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Anneke Grönloh
12+ albums
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Johanna Louise (Anneke) Grönloh (born in Tondano, North Celebes, Dutch East-Indies, 7 June 1942; died in France, 14 September 2018) was a Dutch pop singer, best known for her string of hits in 1962 and 1963, including 'Brandend Zand' and 'Paradiso'. She was succesful in The Netherlands, the rest of Europe and also extremely popular in Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Born in a Japanese concentration camp in the former Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II, Grönloh and her family moved to the Eindhoven area in The Netherlands after the war. Anneke's career soon started to take off. She sang jazz material, American standards, Indonesian folk songs and rock 'n roll with Peter Koelewijn & Zijn Rockets. Koelewijn attended the same Eindhoven high school as Grönloh. Her début solo single, 'Asmara', failed to chart in The Netherlands, but was a hit in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, where Grönloh toured succesfully as early as 1960. Her Dutch big break followed in the summer of 1962 with the Dutch smash hit, 'Brandend Zand' ('Burning Sand'), which hit #1 in the Dutch Top 40. It was the first of four consecutive #1 hit singles for Grönloh in some eleven months' time. 'Paradiso', 'Soerabaja' and 'Cimeroni' also hit the top spot. Versions of these hit singles in other languages charted in no less than 48 countries. In total, Anneke Grönloh has 'claimed sales' of over 30 million records, primarily singles. Anneke Grönloh never had a Dutch c
