Rob de Nijs 1978 Amsterdam

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Rob de Nijs (born December 26, 1942, Amsterdam) is a Dutch singer and actor, active since the 1960s.

1962-68[edit]

De Nijs, backed by The Lords, won a talent-contest in 1962 and released his first single in 1962, Ritme van de Regen. In 1965 De Nijs split from The Lords because they signed their own record-deal at another label; he embarked on a joint circus-tour with Johnny Lion.

By 1967, De Nijs was a free agent; he performed at small venues and worked as a bartender for a living. His attempts to keep up with the zeitgeist, including Bye Bye Mrs. Turple, failed; he only made the headlines by marrying his girlfriend Elly in 1968^[1] and landing into hospital through a carcrash of his own fault.^{[citation needed]}

Rob de Nijs 1969-72[edit]

In 1969 De Nijs took part in the Dutch heat of the Eurovision Song Contest and through musicals like Sajjuns Fiksjen he landed himself a role in children’s TV-series Oebele. This was followed in 1972 by Hamelen in which he played Bertram Bierenbroodspot.

1973-79[edit]

Singer Boudewijn de Groot and songwriter Lennaert Nijgh helped De Nijs relaunch his singing career; in 1973 he was back in the charts with Jan Klaassen de Trompetter.

The hits continued through 1975-1976, notably Malle Babbe and Zet een Kaars voor Je Raam (a Dutch translation by Lennaert Nijgh of David McWilliams’s Can I Get There by Candlelight?). In 1977 De Nijs released Tussen Zomer en Winter, a concept-album chronicling the change from a hot summer’s day to a cold winter’s night and featuring translations of Lou Reed’s Perfect Day and The Beach Boys’ Disney Girls (1957).

1980s[edit]

In 1980 De Nijs released Met Je Ogen Dicht (Eyes Wide Shut) which included the top 10-hit Zondag and became the country’s best-selling album of the year. He met Belinda Meuldijk who gave up her own singing-career (after releasing…Rob de Nijs  Source Wikipedia