Kuhr, Lenny
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| Birthname | Helena Hubertina Johanna Kuhr | ||||
| born on | 22 February 1950 at 00:05 (= 12:05 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Eindhoven, Netherlands, 51n27, 5e29 | ||||
| Timezone | MET h1e (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   02°46'   28°58 Asc. 07°14'
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Biography
Dutch singer-songwriter.
As a child she was impressed by the negro spirituals of Mahalia Jackson. Her talent was discovered at the "Cabaret der Onbekenden" (cabaret of the unknown), where also Anneke Grönloh and Armand started.
In the unique 1969 Eurovision Song festival of Madrid she shared the first prize with Frida Boccara (Un jour, un enfant), Lulu (Boom bang-a-bang) and Salomé (Vivo cantando). Her song was "De troubadour".
She had success in France, singing with George Brassens and had in 1972 a number 1 hit with the negro spiritual like "Jesus Cristo" (1971). In 1993 she suddenly lost her voice. It took seven years before she came back, now mostly singing in small theatres. Apart from singing Dutch and French chansons, she is also a noted fado and duende singer.
Personal
In 1974 she married the top ENT surgeon Gideon Bialystock. She met him May 1973 at the VU hospital in Amsterdam after she had been molested at the train station of Haarlem. The molester mistook her for his ex girlfriend. Her nose needed an operation and she wrote the song "De neus" (the nose) about it.
Lenny Kuhr converted to Judaism and lived several years in Israel with her two daughters Sharon and Daphna. The divorce from Bialystock was difficult.
From 1981 till 1993 had a relationship with the songwriter Herman Pieter de Boer (9 Feb 1928, Rotterdam - 1 January 2014, early morning, Eindhoven). From 1979 to 2005 he wrote songs for her. Around 2003 Lenny Kuhr married the retired physician Rob Frank.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Entertainment: Eurovision Song Contest (born 24 May 1956). Notes: 1969 co-winner, Netherlands
- business associate/partner relationship with Brassens, Georges (born 22 October 1921)
- opponent/rival/enemy relationship with Boccara, Frida (born 29 October 1940). Notes: Both shared 1969 Eurovision Song festival of Madrid 1st Prize
Events
- Work : Prize 29 March 1969 in Madrid (Eurovision 1969 - Lenny Kuhr - De troubadour)
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- Work : Gain social status 25 November 1971 (Lenny Kuhr "Jesus cristo")
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- Crime : Assault/ Battery Victimization 29 May 1973 at 11:55 PM in Haarlem (Leidse Courant)
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- Death of Mate 1 January 2014 at 01:00 AM in Eindhoven (Herman Pieter de Boer)
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Source Notes
Schepel quotes both Lenny Kuhr and archive of J.G. Toonder in Sterrentijd #4.
Categories
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc. (chanson)
- Notable : Famous : Other Famous (1969 Eurovision Song festival winner)
