Teddy Scholten
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Dorothea Margaretha "Teddy" Scholten (née Van Zwieteren; 11 May 1926 – 8 April 2010) was a Dutch
singer from Rijswijk
, close to The Hague
, Netherlands
.
In 1959, Teddy Scholten won the Eurovision Song Contest 1959
for the Netherlands singing "Een beetje
" (A little bit), with music composed by Dick Schallies and lyrics by Willy van Hemert
. Also she commentated for the Netherlands in the Contest for the 1966 Eurovision.
With her husband, Henk Scholten, she recorded several albums, many of them containing songs for children. In the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in popular television shows in The Netherlands. In 1965 and 1966, she presented the National Song Festival. In the history of Dutch copyright law she is commemorated for her lawsuit in 1959-1960 against a cigarette manufacturer over the use of her portrait in a newspaper advertisement.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
singer from Rijswijk
Rijswijk
Rijswijk is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is a suburb of The Hague and covers an area of 14.48 km² ....
, close to The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
In 1959, Teddy Scholten won the Eurovision Song Contest 1959
Eurovision Song Contest 1959
The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Cannes, following the French victory the previous year....
for the Netherlands singing "Een beetje
Een Beetje
"Een beetje" , sometimes spelled " 'n Beetje ", was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959. Performed in Dutch by Teddy Scholten, the song was the second victory for the Netherlands in the first four years of the contest's history.The song is more up-tempo than the previous winners...
" (A little bit), with music composed by Dick Schallies and lyrics by Willy van Hemert
Willy van Hemert
Willy van Hemert was a Dutch theatre and television director, song writer, actor and comedian....
. Also she commentated for the Netherlands in the Contest for the 1966 Eurovision.
With her husband, Henk Scholten, she recorded several albums, many of them containing songs for children. In the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in popular television shows in The Netherlands. In 1965 and 1966, she presented the National Song Festival. In the history of Dutch copyright law she is commemorated for her lawsuit in 1959-1960 against a cigarette manufacturer over the use of her portrait in a newspaper advertisement.