Real name: Henricus M. van Hoof

Effective period / Period of releases: 1976 - 1986

Dutch pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor, born 16 March 1943, Hilversum - died 1 June 2024, Eindhoven. Original member of rock band Peter Koelewijn & Zijn Rockets during the late 1950s/early 1960s. Became a sought-after studio arranger from the second half of the 1960s onwards - and later also worked extensively as a television conductor. Led the orchestra for no fewer than fifteen Netherlands' Eurovision Song Contest entries between 1972 and 1994.