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Today is Gerard’s 59th birthday. Gerard Jan Joling (Alkmaar, April 29, 1960) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. He was a dancer for the TopPop program before he broke through in the eighties with the single ’Ticket to the tropics’. In addition to his solo career, Joling has been part of De Toppers since 2005. In 1988 he was the Dutch participant in the Eurovision Song Contest. In addition to his presentation work for various television programs, he acts as the protagonist in reality television programs and judges in talent shows on television. TV shows in which he performed include ’Sterren op het ijs’, Holland’s Got Talent, Popstars and The Voice Senior. Since 2013, Joling has been working as an ambassador for the National Elderly Fund in addition to his career. This performance was recorded for the AVRO TV program Music Hall (Candlelight) on 7 September1985. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ 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.
