Palingsound
Palingsound (; 'European eel sound') is the unique musical sound attributed to a subgenre of Dutch pop music called palingpop ('Eel Pop'). 'Palingsound' is also frequently used as a synonym for the genre palingpop as a whole. The term references the origin of many of the artists making music this way, the (eel) fisherman's town of Volendam. Palingsound refers to a smooth melodic and sometimes sentimental sound, with close vocal harmonies, combined with matching arrangements and a studio mixing style. History Origin The Cats (1964 -1985) are universally recognized as the originators of palingsound. The Cats were the first Volendamic band to record an album.Johan Tol en Michel Veerman''Wat is Palingsound?'' ''Palingsound.com'' Their music started off as beat music and over the years evolved to be more focused on melody and harmony. After the lead singer was replaced by Piet Veerman in 1968, the dramatic elements of his voice became sound-determining. With their lyrical, mel ...
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Nick & Simon
Nick & Simon were a Dutch singer-songwriter duo composed of Simon Keizer and Nick Schilder. They became popular in their home country the Netherlands in 2006. Their album ''Luister'' (''Listen'') reached double platinum status in four months. In June 2011 they tried to find "the American Dream" in their TV documentary show, ''Nick & Simon, The American Dreamteam''. Nick made his first TV appearance on the show ''Idols (Netherlands), Idols'', the Dutch version of ''Idol (TV series), Idol'', where he finished in 11th place. Shortly after, Nick and Simon began to perform together. They were the most booked artists in the Netherlands in 2007. The duo were coaches in the first three seasons of ''The Voice of Holland''. Nick & Simon did not return for the fourth season. The duo announced they will split up after completing their Nu of Ooit tour, citing wanting more room for individual creativity and having long aspired for solo careers. Discography Albums Studio albums Live albu ...
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Volendam
Volendam () is a tourist town in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Edam-Volendam, Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands, known for its streets, old fishing boats and the traditional clothing worn by some residents. The women's costume of Volendam, with its high, pointed bonnet, is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional costumes, and is often featured on tourist postcards and posters. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England. History Early years Originally, Volendam was the location of the harbour of nearby city Edam, Netherlands, Edam, which was situated at the mouth of the IJ (Amsterdam), IJ bay. In 1357, the inhabitants of Edam dug a shorter canal to the Zuiderzee with its own separate harbour. This removed the need for the original harbour, which was then dammed and used for land reclamation. Farmers and local fishermen settled there, forming the new community o ...
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The Cats (Dutch Band)
The Cats were a Dutch rock music, rock band formed in Volendam in 1964. They were active (with a few interruptions) from 1964 until 1985 and had their most successful period from 1968 until 1975. Of the many hits the band had at home and abroad, the biggest one is "One Way Wind (Cats song), One Way Wind", which was released in 38 countries and a top ten number in several of them, of which it was a number one in Switzerland. In Germany it sold more than a million copies. The song has been covered by some 150 other artists. The number was written by Arnold Muhren, bass-player and chief composer. Further band members were Cees Veerman (musician), Cees Veerman (vocals/guitar/percussion) and Piet Veerman (vocals/guitar), Theo Klouwer (drums), and Jaap Schilder (guitar) and Piet Keizer (musician), Piet Keizer (guitar; for three years). Career 1960s The band began life as two separate duos: Cees Veerman (musician), Cees Veerman (6 October 1943 - 15 March 2014) and Arnold Muhren (born ...
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Wim Jongbloed
Wim is a Dutch masculine given name or a shortened form of Willem and may refer to: * Wim Anderiesen (1903–1944), Dutch footballer * Wim Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician * Wim Arras (born 1964), Flemish Belgian cyclist * Wim Blockmans (born 1945), Flemish Belgian Professor of Medieval History at Leiden University * Wim Boost (1918–2005), Dutch cartoonist * Wim Boissevain (1927–2023), Australian painter of Dutch descent * Wim Botha (born 1974), South African contemporary artist * Wim Cohen (1923–2000), Dutch mathematician * Wim Crouwel (1928–2019), Dutch graphic designer and typographer * Wim Crusio (born 1954), Dutch behavioral neurogeneticist * Wim De Coninck (born 1959), retired Flemish Belgian footballer * Wim De Decker (born 1982), Flemish Belgian football player * Wim De Vocht (born 1982), Flemish Belgian professional road bicycle racer * Wim Deetman (born 1945), Dutch politician and statesman * Wim Delvoye (born 1965), Flemish Belgian conceptual artist * W ...
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European Eel
The European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') is a species of eel. Their life history was a mystery for thousands of years, and mating in the wild has not yet been observed. The five stages of their development were originally thought to be different species. They are critically endangered due to hydroelectric dams, overfishing by fisheries on coasts for human consumption, and parasites. Description European eels undergo five stages of development in their lifecycle: larva (leptocephalus), glass eel, elver, yellow eel, and silver eel. Adults in the yellow phase are typically around and rarely reach more than , but they can reach a length of up to in exceptional cases. They have 110 to 120 vertebrae. tend to live approximately 15–20 years in the wild, although captive specimens have lived for over 80 years. One such specimen known as "the Brantevik Eel" lived for 155 years in the well of a family home in Brantevik, a fishing village in southern Sweden. Ecology Eels tend to ...
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Joost Den Draaijer
Willem van Kooten (; 7 January 1941 – 3 January 2025) was a Dutch businessman and radio DJ under the name Joost den Draaijer (). He was born in Hilversum. Life and career At the age of 19, Van Kooten joined offshore radio station Radio Veronica in 1960 as a writer of jingles and commercials. Later he became a DJ and program director. He used the pseudonym Joost den Draaijer, which was a pun on playing records ("draaien" is Dutch for "play"; literally his pseudonym means ''Joost the Player''). In 1964 he initiated Veronica's Top 40, the first weekly pop chart in the Netherlands which quickly became Veronica's most listened-to show. The chart was modelled after various American examples, including a printed version of the Top 40 which listeners could pick up for free at their local record shop. At the end of the 1960s, Van Kooten formed a music publishing company. The recording arm of this company was named Red Bullet (a term for a fast moving record in the Top 40). He signed a ...
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Radio Veronica (Talpa Radio)
Radio Veronica is a Dutch commercial radio station owned by Mediahuis since June 2023, before that it was a subsidiary of Talpa Network. The station runs a mixed playlist of pop and rock music from the 1970s until the 2000s, additional with current hits. The station can be compared with Absolute Radio and Radio X (United Kingdom) in the United Kingdom. Radio Veronica in its present form was created on 31 August 2003 by a merger of the cable station Radio Veronica of the Vereniging Veronica and the Oldies, golden oldie station Radio 103 of Sky Radio Ltd. In return, received the Vereniging Veronica 3.5% of the shares of the Sky Radio Ltd. in hands. In 2006, this interest was expanded to 10%, after the Telegraaf Media Groep NV and ING acquired the Sky Radio Group and those in Sienna Holding BV - operating under the name Sky Radio Group accommodated. In 2007, the Telegraaf Media Groep NV acquired 85% (now 22.85%) of the company owned and thus control over the company. The brand "Ra ...
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Monique Smit
Margaret Gertrude Mary (Monique) Smit (born 9 April 1989) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. Early life Monique grew up in Volendam as the younger sister of Jan Smit. After finishing school, she attended Don Bosco College, and later became a hairdresser. Career Smit participated in her brother's reality series ''Gewoon Jan Smit''. She presented the show ''Zapp Kids Top 20'' for TROS and ''Wild van Muziek'' broadcast on Sterren 24. She also appeared in the reality show ''Just the Two of Us'' in 2007 where she came in second and performed in a duet with Xander de Buisonjé. Smit debuted with her solo "Wild", which was in top five in 2007. One year later she released her first solo album ''Stel Je Voor'', which contains singles like ""Vrouwenalfabet" and "Stel Je Voor". Smit has released four music albums and several music singles. In 2023, she made headlines by inspiring a hate-campaign against Dutch poet Pim Lammers. In April 2023, she appeared in an episode of t ...
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Jan Smit (singer)
Jan Smit (born 31 December 1985) is a Dutch singer, television host, and actor. Smit mostly sings songs in the Dutch language, in a genre known as palingsound. In addition to his solo career, in 2015 Smit joined the schlager trio Klubbb3, and in 2017 The Toppers. As a TV presenter, he has worked on programs like the ''Beste Zangers'' (Best Singers in the Netherlands) and ''Sterren Muziekfeest op het Plein'' (Music Festival on the square.) Since 1999, Smit has been serving as an ambassador for the SOS Children's Villages. Career 1996–2004: International success as Jantje Smit Jantje Smit began his music career in Volendam where he sang in a boys' choir called ''De Zangertjes van Volendam''. Smit was discovered at the age of ten, when the famous Dutch band BZN asked him to participate in a duet with one of their lead singers, Carola Smit. They recorded the song ''Mama'' which was very successful. Because of this success, he was asked to record a solo song, which was prod ...
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Next One (band)
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Left Side
Left may refer to: Music * ''Left'' (Hope of the States album), 2006 * ''Left'' (Monkey House album), 2016 * ''Left'' (Helmet album), 2023 * "Left", a song by Nickelback from the album ''Curb'', 1996 Direction * Left (direction), the relative direction opposite of right * Left-handedness Politics * Left (Austria), a movement of Marxist–Leninist, Maoist and Trotskyist organisations in Austria * Left-wing politics (also known as left or leftism), a political trend or ideology ** Centre-left politics ** Far-left politics * The Left (Germany) See also * Copyleft * Leaving (other) * Lefty (other) * Sinister (other) * Venstre (other) * Right (other) A right is a legal or moral entitlement or permission. Right or rights may also refer to: * Right, synonym of true or accurate, opposite of wrong * Morally right, opposite of morally wrong * Right (direction), the relative direction opposite of ...