Johnny Lion
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Johnny Lion (actually Jan van Leeuwarden ; born July 4, 1941 in The Hague ; † January 31, 2019 in Breda ) was a Dutch singer and actor .
Life
Van Leeuwarden started the band Johnny & His Jewels , later renamed The Jumping Jewels , together with some school friends . The musical role models were the British singer Cliff Richard and the band The Shadows , whose numbers they also successfully interpreted.
After tension within the band, Lion left the band and started a solo career. With his first single Sophietje , dedicated to his girlfriend and business partner Sophie van Kleef, he landed a top 5 hit in the Dutch charts that same year . The following year he had another hit with Tjingeling . More singles appeared by 1970, but they hardly sold any more.
Together with Van Kleef, he opened the Sophie en Johnny boutique in Amsterdam in 1966 , which existed until they separated in 1969.
In 1981 he made a comeback attempt , now as John Lion , with the album Heel Bijzonder , which was unsuccessful. In the 1980s he wrote the title songs for the films Brandende Liefde and Overvallers In De Dierentuin , which hit the charts.
In addition, he appeared as a columnist in the weekly newspaper Panorama and worked as a journalist for various magazines and newspapers.
In 2006 he worked in Jules Deelder's documentary Jazz is my Religion .
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- ↑ Charts NL
- ↑ Sophietje-zanger Johnny Lion (77) overleden , accessed on February 1, 2019
Web links
- Johnny Lion at popinstituut.nl
- Johnny Lion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Lion, Johnny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leeuwarden, Jan van (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch singer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 2019 |
| Place of death | Breda |