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  2. Rod McKuen - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1960s, McKuen moved to France, where he first met the Belgian singer-songwriter and chanson singer Jacques Brel.McKuen began to translate the work of this composer into English, which led to the song "If You Go Away" – an international pop-standard – based on Brel's "Ne me quitte pas".

  3. Pierre Froidebise - Wikipedia

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    Froidebise was born in the rural Condroz village of Ohey, province of Namur, the son of a well-off retail pharmacist.After completing his secondary education, he began studying the organ, first at the Namur Conservatory with René Barbier [ca; de; fr; gl; nl] and then with Paul de Maleingreau at the Brussels Conservatory, where he also studied composition with Raymond Moulaert and fugue with ...

  4. Tony Sandler - Wikipedia

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    Tony Sandler (born Lucien Joseph Santelé, 18 August 1933) is a Belgian singer who was half the vocal duo Sandler and Young, which was popular from the 1960s to the 1980s. [ 1 ] Europe 1954–1963

  5. Category:21st-century Belgian male singers - Wikipedia

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    21st-century Belgian male opera singers (1 P) Pages in category "21st-century Belgian male singers" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total.

  6. List of songs about New York City - Wikipedia

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    "Christmas in Brooklyn" by Erik Frandsen "Christmas in Harlem" by Kanye West and CyHi Da Prynce and Teyana Taylor "Christmas in Hollis" by Run-D.M.C. "Christmas in Manhattan" by Toni Arden "Christmas in New York" by Donald Jones "Christmas in New York" by Lea Michele "Christmas in New York" by Lou Christie "Christmas in N.Y." by Dr. Buzzard's ...

  7. List of places named after people - Wikipedia

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    Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata [1] Bolivia – Simón Bolívar; Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva; Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name, Cristoforo Colombo) Cook Islands – Captain James Cook; Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic

  8. Toots Thielemans - Wikipedia

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    Thielemans was born in Brussels on 29 April 1922. [5] His parents owned a café. [4] He began playing music at an early age, using a homemade accordion at age three. [6] During the German occupation of Belgium beginning in 1940, he became attracted to jazz, but was then playing on a full-size accordion or a harmonica, which he taught himself to play in his teens.

  9. Grand Jojo - Wikipedia

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    Jules Jean Vanobbergen (6 July 1936 – 1 December 2021) was a Belgian singer-songwriter better known as Grand Jojo in French and Lange Jojo in Dutch. Grand Jojo is best known as the co-writer of "Anderlecht Champions (Allez, Allez, Allez)", which later became "Olé, Olé, Olé", and "Chef, un p'tit verre, on a soif" (Barman, a little drink, we are thirsty).