel )
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
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| 1967 | That's Heintje | - | - | - |
NL10 (3 weeks) NL |
First published: 1967
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| 1968 | Heintje |
DE1 (22 months) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: May 1968
Sales: + 3,600,000 |
| 1969 | I'll sing a song for you also known as: Dear sun, laugh again |
DE1 (10 months) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: November 1969
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| 1970 | Your most beautiful day also known as: A bouquet full of colorful flowers |
DE6 (7 months) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: July 1970
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| sincerely |
DE6 (10 Mt.) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: December 1970
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| 1971 | If we were all Sunday children |
DE37 (3 months) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: December 1971
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| 1973 | I think of you also known as: Ik denk aan jou (Dutch version) |
- | - | - | - |
First published: 1973
Sales: + 280,000 |
| 1974 | Young man aged 19 | - | - | - | - |
First published: 1974
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| 1975 | Suid-Afrika, Jou Hart Is Weer Myne | - | - | - | - |
First publication: 1975
Release: only in South Africa |
| Heintje sing van rande en demand | - | - | - | - |
First published: 1975
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| 1978 | I have friends | - | - | - | - |
First published: 1978
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| 1989 | Heart melody | - | - | - | - |
First published: 1989
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| 1992 | I've been looking for you for so long | - | - | - | - |
First publication: 1992
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| 1994 | You must never forget your home | - | - | - | - |
First published: September 6, 1994
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| 1996 | my second life | - | - | - | - |
First published: 1996
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| 1998 | I give you my love | - | - | - | - |
First published: March 16, 1998
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| 1999 | Once again with feeling | - | - | - | - |
First published: November 8, 1999
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| 2001 | Today and a little yesterday | - | - | - | - |
First published: March 28, 2001
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| 2002 | Move a little closer | - | - | - | - |
First published: September 13, 2002
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| 2003 | From heart to heart | - | - | - | - |
First published: February 15, 2003
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| 2004 | Women are wonderful | - | - | - | - |
First published: April 5, 2004
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| 2005 | I say thank you | - | - | - | - |
First published: June 27, 2005
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| 2006 | Men are just too good | - | - | - | - |
First published: November 17, 2006
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| 2008 | Dream with me | - | - | - | - |
First published: February 22, 2008
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| 2009 | It is not too bad | - | - | - | - |
First published: September 4, 2009
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| 2011 | live your dream | - | - | - | - |
First published: September 23, 2011
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| 2014 | Thuis | - | - | - |
NL27 (13 weeks) NL |
First published: September 19, 2014
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| 2015 | Trust in your heart | - | - | - | - |
First published: September 4th, 2015
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| 2017 | Heintje and me |
DE9  (54 weeks)DE |
AT29 (4 weeks) AT |
CH20 (22 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: December 1st, 2017
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 2019 | Songs of life |
DE5 (3 weeks) DE |
AT24 (1 week) AT |
CH8 (1 week) CH |
- |
First published: September 6, 2019
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
literature
- Norbert Unfried, Brigitte Weckelmann, Claus Weckelmann: Heintje - from rascal to star. Bertelsmann Publishing House (No. 6961), 1969.
- Norbert Unfried, Brigitte Weckelmann, Claus Weckelmann: Heintje and his great friend Peter Alexander. Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn, Gütersloh 1970.
- Hans-Joachim Eberwein: Heintje Burda picture. Burda Printing and Publishing, Offenburg / Baden 1971.
- Norbert Unfried, Brigitte Weckelmann, Claus Weckelmann: Heintje: All my animals. Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn, Gütersloh 1972.
- Ilja Richter (Ed.): Star-Szene '77, 1000 top stars presented by Ilja Richter. Publishing company for reference works, Taunusstein 1977, DNB 770641202 .
- Monika Sperr (Ed.): Schlager - The Great Schlager Book. German hits 1800 - today. Rogner and Bernhard, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-89688-255-4 .
- Ingo Schiweck (Ed.): Let yourself be surprised ... Dutch entertainers in Germany after 1945. Agenda-Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-89688-255-4 .
- Heintje in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Heintje Simons in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Heintje in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website of the Hein Simons International Fan Club
- Heintje is 60 - and has no regrets. In: Passauer Neue Presse , August 12, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official German Charts - Official German Charts. Retrieved on July 7, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Steffen Hung: Heintje - Mama. Retrieved July 7, 2018 .
- ^ Original sheet of music: Das Lied der Taube (La Golondrina), music: Ralph Maria Siegel, text: Rolf Marbot and Ralph Maria Siegel, Munich 1949 (Ralph Maria Siegel Music Edition). Note: The composition is based on the Mexican folk song La Golondrina (German: Die Schwalbe ), which was composed in 1883 by Narciso Serradel Sevilla.
- ↑ Andrea Jürgens: Everything about the former child star. Retrieved March 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Alex Gernandt : Pop star Heintje: "I was a one-man boy group". Interview in: one day on Spiegel Online from August 12, 2015.
- ↑ Heintje as a husband . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 9, 1981, p. 05 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ He breaks up the maaaamaa of his children . bild.de
- ↑ a b Hein Simmons in the talk show Lanz on July 16, 2015 on ZDF
- ↑ LPs - Germany . Heinsimons.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Heintje |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simons, Hendrik Nikolaas Theodoor (full name); Simons, Hein |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch singer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bleijerheide , Netherlands |