Rene Froger

1 (solo) performer

Indoor and outdoor

Singer (male) , Well known artists

30 min

by mutual agreement

NL, EN

A performance of René Froger books means an evening of singing, swinging and enjoying. His specialty is to make every performance a big party. You're guaranteed to have a great time!

As a young man he won a talent show and as a prize he was allowed to join Ted de Braak and Mini & Maxi. In 1979, he recorded his first song, "Disco a la carte."

How it began
Froger was born and grew up in Amsterdam's Jordaan neighborhood. His father, Jan Froger, had a café in the Staatsliedenbuurt neighborhood. Like his musical parents, who performed as the Duo Jan & Mien, Froger began singing as a child in his father's café.

In the spring of 1987, René released his first real single, titled: Love Leave Me. The then popular Veronica DJs Erik de Zwart and Adam Curry are fans of the first hour. When Adam Curry says goodbye to the Netherlands, René Froger sings the song Winter in America on the TV program Countdown. It is René's TV debut and earns him his first Top 5 hit. In 1988, René Froger's debut album is released, titled: Who Dares Wins. The album goes gold, which at the time still means that it sold 50,000 copies. Although René focuses on English-language songs, in 1989 he makes an exception for the Colombine Foundation. With the Goede Doel, he records the song Alles Kan Een Mens Gelukkig Maken (Een Eigen Huis). The single stormed the charts and spent weeks at No. 1. It marked René's definitive breakthrough.

From the café to Carré
"Thank you for being present at the most beautiful moment of my life...". René speaks these words in theater Carré on December 3, 1990 during the intro to This Is The Moment. It is his first milestone and the singer, who began his musical career in his parents' café, announces, "My career is actually already a success". Of course, at that moment he has no idea of what will follow.

He scores hit after hit, including: Are You Ready For Loving Me, Just Say Hello and Nobody Else. In November 1992, René performed for the first time in Ahoy Rotterdam. he'll never make it," several people said, but the popular singer sold out completely for three nights. The album Sweet Hello's & Sad Goodbyes, also released around the same time, sold more than 50,000 copies. The album The Power of Passion released a year later also scores incredibly well, including the hit singles Calling Out Your Name and Why Are You So Beautiful.

10 x Ahoy and De Kuip
In 1994 René once again performed in Ahoy'. The singer filled the Rotterdam concert hall to the brim for no less than ten nights. An absolute record. Because even after those ten concerts people were still queuing up for tickets, it was decided to do the Kuip in Rotterdam the following year. René gives two legendary shows there for a total of 120,000 spectators. It all seems to be going according to plan, but a few lesser years begin for the singer. Privately, there were setbacks to deal with and things were not going well on the CD. Nevertheless, the series of concerts René gave again in Ahoy' in 1998 was a great success and he toured all the major concert halls in the Netherlands. Once again he effortlessly sold 120,000 tickets in a short time.

In 2000 he returned to the Kuip to take the stage in Ahoy' again in 2001. His album Internal Affairs was high up in the charts and René received huge and admiring applause from the audience for his perseverance.

After this overwhelming success, René could not resist visiting Ahoy' again in 2002. The Show Of The Year 2002 differs from his previous prestige production by a different stage arrangement: in the round. A big surprise is the musical get-together with his parents Bolle Jan and Mien Froger. Together with Lee Towers, René brings an ode to Las Vegas and with Carel Kraayenhoff he performs the sensitive Liefde van Later.

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