Brandend zand

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Song

In July 1962 Brandend zand by Anneke Grönloh was released. She was born in 1942 in Tondano in the Dutch East Indies and spent her first years in a Japanese internment camp. The song is a translation by Johnny Hoes of the German Heißer Sand. It stayed at the top of the charts for weeks and is said to have sold more than three million copies worldwide. In 2000 Grönloh was named singer of the century.

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  Brandend zand · Anneke Grönloh, 1962
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