The Wisseloord Studio is a recording studio

Recording studio

A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...

 in Hilversum

Hilversum

is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "'t Gooi", it is the largest town in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller villages...

, Netherlands

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...

. It was officially opened on 19 January 1978 by Prince Claus.

The studios were founded by electronics

Electronics

Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...

 company Philips

Philips

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....

, to enable their PolyGram

PolyGram

PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...

 artists to record in a professional environment. Initially there were three studios, nowadays there are five.

In the early days the studios were mainly used by Dutch artists. Later, international musicians such as Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

, Scorpions

Scorpions (band)

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, Def Leppard

Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Since 1992, the band have consisted of Joe Elliott , Rick Savage , Rick Allen , Phil Collen , and Vivian Campbell...

, Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

, Tina Turner

Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

, and U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

 have used the facilities.

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• 3 Doors Down
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• 50 Cent
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• Akon
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• Alain Clark
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• Ali Campbell
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• André Rieu
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• André van Duin
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• Andrea Bocelli
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• Anouk
• Axxis
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• BZN
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• Bastiaan Ragas
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• The Beautiful South
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• Benny Neyman
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• Benny Sings
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• BLØF
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• Boudewijn de Groot
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• Cactus World News
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• Casiopea
  Casiopea
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• Channel Zero
  Channel Zero (band)
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• Cristina Deutekom
  Cristina Deutekom
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• Clark Datchler
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• Clouseau
• Danger Danger
  Danger Danger
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• David Knopfler
  David Knopfler
  David Knopfler is a British singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist, pianist and cofounder of the critically acclaimed rock band Dire Straits....
  
  
• David Lee Roth
  David Lee Roth
  David Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality. Roth was ranked nineteenth by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Singers of All Time....
  
  
• David Soul
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• David Sylvian
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• De Dijk
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• Def Leppard
  Def Leppard
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• Dieter Falk
  Dieter Falk
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• D-A-D
  D-A-D
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• Do
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• Edsilia Rombley
  Edsilia Rombley
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• Elton John
  Elton John
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• Electric Light Orchestra
  Electric Light Orchestra
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• Epica
  Epica (band)
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• Erik Hulzebosch
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• Francis Goya
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• Frank Boeijen
  Frank Boeijen
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• Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  Frankie Goes to Hollywood
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• Gerard Joling
  Gerard Joling
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• Gert Bettens
  Gert Bettens
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• Gheorghe Zamfir
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• Glennis Grace
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• Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
  
  
• Go West
  Go West (band)
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• Gordon
  Gordon Heuckeroth
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• Gotthard
  Gotthard (band)
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• Harry Sacksioni
  Harry Sacksioni
  Harry Sacksioni is a composer and guitar virtuoso of Dutch origin. The peak of his fame was during the 1970s, some famous works of this period include Meta Sequoia, Vensters, Elixer and Thee bij tante Josephine, along with re-arrangements of existing pieces, such as Anji , I Wish and Scarborough...
  
  
• Herman Brood
  Herman Brood
  Hermanus "Herman" Brood was a Dutch musician, painter and media personality. Initially a musician who achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, and called "the Netherlands' greatest and only rock 'n' roll star," later in life he became a well-known painter.Known for his...
  
  
• Herman van Veen
  Herman van Veen
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• Hollywood Undead
  Hollywood Undead
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• Imperiet
  Imperiet
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• Indochine
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• Iron Maiden
  Iron Maiden
  Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
  
  
• James Blunt
  James Blunt
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• Jan Smit
  Jan Smit (singer)
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• Jeff Lynne
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• Jo Lemaire
  Jo Lemaire
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• Judas Priest
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• Julia Neigel
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• Kane
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• Killing Joke
  Killing Joke
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• Kingdom Come
  Kingdom Come (band)
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• Klaus Hoffmann
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• Klaus Lage Band
  Klaus Lage
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• Krezip
  Krezip
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• Laura Fygi
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• Lee Towers
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• Lionel Richie
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• Loïs Lane
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• Lucie Silvas
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• Luv'
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• Magnum
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• Marque
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• Metallica
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• Michael Jackson
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• Mick Jagger
  Mick Jagger
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• Mike Batt
  Mike Batt
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• Miriam Makeba
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• Misia
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• Noa
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• The Nits
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• Noordkaap
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• Normaal
  Normaal
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• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
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• Opus
  Opus (band)
  Opus is a pop-rock group from Graz, Austria. Formed in 1973, the group remains active today. The band is especially well known for its 1985 single release, "Live Is Life."-History:...
  
  
• Paco de Lucía
  Paco de Lucía
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• Paul de Leeuw
  Paul de Leeuw
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• Paul McCartney
  Paul McCartney
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• Paul Young
  Paul Young (singer and guitarist)
  Paul Antony Young is an English pop musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, his following solo success as a solo recording artist turned him into a 1980s teenage pop idol...
  
  
• Peter Maffay
  Peter Maffay
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• Peter Sarstedt
  Peter Sarstedt
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• Phil Collins
  Phil Collins
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• Quadrophonia
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• Queensrÿche
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• Racoon
• Rammstein
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• Raymond van het Groenewoud
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• René Froger
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• Robert Palmer
• Robin S.
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• Ruth Jacott
  Ruth Jacott
  Ruth Jacott is a Dutch singer, originally from Suriname.Jacott transitioned from musical theatre to popular music in 1993, when she represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Her song, "Vrede" , was one of the favorites to win, and ended up ranking sixth out of 25 at Millstreet...
  
  
• Sade
  Sade (band)
  Sade is a British smooth jazz band that formed in 1983, named for Nigerian lead singer Sade Adu. Their music features elements of R&B, soul, jazz, and soft rock....
  
  
• Sarah Bettens
  Sarah Bettens
  Sarah Bettens is the lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens are the two popular faces of the band. She is known for her enigmatic, smoky voice. The band is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and had toured in the U.S...
  
  
• Saxon
  Saxon (band)
  Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had 8 UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart...
  
  
• Scorpions
  Scorpions (band)
  Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...
  
  
• Shirley Bassey
  Shirley Bassey
  Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
  
  
• Simple Minds
  Simple Minds
  Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the...
  
  
• Simply Red
  Simply Red
  Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...
  
  
• Sinéad O'Connor
  Sinéad O'Connor
  Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
  
  
• Soulsister
  Soulsister
  SoulSister was a Belgian music band consisting of musicians Jan Leyers and Paul Michiels. SoulSister is another term used for black women in new orleans...
  
  
• Spider Murphy Gang
  Spider Murphy Gang
  The Spider Murphy Gang is a German band from Munich best known for their greatest hit "Skandal im Sperrbezirk". It was founded in 1977 by bank clerk Günther Sigl, together with Gerhard Gmell , Michael Busse and Franz Trojan...
  
  
• Status Quo
• Stereophonics
  Stereophonics
  The Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band now living in turners x that formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in Cynon Valley, Wales. The band currently comprises lead vocalist and guitarist Kelly Jones, bassist and backing vocalist Richard Jones, drummer Javier Weyler, guitarist and backing...
  
  
• Sting
• Technotronic
  Technotronic
  Technotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...
  
  
• Telly Savalas
  Telly Savalas
  Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas was an American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Birdman of Alcatraz...
  
  
• Ten Sharp
  Ten Sharp
  Ten Sharp is a Dutch band best known for its early 1990s hit song "You", a hit in some European countries in 1991 and in others in 1992...
  
  
• The Gathering
  The Gathering (band)
  The Gathering is a Dutch alternative rock band, founded in 1989 by brothers Hans and René Rutten and vocalist Bart Smits in the small city of Oss, North Brabant....
  
  
• The Cranberries
  The Cranberries
  The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 under the name The Cranberry Saw Us, later changed by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan. The band currently consists of O'Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler...
  
  
• The Nits
  The Nits
  Nits are a Dutch pop group, founded in 1974. Their musical style has varied considerably over the years, as has their line-up with the core of Henk Hofstede , Rob Kloet, drummer, Robert Jan Stips , keyboards.Their biggest hit in the Netherlands was "Nescio" , a tribute to...
  
  
• The Madd
• The Police
  The Police
  The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
  
  
• The Stranglers
  The Stranglers
  The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...
  
  
• Thomas Anders
  Thomas Anders
  Thomas Anders is a German singer, composer and record producer. Anders was the lead singer of Germany's popular pop-duo Modern Talking in 1984–1987 and in 1998–2003.-Early years:...
  
  
• Tina Turner
  Tina Turner
  Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
  
  
• Tony Carey
  Tony Carey
  Antony Laurence Carey is a keyboard player best known for his work with Rainbow.One of his earliest musical experiences was in a band called Blessings, in which he played until 1975 when Ritchie Blackmore discovered and hired him as keyboardist for Rainbow. He played with Rainbow on two world...
  
  
• Toots Thielemans
  Toots Thielemans
  Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century...
  
  
• T'Pau
  T'Pau (band)
  T'Pau was a 1980s British Rock group led by singer Carol Decker. They had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK, and several hits in the United States and Europe...
  
  
• Treat
  Treat (band)
  Treat is a melodic-rock band from Stockholm, Sweden. In the second half of the 1980s they had national as well as international successes with songs like "Too wild", "Get you on the run", "Ride me high", "World of promises" and "Party all over"....
  
  
• Trijntje Oosterhuis
  Trijntje Oosterhuis
  Judith Katrijntje "Trijntje" Oosterhuis is a Dutch pop and jazz singer.-Early life:Judith Katrijntje Oosterhuis was born on 5 February 1973, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands...
  
  
• U2
  U2
  U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
  
  
• UB40
  UB40
  UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.Their hit singles...
  
  
• Valensia
  Valensia
  Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson , better known as simply Valensia, is a Dutch singer, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.-Early life:...
  
  
• Van Dik Hout
  Van Dik Hout
  Van Dik Hout are a Dutch pop group from Den Helder in the north of the Netherlands. They formed in the late 1980s as a school band, but moved later to Amsterdam where they rechristened themselves into Van Dik Hout....
  
  
• Victory
  Victory (band)
  Victory was a German Heavy Metal and hard rock band from Hanover, most successful in the 1980s. With extensive tours and radio airplay, the band also made a breakthrough in North America.-Emergence:...
  
  
• Willy DeVille
  Willy DeVille
  Willy DeVille was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five year career, first with his band Mink DeVille and later on his own, Deville created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary...
  
  
• Within Temptation
  Within Temptation
  Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...
  
  
• Youp van 't Hek
  Youp van 't Hek
  Joseph Jacobus Maria "Youp" van 't Hek is a Dutch comedian and a columnist for NRC Handelsblad.- Biography :Youp was born and raised in the Gooi, a wealthy region to the southeast of Amsterdam. His youth there served as an inspiration for his ironic attitude toward the rich, the successful and all...
  
  
• Zucchero
  Zucchero
  Adelmo Fornaciari, Commander , more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero /ˈtsukkero/, is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, and alternates between ballads and more rhythmic boogie-like pieces.Zucchero is the...
  
  

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