Christina Henriette Kaagman (born July 9, 1947) is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 singer best known as the lead singer for the progressive rock group Earth and Fire

Earth and Fire

Earth and Fire were a progressive rock group formed in the Netherlands by brothers Chris and Gerard Koerts. Most popular in the 1970s, Earth and Fire came to produce many chart topping hits in the Dutch pop scene. Though they experienced success in the Netherlands, their music never quite made it...

. In recent years she has become well known in the Netherlands as a judge on television talent show, Idols

Idols (Netherlands)

Idols is a television show on the Dutch television network RTL 4, which is part of the Idol series based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in the Netherlands....

. She is a former president of the Dutch musician's union, BV Pop.

Life

Kaagman attended high school at Huygens Lyceum, Voorburg

Voorburg

Voorburg is a Dutch town and former municipality in the western part of the province of South Holland, the Netherlands. As also Leidschendam and Stompwijk, it is part of the municipality Leidschendam-Voorburg. It has approximately 39,000 inhabitants....

 and was a member of the school choir and a school band, The Rangers. She also completed a secretarial course.

In September 1969 she was invited to sing in the pop group Earth & Fire. After the band split in 1983, she made two solo albums, and appeared in the first issue of Dutch Playboy

Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

(May 1983) She made another appearance at the age of 60 in April, 2008.

Kaagman has been Chairman of the Dutch musician's union BV Pop. In the nineties, she was the public relations

Public relations

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 manager at the radio station Noordzee FM, and in 2000 she became director of Buma

BUMA/STEMRA

BUMA/STEMRA are two private organizations in the Netherlands, the Buma Association and the Stemra Foundation that operate as one single company that acts as the Dutch collecting society for composers and music publishers.- History :The Buma Association was set up by Dutch music authors and...

 Culture Foundation. On December 26, 2008, she announced her departure from the music industry over Radio 1

Radio 1 (Netherlands)

Radio 1 is a radio station of the NPO, mainly broadcasting news and sport.In 2005, the following public service broadcasting companies produced weekly programmes for Radio 1: NOS, NPS, AVRO, KRO, NCRV, BNN, TROS, EO, RVU, VARA, VPRO, IKON, MAX, and WNL....

 and supports making music downloads illegal.

On March 31, 2009 Jerney Kaagman took leave of Buma Culture. At the farewell reception, she was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Order of Orange-Nassau

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.

Personal

Kaagman never married, but has lived with Bert Ruiter, bass guitar player in the Dutch bands Focus

Focus (band)

Focus is a Dutch rock band which was founded by classically trained organist/flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969, and is most famous for the instrumental pieces "Hocus Pocus" and "Sylvia"...

 and Earth and Fire.

Earth and Fire albums

• Earth and fire (1970)
• Song of the marching children (1971)
• Atlantis (1973)
• To the world of the future (1975)
• Gate to infinity (1977)
• Reality fills fantasy (1979)
• Andromeda girl (1981)
• In a state of flux (1982)
• Phoenix (1989)

Earth and Fire singles

• "Seasons / Hazy paradise" (1970)
• "Ruby is the one / Mechanical lover" (1970)
• "Wild and exciting / Vivid shady land" (1970)
• "Invitation / Song of the marching children" (1971)
• "Storm and thunder / Lost forever" (1971)
• "Memories / From the end till the beginning" (1972)
• "Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight / Theme from Atlantis" (1973)
• "Love of life / Tuffy the cat" (1974)
• "Only time will tell / Fun" (1975)
• "Thanks for the love" (1975)
• "What difference does it make" (1976)
• "78th avenue / Dizzy raptures" (1977)
• "Weekend / Answer me" (1979)
• "Fire of love / Season of the falling leaves" (1980)
• "Rallye monte-carlo (Weekend) (1981)
• "Dream / Jerney's day off" (1981)
• "Tell me why / What more could you desire" (1981)
• "Love is an ocean / You" (1982)
• "Twenty four hours / Strange town" (1982)
• "Jack is back / Hide away" (1983)
• "The two of us / Love is to give away" (1983)

Solo singles

• Allright, here I am/Willow tree (1984)
• I will love you endlessly/Misery (1984)
• My mystery man/Misery (1984)
• I'll take it/Misery (1985)
• Victim of the night/Theme from V.O.N (1986)
• Running away from love/Dance to the music (1987)
• Queen of hearts/You've got to believe (1988)
• Don't say it /I don't wanna talk about it (1988)

External links

• Earth and Fire - Official Dutch fansite (Earth and Fire)