Draft:Johnny Hoes

Johnny Hoes
Johnny Hoes (1969)
Johnny Hoes (1969)
Background information
Birth nameJohannes Andreas Hoes
BornApril 19, 1917
Rotterdam, Netherlands
DiedJuly 23, 2011(2011-07-23) (aged 97)
Weert, Netherlands
GenresLevenslied, teallap
InstrumentGuitar
LabelsTelstar

Johannes Andreas (Johnny) Hoes ( Rotterdam , April 19 , 1917 – Weert , July 23, 2011 ) was a Dutch singer , producer and composer - lyricist . His album "Och, if only I had stayed at home with my mother" is considered the best-selling Dutch-language single of all time, with 450,000 copies sold.

Johnny Hoes is known as the king of the sentimental song and was the man behind thousands of sing-alongs, sentimental songs, carnival hits and life songs . Other big hits were The smuggler, That is the end and Fries with mayonnaise (1974).

Since the 1960s he was active in Weert , Limburg, with his own recording studio and record company. He lived in Knokke, Belgium, since 1983.