Will Hoebee
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Born
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1947-06-29
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29 June 1947
Hilversum
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Netherlands
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Origin
| Netherlands
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Died
| 10 June 2012
(2012-06-10)
(aged 64)
Hasselt
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Belgium
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Genres
| Pop
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Occupation(s)
| songwriter, producer, arranger.
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Years active
| 1970-2012
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Formerly of
| Jose Hoebee
,
Peter Koelewijn
,
Benny Neyman
,
Saskia & Serge
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Gheorghe Zamfir
,
David Soul
,
Nana Mouskouri
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Musical artist
Will Hoebee
(29 June 1947 – 10 June 2012) was a Dutch
record producer
and
songwriter
. In late 1981, he married
Jose Hoebee
(singer of the
girl group
Luv'
).
Benny Neyman
,
Saskia & Serge
,
Gheorghe Zamfir
,
David Soul
and
Nana Mouskouri
were among the acts he produced.
Debut
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Hoebee was born in
Hilversum
,
Netherlands
. After graduating from high school, he found a job at the mailing service of the
AVRO
(a Dutch public broadcasting organisation) where he met many celebrities. He later worked at NRU (now:
NOS
) record library. At this time, he was approached by Herman Stok and Hans Kemna to produce various radio shows for public broadcaster NOS. In 1970, he entered the
radio promotion
division of
Ariola Records
. Two years later, he was hired by
Phonogram Records
where he stayed until the early 1980s.
A successful record producer
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In the mid 1970s, Hoebee started his collaboration with producer/songwriter
Peter Koelewijn
. They co-wrote the Dutch Top 5 hit single "Patrick Mon Cheri" performed by Kiki & Pearly in 1975.
[1]
French pop singer
Sheila
covered that year this song that went gold in
France
and sold 800.000 copies.
[2]
Soon after, Hoebee produced the Dutch version of
Austin Roberts
signature song
"Rocky" that hit the number one spot in the Netherlands and was performed by Don Mercedes.
[3]
In 1977, he founded with Koelewijn the "Born Free" label
[4]
[5]
(a
Phonogram
subsidiary). Saskia & Serge and Rob de Nijs were part of the roster of this short-lived record company.
In 1979, Will met
Luv'
singer
Jose Andreoli
. They got married in late 1981 and celebrated their wedding reception in David Soul's villa in
Los Angeles
. Their son Tim was born on 14 October 1985. Will supervised some of his wife's recordings (including the Top 20 hit "So Long, Marianne" (in duet with TV host Ron Brandsteder in 1984)
[6]
and the album "Herinnering"
[7]
with
Bonnie Saint Claire
with Dutch cover versions of
ABBA
songs in 1985). Then he was involved in the production of the Dutch version of the children's musical
Abbacadabra
.
[8]
Moreover, he produced famous Dutch artists, like
Andre van Duin
, Bonnie St. Claire or Benny Neyman (with whom he scored the #1 hit "Waarom fluister ik je naam nog"
[9]
in the Netherlands) but also international performers (such as
Gheorghe Zamfir
,
[10]
[11]
Vicky Leandros
, Nana Mouskouri
[12]
[13]
and David Soul.
[14]
).
During the 1980s, Hoebee was an
A&R
manager at the CNR label and later at
Koch
records.
Later career
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He slowed down his career in the music business in the 1990s. In 2004, he took part in a music internet portal "muziekmaken.nl" (nowadays defunct) in which Jose wrote a weekly column. He also produced a TV
talent show
(
Tijd Voor Talent
) hosted by his wife and aired on a Dutch local channel "VSM TV". In 2009, he recorded with
Piet Souer
a new rendering of a
Phil Spector
classic hit (
Be My Baby
) performed by former
BZN
member
Anny Schilder
and Jose Hoebee.
[15]
He died in a hospital in
Hasselt
on 10 June 2012 of cancer.
[16]
References
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Bibliography
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- "500 Nr.1 Hits uit de Top 40", book by Johan van Slooten, Gottmer Becht Publishing, 1997
- "Top 40 Hitdossier 1956-2005 (9e editie)", book by Johan van Slooten, Gottmer Bech Publishing, 2006
- "50 jaar nummer-1-hits 1956-2006", book by Johan van Slooten, Gottmer Uitgevers Groep, 2006
- "Albumdossier 1969-2002", book by Johan van Slooten, Becht's Uitgevers, 2002
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