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Corry Brokken
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Corry Brokken, born Cornelia Maria Brokken in Breda on December 3, 1932, was a Dutch actor, singer, television presenter, and radio personality. She began her professional career in 1954 and performed in the chanson and jazz genres. Brokken was a citizen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and spoke Dutch. She was married to Cees See.
Her musical career included participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, 1957, and 1958, where she won the 1957 competition. She recorded for Philips Records and used her voice as her primary instrument. One of her works is titled *Wat mij betreft*. Brokken died in Laren in 2016.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1932
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Wat mij betreft
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1932
- Active to
- 2016
Discography
- Corry's Bed-Time Story1960
- De Zigeuners1960
- Nana1960
- Moordballade / Zeerover Jenny1963
- Nu, meer dan ooit / Tra-la-la-la-la1963
- Adios a la mamma / Los gitanos1964
- Een huis is nog geen thuis / Als je mij verlaat1964
- Glück und Glas / Flohmarkt-Melodie1964
- La mamma (Zij kwamen overal vandaan) / Geef mij je hand1964
- Woorden in ’t zand / De clown1964
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9,597
- Total plays
- 41,649
Tags
Corry Brokken (3 December, 1932 - 2 June, 2016) was a Dutch singer. Born Cornelia Maria Brokken in Breda, the Netherlands, she was the winner of the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, representing the Netherlands singing "Net als toen" ("Like it used to be"). The melody was composed by Guus Jansen and the lyrics were written by Willy van Hemert. Corry Brokken won an Edison, a prestigious Dutch music award, twice, in 1963 and 1995. She also participated in the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest <a href="
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Requirement for IL-13 Independently of IL-4 in Experimental Asthma
· 1998 · cited 1,452x
- Designing Carbon Nanotube Membranes for Efficient Water Desalination
· 2007 · cited 953x
- A cellular census of human lungs identifies novel cell states in health and in asthma
· 2019 · cited 866x
- Nibrin, a Novel DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Protein, Is Mutated in Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome
· 1998 · cited 854x
- Mutations in the gene encoding the 3′-5′ DNA exonuclease TREX1 cause Aicardi-Goutières syndrome at the AGS1 locus
· 2006 · cited 822x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Cornelia Maria Brokken , ( 1932-12-03 ) 3 December 1932, Breda , Netherlands
- Died
- 31 May 2016 (2016-05-31) (aged 83), Laren , Netherlands
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Cornelia Maria "Corry" Brokken (3 December 1932 – 31 May 2016) was a Dutch singer, television presenter and jurist. In 1957, she won the second edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Net als toen", representing the Netherlands. Throughout her career, she scored a number of hits, sang in the popular Sleeswijk Revue with Snip en Snap, and had her own television show. She was also the presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, which was held in The Hague, Netherlands, following the victory of Teach-In the year before. She ended her career as a singer in 1973 to study law, after which she became a lawyer and ultimately a judge.
Biography
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