
1955Heintje was born on 12th of August at Kerkrade, Bleijerheijde in The Netherlands.
1965The nine-year-old Heintje learned a lot from the jukebox-music of Robertino. A friend of his father, a bar keeper, took Heintje under his wing and arranged for him to perform in the Limburg's coalmine district. During a talent contest in the town of Schaesberg he sang that beautiful song "Mama" for all the mothers in the world. By coincidence, Willy Alberti was there and he was very impressed with Heintje's singing and promised him a golden future.
Addy Kleijngeld, a producer at the CNR record company, received a tip about a boy with a special voice in Bleijerheide. Addy went, with his accordion, to the café of Heintje's parents. Heintje was playing...