Peter, it is Monday, an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, the netherlands, was the lead singer in the radio show to The MAX! on NPO Radio 5.
He told the national radio that it was a ribbon during a ceremony for him, action was taken by the Hilversum’s mayor, Pieter Broertjes.
The 79-year-old singer was given the royal warrant in order to celebrate the fact that it is Wednesday, exactly sixty years have passed since his debut single Kom van dat dak af for the first time on the radio and it was turned down. Kom van dat dak af, it was a huge hit in the Netherlands and Belgium, and is considered to be the beginning of the rock’n’ roll.
He has had a long career in the Dutch music industry. In the early seventies he was, along with Felix Meurders, dj the Dutch-language programmes of Radio Luxembourg.
The citizen of eindhoven has produced music for, amongst others, Ria Valk, Nico Haak, Willeke Alberti, Who is Approx. Claire, Ciska Peters, Herman van Keeken, Louis Neefs, and He October.
