Bob Benny
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Belgian singer and musical theatre performer (1926–2011)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1909-05-30
- Active to
- 1986-06-13
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Bob Benny (born Emilius Wagemans, 18 May 1926, Sint-Niklaas) is a Belgian singer and musical theatre performer, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1959 and 1961. Benny began his singing career at the end of World War II when he started performing regularly at a café in Sint-Niklaas. By the early 1950s, he had regular spots on radio, and released his first album, Mijn haart spreekt tot u (My Heart Speaks to You). In 1957, he had his first hit single with "Cindy, Oh Cindy", which
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bob
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Sint-Niklaas
- Place of death
- Beveren
- Occupation
- performing artist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1959
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Polydor
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- Rudolf Hasse
- date of birth
- 1926-05-28
- date of death
- 2011-03-29
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