Reinhard Mey is a German singer who releases almost every two/three years a new album since 1967. He sang songs in German, French and sometimes in Dutch. 'Als de dag van toen', first broadcasted on Toppop on October 22 in 1975, is the Dutch version of his song 'Wie vor Jahr und Tag'. The Dutch lyrics are from Karel Hille, a Dutch writer, poet, journalist and tv producer who also wrote the Dutch classic song 'Waarheen, waarvoor' for Mieke Telkamp. During the World Soccer Championships of 2006 'Als de dag van toen' was used by insurrance company Nationale Nederlanden in their commercial. Mey is in The Netherlands however most famous for his song 'Gute Nacht Freunde' which is used since 1975 as tune for Dutch radioprogramm 'Met het oog op morgen'.
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AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988.
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.