- Willy Alberti
Willy Alberti (b. Carel Verbrugge,
Amsterdam , Oct. 14, 1926 - d. there, Feb. 18, 1985) was a Dutch singer, who sang in Dutch and Italian. He was also an actor and a radio and TV personality.Alberti was the third of eight children born to William James Verbrugge and Sophia Jacoba van Musscher. He sang with family members at a very young age.
He began recording professionally in the early 1940's. He was married in 1944, and his daughter Willeke was born in 1945. After the war Alberti established himself in the Netherlands with Italian songs; he became increasingly popular in the 1950s, when he had a string of hits beginning with "
Nel blu dipinto di blu " in 1958. In the 1960s, he began to act alongside his daughter Willeke; as a duo, they also scored hits on the Dutch charts. From 1965 father and daughter presented a popular monthly television show at theAVRO . Alberti won twoEdison Award s in the 1960s.In the 1970s Alberti's fame began to recede, though he did score a few hits. In 1984 Alberti was diagnosed with liver cancer, and died on February 18 of the next year. He was cremated at the
Westgaarde Crematorium in Amsterdam.In 1998, a Willy Alberti museum was established; it quickly closed due to lack of interest.
Dutch singles
;Pre-Top 40
*Ik zing dit lied voor jou alleen 1946
*Veel mooier dan het mooiste schilderij 1946
*Droomland 1950 withAns Heidendaal
*Ci-ciu-ci 1955
*Mijn sprookjesboek 1955
*Vivere 1955
*Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare) 1958 #4
*Come prima 1958 #2
*Piove 1959 #1
*Una marcia infa 1959 #3
*Marina 1959 #1
*Romantica 1960 #14
*Quando quando quando 1962 #11
*Sei rimasta sola 1963 #8 with Willeke Alberti
*Sabato sera 1964 #44 with Willeke Alberti;Top 40
*Dat afgezaagde zinnetje 1967 #2 with Willeke Alberti
*Mooi Amsterdam 1968 withWim Sonneveld
*De glimlach van een kind 1968 #26
*Ajax olé olé olé (je bent mijn glorie) 1969
*Chi-ri-bi-ri-bin pom pom pom 1969 with Willeke Alberti
*Een reisje langs de Rijn 1969 with Willeke Alberti
*We gaan naar Londen 1971 #17
*Juliana bedankt 1980 #18
*Niemand laat z'n eigen kind alleen 1983 #5 with Willeke Alberti
*Liefde 1987 #38
*De glimlach van een kind (new version) 1995 #34 with Willeke Alberti
*Jij bent het leven voor mij 1997 #32 withAndré Hazes
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