Liesbeth List (Bandung, 12 december 1941) is a Dutch actress and chansonnière.
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Biography[Edit]
Young years[Edit]
She was as Elisabeth Dorothea (Elly) Denny born in Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies during the Second World War. She spent the first years of her life in a Japanese POW camp. After her mother had committed suicide a short time later, she came after the war with her father to Netherlands. Because her stepmother her not accepted her, left her father and stepmother at the age of seven behind after a holiday on Vlieland in the vuurtorenwachters family List, that adoptedher. She has had a happy time In this family. [1]
As a child loved Liesbeth List already involved with music, in addition to literature and art. At the age of 18, she moved to Amsterdam, took singing lessons and immersed himself in the French chansons.
[1][2]Liesbeth List Popular during the Grand Gala du Disque 1970===Breakthrough[Edit]===
In 1962 she performed for the first time on TV shows, including a TV show of Rob de Nijs. Here she learned, thanks to Henk van der Meyden, Ramses Shaffy , with whom they would pull up musical for years. From 1965 to 1979 , she had a relationship with writer Cees Nooteboom. Shortly thereafter, she married Robert Ballard, with whom she has a daughter, the singer Jeanette Balmer (1982). Robert Ballard died in april 2014 on 64-year-old age. [2]
The highlight in her career reached List end sixties, early seventies. The duet Pastorale with Shaffy was a big hit and also with her versions of songs by Jacques Brel they garnered success. In the following years she released several albums and singles. She received an Edison Golden Harp (1971) and a (1998).
USA trip[Edit]
In 1972 she took along with Rod McKuen on an English double album, entitled Two Against The Morning. List two albums later in the United States brought out via McKuens Stanyan Records, Solitude's my name respectively (with a number of her songs of McKuen) and List sings Jacques Brel (with the same numbers as on the European version). In the early 1970s she worked once more together with McKuen; they brought an A-face single from Baby it's cold outside with the number.
Musical[Edit]
In 1997 , she played for a short time in the musical, in addition to Endless Coen Ankit vishria. This musical had to quickly stop by financial problems of the production Office. At the beginning of the 21st century began List to the Jubilee Tour Shaffy To Piaf. She started at the end of 2003 Jos Brink to the musical the canopy bed. Starting from October 2008 List to see again in the musical around Édith Piaf. They portrayed the old Piaf.
Anniversary and end of performances[Edit]
On 12 January 2012 makes List in an interview with the NOS announced that it stops occur. Her Jubilee tour 40 years Liesbeth is her farewell tour. List is tired of every day sitting in the car, in a traffic jam and coming home in the middle of the night. Self she says about this: My private life is sacred to me. Every now and then I would have nothing at all. As one for the microphone is very very intensive; at any given time are you tired.
On 14 January got List at the end of the presentation in the Hague by producer Albert Verlinde a bust that Raphaël Haji of her made. The bust will be given a permanent place in the foyer of the Royal Theatre in the Hague.
On 30 January 2013 she released her very last performance at the municipal theatre in Tilburg.
Awards[Edit]
- Knight of the order of the Netherlands lion (2002)
- Knight of the French Legion of honor (2005)
- Radio 5 Nostalgia Oeuvre Prize (2013) [1]
Theatre[Edit]
- Endless (with Coen Ankit vishria)
- Piaf (about Édith Piaf; awarded the John kraaijkamp Musical Award 2000 and 2009)
- The Canopy Bed (with Jos Brink)
Trivia[Edit]
- In the Spike and Wiskealbum the dreams theft (1969) Wiske at some point that she dreams of a famous and successful singer is, called "Wisbeth List".
- In 1985 she received in her own tv show the then 21-year-old Whitney Houston. They sing a duet together. [3]
- Arriva has one of his trains named after her: the UK
Discography[Edit]
Albums[Edit]
| Album (s) with any charts in the
the Dutch Album Top 100 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liesbeth List | 1966 | - | - | - | |
| Liesbeth List sings Theodorakis | 1967 | - | - | - | |
| Pastoral | 26-09-1968 | 06-12-1969 | 12 | 6 | |
| Liesbeth List sings Jacques Brel | 04-09-1969 | 06-12-1969 | 9 | 2 | Gold |
| Victoria | 14-10-1970 | 07-11-1970 | 7 | 16 | |
| Nuremberg dream | 26-10-1971 | - | - | - | |
| Photo | 1974 | 14-12-1974 | 15 | 9 | |
| Madame Melancolie | 1977 | - | - | - | |
| Girls of thirty | 1979 | - | - | - | |
| Liesbeth List & Ramses Shaffy | 1987 | 12-12-1987 | 40 | 9 | with Ramses Shaffy / compilation album |
| List | 1994 | 08-10-1994 | 50 | 13 | |
| Noah | 1996 | 12-10-1996 | 64 | 4 | |
| Vista | 1999 | 01-05-1999 | 48 | 4 | |
| Lost and won | 16-11-2009 | 21-11-2009 | 57 | 7 |
| Album (s) with chart positions in
the Flemish Ultratop 200 albums |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 most beautiful songs of Ramses and Liesbeth | 2007 | 19-12-2009 | 54 | 11 | with Ramses Shaffy /compilation album |
| Back to Back | 2010 | 30-01-2010 | 13 | 11 | with Ramses Shaffy /compilation album |
Singles[Edit]
| Single (s) with any charts in the
the Dutch Top 40 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pastoral | October 1968 | 27-09-1969 | 3 | 14 | with Ramses Shaffy |
| In the arms of the city | January 1970 | 07-02-1970 | tip | - | with Ramses Shaffy |
| Brussels | January 1970 | 28-02-1970 | tip | - | |
| Victoria | 1970 | 21-11-1970 | 15 | 7 | |
| On the other side of the hills | 1971 | 24-07-1971 | tip6 | - | with Ramses Shaffy |
| Too many too often | 1974 | 27-04-1974 | 11 | 8 | |
| Children a penny | 1974 | 21-12-1974 | 22 | 5 | |
| Let me/Vivre | 2005 | 08-10-2005 | 25 | 5 | with Aadi and Ramses Shaffy |
| I seize the day | 2012 | 16-03-2012 | - | - |
DVDs[Edit]
| DVDs with the Dutch Music charts in the Top 30 | Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In concert-Carré stars gala | 2006 | 30-12-2006 | 26 | 2 | |
| Have life sweet | 2008 | 22-11-2008 | 5 | 3 |
Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit]
| Number (s) with markings
in the Radio 2 Top 2000 |
' 99 | ' 00 | ' 01 | ' 02 | ' 03 | ' 04 | ' 05 | ' 06 | ' 07 | ' 08 | ' 09 | ' 10 | ' 11 | ' 12 | ' 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let me/vivre (with aadi & Ramses Shaffy) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 209 | 189 | 123 | 269 | 99 | 151 | 205 | 213 | 207 |
| Pastoral (with Ramses Shaffy) | 80 | 119 | 58 | 40 | 51 | 43 | 33 | 24 | 51 | 40 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 46 | 42 |