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The Netherlands in 1956

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Participant(s)
Jetty Paerl

Song
De vogels van Holland


Jetty Pearl - the first singer ever in the contest, representing the Netherlands in 1956

Writer(s)
Annie M. G. Schmidt

Composer(s)
Cor Lemaire

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Biography

Jetty Paerl came to fame during World War II. Being in London, she entertained Dutch listeners that were secretly listening to Radio Oranje for news of what happened in London and for news of queen Wilhelmina. Jetty's name during these years was Jetje van Oranje and she was really popular among the people that managed to listen to Radio Oranje without being caught by the Nazis. The Dutch people were not allowed to listen to foreign broadcasters during the war years. Although Jetty never reached the charts in the years after the war, she remains a well-known and much loved singer until the current day.

Annie M.G. Schmidt was a very popular writer of children's books like Jip & Janneke and Puk Van De Petteflet. She also was a well known writer of songs, both for musicals as of individual songs. All she did was affected by her fight against discrimination of any kind. Annie died in 1996.

We kindly thank diggiloo.net that we may use Jetty Pearl's picture.

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All Participations for The Netherlands

Year Artist Song Points Rank
2009 0 12
2008 Hind Your heart belongs to me 27 13
2007 Edsilia Rombley On top of the world 38 21
2006 Treble Amambanda 22 20
2005 Glennis Grace My impossible dream 53 14
2004 Re-union Without you 11 20
2004 Re-union Without you 146 6
2003 Esther Hart One more night 45 13
2001 Michelle Out on my own 16 18
2000 Linda Wagenmakers No goodbyes 40 13
1999 Marlayne One good reason 65 10
1998 Edsilia Rombley Hemel en aarde 150 4
1997 Mrs. Einstein Niemand heeft nog tijd 5 22
1996 Maxine and Franklin Brown De eerste keer 78 7
1994 Willeke Alberti Waar is de zon 4 23
1993 Ruth Jacott Vrede 92 6
1992 Humphrey Campbell Wijs me de weg 67 9
1990 Maywood Ik wil alles met je delen 25 15
1989 Justine Pelmelay Blijf zoals je bent 45 15
1988 Gerard Joling Shangri-la 70 9
1987 Marcha Rechtop in de wind 83 5
1986 Frizzle Sizzle Alles heeft ritme 40 13
1984 Maribelle Ik hou van jou 34 13
1983 Bernadette Sing me a song 66 7
1982 Bill van Dijk Jij en ik 8 16
1981 Linda Williams Het is een wonder 51 9
1980 Maggie MacNeal Amsterdam 93 5
1979 Xandra Colorado 51 12
1978 Harmony 't Is OK 37 13
1977 Heddy Lester De mallemolen 35 12
1976 Sandra Reemer The party's over now 56 9
1975 Teach-In Ding-a-dong 152 1
1974 Mouth and MacNeal I see a star 15 3
1973 Ben Cramer De oude muzikant 69 14
1972 Sandra and Andres Als het om de liefde gaat 106 4
1971 Saskia and Serge De tijd 85 7
1970 Patricia and Hearts of Soul Waterman 7 7
1969 Lenny Kuhr De troubadour 18 1
1968 Ronnie Tober Morgen 1 16
1967 Thérèse Steinmetz Ring-dinge 2 16
1966 Milly Scott Fernando en Philippo 2 15
1965 Conny Van den bos Het is genoeg 5 11
1964 Anneke Grönloh Jij bent mijn leven 2 10
1963 Annie Palmen Een speeldoos 0 13
1962 De Spelbrekers Katinka 0 13
1961 Greetje Kauffeld Wat een dag 6 10
1960 Rudi Carrell Wat een geluk 2 12
1959 Teddy Scholten Een beetje 21 1
1958 Corry Brokken Heel de wereld 1 9
1957 Corry Brokken Net als toen 31 1
1956 Jetty Paerl De vogels van Holland 0 2
1956 Corry Brokken Voorgoed voorbij 0 2



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