Teddy Scholten
Teddy Scholten (born May 11, 1926 - April 8, 2010 ; actually Teddy Scholten-van Zwieteren , née Dorothea Margaretha van Zwieteren ) was a Dutch singer .
Musical career
Teddy Scholten's career as a singer dates back to the 1940s when she enjoyed success in her home country as part of the duo Scholten & Van 't Zelfde . In 1945 she got engaged to Henk Scholten, whom she married a year later.
At the Dutch preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1959, in which the eight contributions were presented independently by two artists, one with a large and one with a small orchestra , she presented one version of the songs De regen and 'n Beetje . With the former she got the second and with 'n Beetje the first place. The jury preferred her as interpreter to John de Mol , who sang the second version of 'n Beetje .
She also emerged as the winner from the Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes in 1959 . With 21 points she took first place in front of the performers from the United Kingdom and France . The winning track, which was recorded in two Dutch versions, reached fourth place in the Dutch single charts. Teddy Scholten also recorded versions of the title in German ( Be Honest ), French ( Un p'tit peu ), Swedish ( Om våren ) and Italian ( Un poco ). The latter version reached 13th place in the Italian single charts.
After taking part in the competition, Teddy Scholten recorded a few more albums, primarily with cover versions of well-known children's songs.
Discography (albums, partly with Henk Scholten)
- 'k Heb m'n car fully loaded
- En we zingen… en we jump… en we zijn zo blij (Alle bekende sinterklaasliedjes)
- Peter en de wolf & children's symphony
- Alles op één plaat (1959)
- Klein Klein Kleutertje (1959)
- Klein Klein Kleutertje 2 (1960)
Web links
literature
- John Kennedy O'Connor: Eurovision Song Contest - The official book on 50 years of European pop history . Gondrome 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Zangeres Teddy Scholten overleden at nu.nl, April 12, 2010 (Dutch; accessed April 12, 2010)
- ↑ The Dutch Final ( Memento from February 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Netherlands. In: The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved December 14, 2014 .
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SURNAME | Scholten, Teddy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scholten-van Swieteren, Teddy; Swieteren, Teddy van |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1926 |
DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 2010 |