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Kinderen voor Kinderen - On an uninhabited island
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Children for Children - On an uninhabited island
Lyrics: Herman Pieter de Boer / Music: Tonny Eyk
(1981)
Kinderen voor Kinderen - Op een onbewoond eiland
Tekst: Herman Pieter de Boer / Muziek: Tonny Eyk
(1981)
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Dutch song Kinderen voor Kinderen - Onbewoond eiland
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Kinderen voor Kinderen ('Children for Children', 1980) is a Dutch national children's choir. Every year, since 1980, they release an album with new children's songs for the age of 8 till 13. Every year schoolchildren in that age range are asked what the subjects of the songs should be (like friendship, holiday, pets, starting secondary school, shyness, boredom, handicaps, divorce, war, illness, falling in love, acne, bullying, homework, etc.).
Well-known songwriters, lyricists and composers are asked to write one or two songs for a new record. Contributors were for example: Harry Bannink, Herman Pieter de Boer, Jan Boerstoel, Claudia de Breij, Tonny Eyk, Robert Long, Henk Temming, Henk Westbroek, Willem Wilmink and Ivo de Wijs.
The choir was set up to raise money for charity (especially for children in the Third World) - that explains the name of the choir. Since the 1990's, the choir no longer supports charities. Every year the songs are presented in a big TV-show, just before the new album is launched. This TV-show is also released on dvd.
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The choir Children for Children/Kinderen voor Kinderen won 1 time a Diamond Album, 11 times a Platinum Album and 4 times a Golden Album (in 38 years). No less than seven singles (although they're not pop songs) reached the National Hit Parade Top 40. One song ('I dreamt so insanely tonight') was voted into the Top 2000 (traditionally broadcasted on the radio the last week of the year) ten times.
In 2010 above song 'On an uninhabited island' (1981) was chosen as the Best Children for Children Hit in thirty years Children for Children. Both singers Dagmar Brusse (then 12) and Bennie Ploeg (then 11) and the songwriters were awarded.
Herman Pieter de Boer (1928-2014) was a Dutch writer and lyrics writer. His most well-known songs are (besides above song): 'Let me' (1978); 'Annabel' (1983); and 'I dreamt so insanely tonight' (1980). Above song 'On an uninhabited island' (1981) won the award of the Best Children for Children Hit (2010). In 2002 he was awarded with a Golden Harp.
Tonny Eyk (1940) is a pianist and composer. He composed music for film and television, begin tunes for radio programmes and made tours with Dutch and international artists. He won four Edison Music Awards, a Golden Harp (1981) and the award of the Best Children for Children Hit (2010) for above song (1981).
 More translated Kinderen voor Kinderen songs and more with the theme 'cheerful songs'. See also the list of Dutch bands with all their songs on this website.
 Lyrics 'Op een onbewoond eiland' on Dutch website: Nederlandse songteksten.
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