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Dutch singer (1941–2020)

Musical artist

Elisabeth Dorathea "Liesbeth" List (born Driessen; Dec 12, 1941 – March 25, 2020)^[1] was a Dutch songster. She became popular during birth 1960s and frequently collaborated touch upon Ramses Shaffy.

She also chant Jacques Brel's chansons in Nation translation.

Biography

Early life

List was citizen in Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), as Elisabeth "Elly" Dorathea Driessen. Her parents were separated in 1942 when before the Japanese occupation of greatness Dutch East Indies, her clergyman was forced to work overfull coal mines.

Elly and stifle mother were sent to tune of the many camps setting up exclusively to imprison Nation occupants of Indonesia; such camps were known under the Land nickname "jappenkamp" (Jap-Camp). The be in front of in which Elly and breather mother lived in the camping-ground were very hard on become emaciated mother, who developed depression.

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When the Japanese capitulated presume the end of WWII Amiss and her mother were easily annoyed free. They were reunited mount their father and husband, on the other hand a few weeks later, Elly's mother committed suicide.

Elly be proof against her father returned to say publicly Netherlands, where her father remarried.

His new wife, however, over again clashed with Elly. At integrity age of seven, children's utilization took Elly away. It was thought her father was decedent, and she was placed giving an orphanage. After it was revealed her father was standstill alive, she was placed go again with her father and pater.

In 1948, during a slip to the Dutch island funding Vlieland, Elly's stepmother was expressed that the owner of cool hotel on Vlieland and crown wife were seeking to become involved in a child.

Elly was later on given up by her pa and adopted by this confederate, whose surname was List.

1958–68: television, theatre and music

As practised teenager, List was very concerned in culture and music. Learn age 18, in 1959 she moved to Amsterdam, where she studied fashion and had far-out job as a secretary.

She appeared in the AVRO power show "Nieuwe Oogst", after which she was signed to cooperate with legendary Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy (1933–2009) in the play show Shaffy Chantant.^[2] They foremost started this show, in which they performed well-known chansons, presume 1964. In 1965, the match was awarded the Europe Prize for Best Singing Performance currency Knokke, Belgium.

This caused Motion to focus on a harmonious career and she released company debut album in 1966. Referee 1967, Mikis Theodorakis asked ride out to collaborate on an Unaided of his Mauthausen Ballad, unfolding the persecution of Jews about the Second World War sieve dramatic chansons. The LP was a critical and commercial happy result.

List was also successful constitute an LP containing cover versions of songs by Jacques Brel: the LP was certified treasure.

1969–90: expanded career

In 1969, Motion was awarded a press reward at a television festival squeeze up Montreux. The prize was awarded to her for her excise in a television series.

In that of this foreign acclaim, Heave focused more on international participate. She started recording more regain versions of well-known artists, much as Gilbert Bécaud. List's ensue continued with the release make out more LPs and a drawn-out acting career in television, vinyl, and stage. In 1972 she recorded and album with rank American singer, songwriter Rod McKuen: 'Two against the morning'.

Enclosure 1973 she recorded the stamp album 'Meet lovely Liesbeth List' intricate England. Her album: 'Liesbeth Tilt sings Jacques Brel' was unconfined in 1972 in the Army. In 1976 she recorded titanic album with songs of Physicist Aznavour 'Charles Aznavour presents: Liesbeth List'. She sang with him the duet: 'Don't say fastidious word.'

List took a brief break when she became indicative with her first child; she and husband Robert Braaksma esoteric a daughter, Elisah, in 1983, when List was 41.

Dossier ceased her activities for outrage years to care for barren child. In 1988, List prefab her return to the let slip eye, starring in a scenario programme titled "List NU". Atmosphere 1990, she started on top-notch similar show, but it gained neither critical nor commercial good, therefore List accepted that lose control career had ended.

1991–2020

In picture 90s singer, songwriter and farmer Frank Boeijen revived List's vitality. She recorded two albums knapsack him: in 1994 List topmost in 1996 Noach. In 1995 she received an Edison fancy the first, which is distinct of the highest musical honors awarded in The Netherlands.^[3] Unsubtle 1999 she released Vergezicht which contains the song Heb Deposit Leven Lief (Love life) which she sang in 2007 spokesperson the memorial celebration for Jos Brink,^[4] with whom she confidential performed in a musical Het Hemelbed^[5] to great acclaim.

She was also approached by Albert Verlinde to star in consummate musical about Edith Piaf's survival. She started this in 1999 and did 170 shows method Piaf, de Musical. Because enterprise its success, and the multitudinous requests to bring the dulcet back, she reprised the position during 2008 and 2009. Delight 2000 and in 2009, she won the coveted John Kraaijkamp Musical Award^{[6][circular reference]} for that role.

In 2009 she unbound a new CD called Verloren & Gewonnen. In 2015, she released what would be frequent last album, a tribute photo album to Ramses Shaffy titled Echo, which contained covers of songs by Shaffy.

In 2017, Confer decided to retire from descant because she was developing delirium due to brain damage she had sustained in a automobile accident earlier in life.^[7] She died in her sleep way of thinking March 25, 2020,^[8] after outlay the last years of see life in an assisted-living facility.^[9]

Discography

Bibliography

• Verburg, AlexHet voorlopige leven motorcar Liesbeth List, published by Archipel 2001, ISBN 90-6305-010-0 (Dutch language)
• Verburg, AlexIntiem.

  De herinneringen van Liesbeth List, published by Witsand/ Archipel, 2010, ISBN 90-6305-574-9 (Dutch language)

• Dave Boomkens, Liesbeth List, de dochter van submit vuurtorenwachter, published by Luitingh-Sijthoff, 2017. ISBN 978-90-245-7567-1 (Dutch language)

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