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Roel van Velzen (stagename VanVelzen) is a Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 singer, songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
 and piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
 player. He was born on March 20, 1978 in Delft
Delft

See also: Delft, Cape Town, Delft Island Media:Nl-Delft.ogg is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland . It is located in between Rotterdam and The Hague....
, the Netherlands.

He is known for releasing covers
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 of songs which aren't that well known in The Netherlands. He released his debut single, 'Baby Get Higher', in 2006
2006 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006....
. It became an airplay hit in the Netherlands. It peaked at #17 in the Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the pirate radio channel Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it....
. In January 2007, his second single, 'Burn', was released.






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Roel van Velzen (stagename VanVelzen) is a Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 singer, songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
 and piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
 player. He was born on March 20, 1978 in Delft
Delft

See also: Delft, Cape Town, Delft Island Media:Nl-Delft.ogg is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland . It is located in between Rotterdam and The Hague....
, the Netherlands.

He is known for releasing covers
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 of songs which aren't that well known in The Netherlands. He released his debut single, 'Baby Get Higher', in 2006
2006 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006....
. It became an airplay hit in the Netherlands. It peaked at #17 in the Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the pirate radio channel Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it....
. In January 2007, his second single, 'Burn', was released. It did better than 'Baby Get Higher' in the charts, peaking at #7 in the Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the pirate radio channel Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it....
 and #6 in the Dutch mega top 50. In March, 2007 his debut album 'Unwind' went straight to #1 in the Dutch Album Top 100 in its first week of release. His new single, the third from 'Unwind', is 'Deep', released on 25 June 2007.

On stage he sings, while playing keyboard, or electric guitar in songs that don't need keys. He can play drums too, although he is just 1.50 metres tall, which equals less than 5 feet.

Year Single Album Peak Position
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 100
2006"Baby Get Higher" Unwind 17 26
"Burn" 7 14
2007"Deep" 17 42
"Shine A Little Light" - 72
2008"When Summer Ends" TBA 6 6
2009"On My Way" 29 16