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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1909-08-27
- Active to
- 1959-03-15
jazzswing
Discography
- Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio #11954
- Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #21954
- The President1954
- Pres and Sweets1955
- Tops on Tenor1955
- Going for Myself1958
- Le Dernier Message de Lester Young1959
- An Historical Meeting At The Summit1961
- Grand Concert gravé en 19451977
- The Savoy Recordings1984
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70sdutchNederlandstalignetherlands70's Eurovision
Heddy Lester (born Heddy Affolter, 18 June 1950, Amsterdam) is a Dutch singer and actress, best known outside the Netherlands for her participation in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest. Lester's professional career started with Gert Balke as the duo April Shower, who had a minor hit with "Railroad Song" in 1971. Her father ran a restaurant in Amsterdam, where she met singer Ramses Shaffy, with whom she started touring. Lester launched her solo career in 1974. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/H
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- Amsterdam
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1977
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Ariola
- Image
- Heddy Lester.jpg
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- Heddy Lester
- date of birth
- 1950-06-18
- date of death
- 2023-01-30
- cause of death
- bladder cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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