Lenny Kuhr

Lenny Kuhr
Lenny Kuhr
	Kuhr at Het Grote Songfestivalfeest in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Helena Hubertina Johanna Kuhr
Born	22 February 1950 (age 74); Eindhoven, Netherlands
Occupation	Singer-songwriter

Helena Hubertina Johanna "Lenny" Kuhr (born 22 February 1950) is a Dutch singer-songwriter.

Career

In 1967, she started a singing career in the Netherlands, performing songs in the French chanson tradition. In 1969, she represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest with her composition "De troubadour" (lyrics by David Hartsema; orchestra conducted by Franz de Kok). She was one of the four winners that year.

In the early seventies, Kuhr was more successful in France than in her home country. In 1970 she toured with Georges Brassens. Late 1971 she had a top 10 hit in France with "Jesus Christo".

In 1980, she had her biggest hit in the Netherlands: "Visite", a song she performed with the French group Les Poppys. She has been releasing records ever since, though without major chart success.

Lenny Kuhr was one of the artists who recorded the song "Shalom from Holland" (written by Simon Hammelburg and Ron Klipstein) as a token of solidarity with the Israeli people, threatened by missiles from Iraq, during the Gulf War in 1991.

Lenny Kuhr performed "De troubadour" during the interval of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday 22 May 2021 in Rotterdam, in a segment called "Rock the Roof", together with other Eurovision winners.^[1] Kuhr later recorded the song in five additional languages: English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.

In March 2024, Lenny Kuhr was harassed on stage by pro-Palestine activists during a concert in Waalwijk.^[2]^[3]

Personal life

Kuhr's first marriage was in 1974 to an Israeli doctor, whom she met after she had her nose damaged in an attack in May 1973, in Haarlem. Her new husband repaired her nose and Kuhr converted to Judaism. She had two daughters with her first husband, in 1975 and in 1980, before moving back to the Netherlands in 1981.^[4]^[5]

After her divorce, Kuhr was romantically involved with songwriter Herman Pieter de Boer, from 1981 to 1993.

She was married for a second time in 2003.

Discography

1969: Lenny Kuhr
1971: De zomer achterna
1972: Tout ce que j'aime / Les enfants
1972: De wereld waar ik van droom
1974: God laat ons vrij
1976: 'n Dag als vandaag
1980: Dromentrein
1981: Avonturen
1982: Oog in oog
1983: De beste van Lenny Kuhr (compilation album)
1986: Quo vadis
1988: Lenny Kuhr (compilation album)
1990: Het beste van Lenny Kuhr (compilation album)
1990: De blauwe nacht
1992: Heilig vuur
1994: Altijd heimwee
1997: Gebroken stenen (also released in German as Gebrochene Steine)
1997: Stemmen in de nacht
1999: Oeverloze liefde
2000: Visite (compilation album)
2001: Hollands glorie (compilation album)
2001: Fadista
2004: Op de grens van jou en mij
2005: Panta Rhei
2007: 40 Jaar verliefd (live album)
2010: Hollands glorie (compilation album)
2010: Mijn liedjes mijn leven (CD/DVD boxset)
2011: Liefdeslied
2013: Wie ben je
2017: Gekust door de eeuwigheid
2019: Het lied gaat door
2021: Favorieten Expres (compilation album)
2022: Lenny Kuhr

References

^ "Eurovision". BBC. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ "Concert van Lenny Kuhr in Waalwijk verstoord door pro-Palestijnse activisten". NOS Nieuws (in Dutch). 24 March 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
^ "Activists heckle singer Lenny Kuhr, 74, over Israel links". DutchNews. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
^ [1] Archived 10 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Biografie". Lenny Kuhr. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

External links

Official website (in Dutch)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Massiel with "La, la, la"	Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 (tied with Lulu, Salomé & Frida Boccara)	Succeeded by Dana with "All Kinds of Everything"
Preceded by Ronnie Tober with "Morgen"	Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969	Succeeded by Hearts of Soul with "Waterman"

[1] "Eurovision". BBC. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[2] "Concert van Lenny Kuhr in Waalwijk verstoord door pro-Palestijnse activisten". NOS Nieuws (in Dutch). 24 March 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

[3] "Activists heckle singer Lenny Kuhr, 74, over Israel links". DutchNews. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

[4] [1] Archived 10 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "Biografie". Lenny Kuhr. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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v t e Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
Nationaal Songfestival
Participation	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	3JS Willeke Alberti Anouk Bernadette Douwe Bob Corry Brokken Franklin Brown Humphrey Campbell Rudi Carrell The Common Linnets Dion Cooper Ben Cramer Bill van Dijk Joan Franka Frizzle Sizzle Glennis Grace Anneke Grönloh Harmony Esther Hart Hearts of Soul Hind Ruth Jacott Gerard Joling Greetje Kauffeld Joost Klein Lenny Kuhr Duncan Laurence Heddy Lester Maggie MacNeal Jeangu Macrooy Marcha Maribelle Marlayne Maxine Maywood Michelle Mouth and MacNeal Mrs. Einstein Mia Nicolai OG3NE Trijntje Oosterhuis Jetty Paerl Annie Palmen Justine Pelmelay Sandra Reemer Re-union Edsilia Rombley S10 Sandra and Andres Saskia and Serge Teddy Scholten Milly Scott Sieneke De Spelbrekers Thérèse Steinmetz Teach-In Ronnie Tober The Toppers Treble Conny Vandenbos Linda Wagenmakers Waylon Linda Williams
Songs	"Alles heeft ritme" "Als het om de liefde gaat" "Amambanda" "Amsterdam" "Arcade" "Een beetje" "Birds" "Birth of a New Age" "Blijf zoals je bent" "Burning Daylight" "Calm After the Storm" "Colorado" "De diepte" "Ding-a-dong" "De eerste keer" "Europapa" "Fernando en Filippo" ~~"Grow"~~ "Heel de wereld" "Hemel en aarde" "Het is een wonder" "I See a Star" "Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)" "Ik hou van jou" "Ik wil alles met je delen" "Jij bent mijn leven" "Jij en ik" "Katinka" "Lights and Shadows" "De mallemolen" "Morgen" "My Impossible Dream" "Net als toen" "Never Alone" "Niemand heeft nog tijd" "No Goodbyes" "On Top of the World" "One Good Reason" "One More Night" "De oude muzikant" "Out on My Own" "Outlaw in 'Em" "The Party's Over" "Rechtop in de wind" "Ring-dinge-ding" "Shangri-La" "Shine" "Sing Me a Song" "Slow Down" "Een speeldoos" "'t Is genoeg" "'t Is OK" "Tijd" "De troubadour" "De vogels van Holland" "Voorgoed voorbij" "Vrede" "Waar is de zon" "Walk Along" "Wat een dag" "Wat een geluk" "Waterman" "Wijs me de weg" "Without You" "You and Me" "Your Heart Belongs to Me"
Note: Entries scored out signify where the Netherlands did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Countries	Belgium Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Frida Boccara Muriel Day Paola del Medico Ivan and 4M Jarkko and Laura Jean Jacques Tommy Körberg Lenny Kuhr Lulu Siw Malmkvist Louis Neefs Simone de Oliveira Romuald Salomé Kirsti Sparboe Iva Zanicchi
Songs	"Bonjour, Bonjour" "Boom Bang-a-Bang" "Catherine" "Desfolhada portuguesa" "Due grosse lacrime bianche" "Jennifer Jennings" "Un jour, un enfant" "Judy, min vän" "Kuin silloin ennen" "Maman, maman" "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli" "Pozdrav svijetu" "Primaballerina" "De troubadour" "Vivo cantando" "The Wages of Love"

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