Lydia Tuinenburg, known as a singer by her first name Lydia, (Java, Tjilatjap, April 27, 1940 - California, September 25, 2016) was a Dutch singer of Indian descent. She briefly formed a link in the history of Indo-Rock.
Life With the independence of Indonesia, the family, her father was a professional soldier, left for the Netherlands in 1950. They were housed in Whee near Zoutkamp, but eventually ended up in Apeldoorn. Lydia started singing at a very young age, singing at school parties and family celebrations. Her brother Charles Tuinenberg, drummer, started a band The Melody Strings, but Lydia was active in the cabaret Paljas from Apeldoorn. In the spring of 1959 she joined her brother's orchestra, taking Ben Steneker with her. They took part in a talent show and could be heard on the radio. Lydia and / or Charles then approached a record company.
Record company Bovema stepped in and Lydia was allowed to record a number of songs in April 1959, including Send me the pillow (you dream on) by Hank Locklin. Music producer Frans van Schaik sees something in the young talent and offered her a record deal. Through the record label Imperial the song is released as a single and it becomes a hit. She has been in the charts for 38 weeks (Time for Teenagers, a top 20) and, together with the original, occupied fourth place for four weeks. [1]
In the meantime she was part of the Dutch delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest of Knokke in 1959. She was part of the Dutch delegation which also included Annie Palmen, John de Mol (1931-2013), Joop van der Marel and Rob de Nijs. She spoke to Charles Aznavour, among others, to whom she would have said that if she got married, she would immediately stop singing.
Just as her career was gaining momentum, she became pregnant without being married. Morally, that is not possible in the Netherlands in the early 1960s and she left for the United States, following her husband. Before she left, she recorded a few more songs for an LP Kiss by Lydia. Her single has been in the charts for so long that logically one or more gold records had to be awarded, but the singer was no longer in the Netherlands.
She left with baby and hoped to continue her singing career in the US, but nothing has been heard from since then. It would be a result of the behavior of American record companies, who wanted to honor Lydia's contract, or her husband was so jealous that he preferred not to see her perform, or she was not very ambitious about it. She was due to pay a short visit to Apeldoorn in November 2016, but a brain haemorrhage resulted in premature death.
Her success led Phonogram to make more work of female singers; until then, she put excessive effort into men's careers.
Besides Lydia and Charles Tuinenburg, Renate and Renaldo (Naldi) Tuinenburg were also in the music.
John,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenCould you please provide a biography for Lydia (born etc), you may have access to a biography that we don't have.
Lydia Tuinenburg, known as a singer by her first name Lydia, (Java, Tjilatjap, April 27, 1940 - California, September 25, 2016) was a Dutch singer of Indian descent. She briefly formed a link in the history of Indo-Rock.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLife
With the independence of Indonesia, the family, her father was a professional soldier, left for the Netherlands in 1950. They were housed in Whee near Zoutkamp, but eventually ended up in Apeldoorn. Lydia started singing at a very young age, singing at school parties and family celebrations. Her brother Charles Tuinenberg, drummer, started a band The Melody Strings, but Lydia was active in the cabaret Paljas from Apeldoorn. In the spring of 1959 she joined her brother's orchestra, taking Ben Steneker with her. They took part in a talent show and could be heard on the radio. Lydia and / or Charles then approached a record company.
Record company Bovema stepped in and Lydia was allowed to record a number of songs in April 1959, including Send me the pillow (you dream on) by Hank Locklin. Music producer Frans van Schaik sees something in the young talent and offered her a record deal. Through the record label Imperial the song is released as a single and it becomes a hit. She has been in the charts for 38 weeks (Time for Teenagers, a top 20) and, together with the original, occupied fourth place for four weeks. [1]
In the meantime she was part of the Dutch delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest of Knokke in 1959. She was part of the Dutch delegation which also included Annie Palmen, John de Mol (1931-2013), Joop van der Marel and Rob de Nijs. She spoke to Charles Aznavour, among others, to whom she would have said that if she got married, she would immediately stop singing.
Just as her career was gaining momentum, she became pregnant without being married. Morally, that is not possible in the Netherlands in the early 1960s and she left for the United States, following her husband. Before she left, she recorded a few more songs for an LP Kiss by Lydia. Her single has been in the charts for so long that logically one or more gold records had to be awarded, but the singer was no longer in the Netherlands.
She left with baby and hoped to continue her singing career in the US, but nothing has been heard from since then. It would be a result of the behavior of American record companies, who wanted to honor Lydia's contract, or her husband was so jealous that he preferred not to see her perform, or she was not very ambitious about it. She was due to pay a short visit to Apeldoorn in November 2016, but a brain haemorrhage resulted in premature death.
Her success led Phonogram to make more work of female singers; until then, she put excessive effort into men's careers.
Besides Lydia and Charles Tuinenburg, Renate and Renaldo (Naldi) Tuinenburg were also in the music.
Erik,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThank you very much for the biography.