Willy Sommers

Willy Sommers (born Willy Jeanne Jean De Gieter in Uccle, Belgium on 9 August 1952) is a Flemish singer and television presenter. He sings Schlager music and is described as an "unsophisticated crooner".[1] His hits include "Zeven Anjers Zeven Rozen" (meaning Seven Carnations, Seven Roses), a hit in Dutch in 1971 which, translated as "Siete rosas, Siete besos" (meaning Seven Roses, Seven Kisses), spent 34 weeks in the Spanish Top 50.[2] Sommers had a relationship in the 1970s with singer Truus (real name Gertrudis Vereecken).[3]

References

  1. Vries, Andre de (2007). Flanders: A Cultural History. Oxford UP. p. 60. ISBN 9780199837335.
  2. Meyer, Gust de, ed. (1999). Het zijn maar liedjes: handboek populaire muziekstudies (in Dutch). Keith Roe. Garant. pp. 63, 105, 259. ISBN 9789053506394.
  3. "'Willy Sommers heeft abortus op zijn geweten'". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 18 September 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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