BOUDEWIJN DE GROOT - Ken Je Dat Land / Vrienden van Vroeger (Decca AT 10219) Holland 1966 PS 45
vinyl: VG+ / cover: VG+ (corner bump bottum right)

In 1960, De Groot met Nijgh at the Coornhert Lyceum (nl) in Haarlem. At that time, De Groot was already singing in the style of Jaap Fischer (nl) and Jacques Brel. Lennaert Nijgh wrote his lyrics. After their high school-period they both decided to go to a film academy. In their last year, Nijgh made the short movie "Feestje Bouwen", for which De Groot wrote two songs. During one of the presentations of the movie, television journalist Ed Lautenslager became impressed with De Groot's talent, and subsequently helped him to get a contract with record label Philips. De Groot's first single, "Strand", appeared in 1964 and led to some media attention. He followed it up with "Elegie prenatale" and "De morgen", and his recurring appearances in the television show "Kaberet Kroniek" made De Groot a minor national celebrity. The single "Noordzee" in February 1964 was a much bigger hit, but the huge breakthrough came in 1966 with Lennaert Nijgh's adaptation of a song from Charles Aznavour's "Une enfant de seize ans", retitled "Meisje van 16". This was De Groot's first song to appear in a music chart. He soon quit his job to become a full-time singer. After a while, his first album Boudewijn de Groot, recorded with the Frans de Kok orchestra, was released by record label Decca.

                                   

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BOUDEWIJN DE GROOT Ken Je Dat Land (Decca AT 10219) Holland 1966 PS 45

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