Gerard Cox (1940) can look back on a versatile career. Became known in the sixties and seventies as a committed cabaret performer (including in Lurelei and with Frans Halsema), he developed into an actor, screenwriter (Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon), 'the face' of the snack food manufacturer Duyvis, fanatic Feyenoord supporter and Well-known Dutchman. . In the mid-seventies Cox managed to score a number
… of hits, of which Het Is Weer Voorbij Die Mooi Zomer is the best known. On Wat Je Zingt Ben Je Zelf .. Gerard Cox sings a series of Toon Hermans-like songs that originate in the fifties and sixties of the last century. Accompanied by pianist Van der Wurff, you will hear nice life songs about a sailor wife, a couple who are forced to marry by church and the tragedy of the red light district. Cox performs songs by Frans Halsema (Kees), Annie MG Schmidt (Marjoleine), Jules de Corte (The Bridal Couple), Louis Davids (Didn't You Have Those Beautiful Blue Eyes) and Toon Hermans (Cafe Billiards). It evokes the atmosphere of a bygone era and nostalgia to the fifties and sixties, and will certainly appeal to older music lovers. (BP)more