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Corry Brokken
Brokken hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976
Background information
Birth name
Cornelia Maria Brokken
Born
(1932-12-03)3 December 1932 Breda, Netherlands
Died
31 May 2016(2016-05-31) (aged 83) Laren, Netherlands
Musical artist
Cornelia Maria "Corry" Brokken (3 December 1932 – 31 May 2016)[1][2] 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.
^Mr. Cornelia Maria Meijerink-Brokken (in Dutch)
^"Corry Brokken in besloten kring gecremeerd". 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
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...
Rotterdam (2021). The Netherlands has won the contest five times, with CorryBrokken (1957), Teddy Scholten (1959), Lenny Kuhr in a four-way tie (1969),...
the Netherlands, with the song "Net als toen" performed by CorryBrokken. This was Brokken's second appearance as a participant, after previously representing...
ɑls ˈtun]; "Just like then") is a love song recorded by Dutch singer CorryBrokken with music composed by Guus Jansen and Dutch lyrics written by Willy...
win. Lys Assia, winner of the inaugural 1956 contest for Switzerland. CorryBrokken, winner of the 1957 contest for the Netherlands. André Claveau, winner...
Netherlands were represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 by CorryBrokken with the song "Net als toen" written by Guus Jansen and Willy van Hemert...
had won the event five times: in 1957 with the song "Net als toen" by CorryBrokken, in 1959 with the song "'n Beetje" by Teddy Scholten, in 1969 as one...
The Netherlands was represented by CorryBrokken, with the song '"Heel de wereld", at the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 12 March in...
Netherlands' CorryBrokken and Belgium's Fud Leclerc, would return to compete in the contest in future editions, with Assia and Brokken both returning...
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competed in the contest. Switzerland's Lys Assia and the Netherlands' CorryBrokken had both represented their countries in 1956 and 1957, and were both...
Preceded by None Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 Succeeded by CorryBrokken with "Net als toen" Preceded by none Switzerland in the Eurovision Song...
Congrescentrum on 3 April 1976 and was hosted by 1957 Dutch Eurovision winner CorryBrokken. Eighteen countries took part in the contest with Sweden, Malta and...
Peak positions on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 Singles: For "Net als toen" by CorryBrokken: "Austria Top-40 - France Gall - Poupée de cire, poupée de son - (song)"...
Julia Sanina, born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) CorryBrokken, winner of the 1957 contest for the Netherlands, also represented the...
and Max Dendermonde [nl], chose eight songs for the national final. CorryBrokken, Jetty Paerl and Bert Visser were chosen separately by NTS to sing the...
song at the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, "Net als toen", performed by CorryBrokken. Two years later van Hemert won the Contest in Cannes, with the song...
Host of Antiques Roadshow 1979 Succeeded by Arthur Negus Preceded by CorryBrokken Eurovision Song Contest presenter 1977 Succeeded by Léon Zitrone and...
Schmidt and composed by Cor Lemaire. This gave her the right, with CorryBrokken, to represent the Netherlands in the first edition of the Eurovision...
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