Willy Sommers

Sommers in 2013

Willy Sommers (born Willy Jeanne Jean De Gieter in Uccle, Belgium on 9 August 1952) is a Flemish singer and television presenter. He sings Schlager music and is described as an "unsophisticated crooner".[1] His hits include "Zeven Anjers Zeven Rozen" (meaning Seven Carnations, Seven Roses), a hit in Dutch in 1971 which, translated as "Siete rosas, Siete besos" (meaning Seven Roses, Seven Kisses), spent 34 weeks in the Spanish Top 50.[2] Sommers had a relationship in the 1970s with singer Truus (real name Gertrudis Vereecken).[3]

Sommers appeared as himself in episode 9 of season 2 (Reconstructie) of the Netflix production Undercover.

References

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  1. ^ Vries, Andre de (2007). Flanders: A Cultural History. Oxford UP. p. 60. ISBN 9780199837335.
  2. ^ Meyer, Gust de, ed. (1999). Het zijn maar liedjes: handboek populaire muziekstudies (in Dutch). Keith Roe. Garant. pp. 63, 105, 259. ISBN 9789053506394.
  3. ^ "'Willy Sommers heeft abortus op zijn geweten'". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 18 September 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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