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Corry Brokken

1932 - 2016

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Corry Brokken is the 224th most popular singer (up from 244th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 190th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Corry Brokken ranks 224 out of 4,381. Before her are John Denver, Marian Gold, Al Jarreau, Etta James, Claude François, and Dr. Dre. After her are Charles Trenet, Billie Eilish, Mario Del Monaco, Edita Gruberová, Lil Wayne, and Chris Cornell.

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Among people born in 1932, Corry Brokken ranks 78. Before her are Alfredo Ferrari, Nam June Paik, Walter Gilbert, Vitold Fokin, Thomas Klestil, and Tavo Burat. After her are Sonny Liston, Tony Brooks, Rainer Weiss, Gyula Horn, Harriet Andersson, and Francis Arinze. Among people deceased in 2016, Corry Brokken ranks 76. Before her are Hilary Putnam, Michel Galabru, Iolanda Balaș, Walter Kohn, Terry Wogan, and Michel Tournier. After her are Jayalalithaa, Patricio Aylwin, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Garry Marshall, and Michel Butor.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Corry Brokken ranks 155 out of 1,646. Before her are Joris Ivens (1898), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), René van de Kerkhof (1951), Johnny Rep (1951), and Maarten van Heemskerck (1498). After her are Jeroen Krabbé (1944), Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), Rodolphus Agricola (1443), and Rachel Ruysch (1664).

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Among SINGERS In Netherlands

Among singers born in Netherlands, Corry Brokken ranks 1. After her are Mariska Veres (1947), Teddy Scholten (1926), C. C. Catch (1964), Sharon den Adel (1974), Cristina Deutekom (1931), Jetty Paerl (1921), Pierre Kartner (1935), Lenny Kuhr (1950), Floor Jansen (1981), Elly Ameling (1933), and Arjen Anthony Lucassen (1960).

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