Christiane Bervoets | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Samantha |
| Born | 10 May 1948 |
| Died | 17 November 2023 |
| Instrument(s) | vocals |
| Website | http://www.samantha40.be/ |
Christiane Bervoets (10 May 1948 – 17 November 2023), known by the stage name Samantha, was a Belgian singer.
Her 1970 recordings of "Helicopter US Navy 66" and "Nachten Van Parijs" were very successful, and her 1971 song " Eviva España", written by Leo Caerts and Leo Rozenstraten, achieved widespread fame, was inducted into the Radio Belgium Hall of Fame, and - in a cover by Manolo Escobar - became "part of Spain's cultural identity in the 1970s". [1] [2] [3]
In 2016, Bervoets received the Golden Lifetime Award at the Retro Festival Aarschot. [4] As of 2017, she was living in a residential care center in Belgium. [5]
Bervoets died on 17 November 2023, at the age of 75. [6]
- ^ "Y Viva Espana singer dies aged 82". BBC News. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Hoe zou het zijn met Samantha?". Radio 2 (Belgium) (in Dutch). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Manolo Escobar al país dels belgues". ARA (in Catalan). 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Bekend volk op uitreiking Golden Lifetime Awards". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 24 May 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Ze scoorde een wereldhit, verkocht honderdduizenden platen. Nu is Samantha "fulltime bezig met gelukkig zijn"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 7 December 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Zangeres Samantha, bekend van ‘Eviva España’, overleden (in Dutch)
- official website
- Christiane Bervoets discography at Discogs
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Christiane Bervoets | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Samantha |
| Born | 10 May 1948 |
| Died | 17 November 2023 |
| Instrument(s) | vocals |
| Website | http://www.samantha40.be/ |
Christiane Bervoets (10 May 1948 – 17 November 2023), known by the stage name Samantha, was a Belgian singer.
Her 1970 recordings of "Helicopter US Navy 66" and "Nachten Van Parijs" were very successful, and her 1971 song " Eviva España", written by Leo Caerts and Leo Rozenstraten, achieved widespread fame, was inducted into the Radio Belgium Hall of Fame, and - in a cover by Manolo Escobar - became "part of Spain's cultural identity in the 1970s". [1] [2] [3]
In 2016, Bervoets received the Golden Lifetime Award at the Retro Festival Aarschot. [4] As of 2017, she was living in a residential care center in Belgium. [5]
Bervoets died on 17 November 2023, at the age of 75. [6]
- ^ "Y Viva Espana singer dies aged 82". BBC News. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Hoe zou het zijn met Samantha?". Radio 2 (Belgium) (in Dutch). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Manolo Escobar al país dels belgues". ARA (in Catalan). 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Bekend volk op uitreiking Golden Lifetime Awards". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 24 May 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Ze scoorde een wereldhit, verkocht honderdduizenden platen. Nu is Samantha "fulltime bezig met gelukkig zijn"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 7 December 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Zangeres Samantha, bekend van ‘Eviva España’, overleden (in Dutch)
- official website
- Christiane Bervoets discography at Discogs
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