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Gerard Jan Joling (Alkmaar, April 29, 1960) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. He broke through in the eighties after participating in the Soundmixshow and became a very popular artist, especially in Asia. In 1988 he was the Dutch participant in the Eurovision Song Contest. He breathed new life into his career at the start of the 21st century by joining De Toppers and collaborating on television programs such as Joling & Gordon. He then presented various major TV shows, achieved musical hits such as Make Me Crazy and worked with Gordon as an ambassador for the National Elderly Fund. The bass baritone Julian Hartman studied singing with Joy Workum, Sir Donald McIntyre, Aafje Heynis, David Wilson-Johnson and Peter Harrison. He sang among others the National Travel Opera, Opera Zuid, Independent Theater, the Flemish Opera, the Dutch Opera, Opernhaus Köln, Theater Freiburg, Stadttheater Luzern. This duet was recorded at the Beleux Gala on 20 February 1991. The Benelux gala is one of the three evenings of the Diamonds Awards Festival 1990, organized by the Dutch Edison Foundation, the Belgian BAP (Belgian Artistic Promotion) and IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry). Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 20 February 1991 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.
