Johanna Louise (Anneke) Grönloh (born in Tondano, North Celebes, Dutch East… Read Full Bio ↴Johanna Louise (Anneke) Grönloh (born in Tondano, North Celebes, Dutch East-Indies, 7 June 1942; died in France, 14 September 2018) was a Dutch pop singer, best known for her string of hits in 1962 and 1963, including 'Brandend Zand' and 'Paradiso'. She was succesful in The Netherlands, the rest of Europe and also extremely popular in Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Born in a Japanese concentration camp in the former Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II, Grönloh and her family moved to the Eindhoven area in The Netherlands after the war. Anneke's career soon started to take off. She sang jazz material, American standards, Indonesian folk songs and rock 'n roll with Peter Koelewijn & Zijn Rockets. Koelewijn attended the same Eindhoven high school as Grönloh.
Her début solo single, 'Asmara', failed to chart in The Netherlands, but was a hit in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, where Grönloh toured succesfully as early as 1960. Her Dutch big break followed in the summer of 1962 with the Dutch smash hit, 'Brandend Zand' ('Burning Sand'), which hit #1 in the Dutch Top 40. It was the first of four consecutive #1 hit singles for Grönloh in some eleven months' time. 'Paradiso', 'Soerabaja' and 'Cimeroni' also hit the top spot. Versions of these hit singles in other languages charted in no less than 48 countries. In total, Anneke Grönloh has 'claimed sales' of over 30 million records, primarily singles.
Anneke Grönloh never had a Dutch chart hit again after 1964, but she continued to perform succesfully until 2017, in The Netherlands and the Far East. Her anniversary concert in Singapore in 1994, celebrating her career of 35 years, was attended by 30,000 people. Some of her albums are hardly known in The Netherlands, but sold over 100,000 copies in Indonesia and Malaysia, notably 2002's Nina Bobo.
Having suffered severe pulmonary embolism in 2016, Grönloh's health deteriorated. She stopped performing in the summer of 2017, aged 75, and passed away on 14 September 2018 at her home in France, where she spent the final years of her life. She was 76 years old.
Born in a Japanese concentration camp in the former Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II, Grönloh and her family moved to the Eindhoven area in The Netherlands after the war. Anneke's career soon started to take off. She sang jazz material, American standards, Indonesian folk songs and rock 'n roll with Peter Koelewijn & Zijn Rockets. Koelewijn attended the same Eindhoven high school as Grönloh.
Her début solo single, 'Asmara', failed to chart in The Netherlands, but was a hit in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, where Grönloh toured succesfully as early as 1960. Her Dutch big break followed in the summer of 1962 with the Dutch smash hit, 'Brandend Zand' ('Burning Sand'), which hit #1 in the Dutch Top 40. It was the first of four consecutive #1 hit singles for Grönloh in some eleven months' time. 'Paradiso', 'Soerabaja' and 'Cimeroni' also hit the top spot. Versions of these hit singles in other languages charted in no less than 48 countries. In total, Anneke Grönloh has 'claimed sales' of over 30 million records, primarily singles.
Anneke Grönloh never had a Dutch chart hit again after 1964, but she continued to perform succesfully until 2017, in The Netherlands and the Far East. Her anniversary concert in Singapore in 1994, celebrating her career of 35 years, was attended by 30,000 people. Some of her albums are hardly known in The Netherlands, but sold over 100,000 copies in Indonesia and Malaysia, notably 2002's Nina Bobo.
Having suffered severe pulmonary embolism in 2016, Grönloh's health deteriorated. She stopped performing in the summer of 2017, aged 75, and passed away on 14 September 2018 at her home in France, where she spent the final years of her life. She was 76 years old.
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Anneke Grönloh Lyrics
Ik weet dat je liegt
En dat je mij bedriegt
Maar ik aanvaard ‘t
Want jij bent mijn leven
Van al wat je zegt
Komt er nooit iets terecht
Dat heeft zo vaak toch
Vertrouwen verdreven
Maar ik blijf naast je staan
Waar je ook mag gaan
Kan niets ons beiden scheiden
Ik weet dat je liegt
En dat je mij bedriegt
Maar ik aanvaard ‘t
Want jij bent mijn leven
Jij jij kunt fantaseren
Dat je het zelf haast gelooft
Jij jij hebt telkens weer
Mij een hemel op aarde beloofd
Ik weet dat je liegt
En dat je mij bedriegt
Maar ik aanvaard ‘t
Want jij bent mijn leven
Van al wat je zegt
Komt er nooit iets terecht
Dat heeft zo vaak toch
Vertrouwen verdreven
Maar ik blijf naast je staan
Waar je ook mag gaan
Kan niets ons beiden scheiden
Ik weet dat je liegt
En dat je mij bedriegt
Maar ik aanvaard ‘t
Want jij bent mijn leven
Ik weet dat je liegt
En dat je mij bedriegt
Maar ik aanvaard ‘t
Want jij bent mijn leven
Want jij bent mijn leven
Want jij bent mijn leven
En dat je mij bedriegt
Maar ik aanvaard ‘t
Want jij bent mijn leven
Van al wat je zegt
Komt er nooit iets terecht
Dat heeft zo vaak toch
Vertrouwen verdreven
Waar je ook mag gaan
Kan niets ons beiden scheiden
Ik weet dat je liegt
En dat je mij bedriegt
Maar ik aanvaard ‘t
Want jij bent mijn leven
Jij jij kunt fantaseren
Dat je het zelf haast gelooft
Jij jij hebt telkens weer
Mij een hemel op aarde beloofd
Ik weet dat je liegt
En dat je mij bedriegt
Maar ik aanvaard ‘t
Want jij bent mijn leven
Van al wat je zegt
Komt er nooit iets terecht
Dat heeft zo vaak toch
Vertrouwen verdreven
Maar ik blijf naast je staan
Waar je ook mag gaan
Kan niets ons beiden scheiden
Ik weet dat je liegt
En dat je mij bedriegt
Maar ik aanvaard ‘t
Want jij bent mijn leven
Ik weet dat je liegt
En dat je mij bedriegt
Maar ik aanvaard ‘t
Want jij bent mijn leven
Want jij bent mijn leven
Want jij bent mijn leven
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Turtle Jones
Amazing song. It is a huge loss that there's no known remaining copy of the Eurovision performances of 1964, as I'd love to see her singing it live.
receivedSE
@Bravo Vermeulen Iyaa...mungkin kalau di Menado setiap org, tua ato muda tahu krn dia org Menado. Tapi...di tmpt lain? As far as I know, there are hardly people know her and her songs. Her songs seem to be more famous than she is. Some people might know the tune of her songs, but they do not know her identity.
Bravo Vermeulen
@receivedSE i came from manado indonesia and pretty much everyone in my neighborhood know her and her famous songs: soerabaja, paradiso, etc
receivedSE
Anneke Grönloh came from Indonesia. Here, youngsters know nothing about her. Only grandpas and grandmas know her.
receivedSE
Yes, you are right. I wonder why. Perhaps, Denmark and other European countries had no "cheap" cameras like today.