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Lenny Kuhr

Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1950)

Summary

Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1950)

Field	Value
background	solo_singer
birth_name	Helena Hubertina Johanna Kuhr
name	Lenny Kuhr
image	Lenny Kuhr op Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2019.jpg
image_size	260px
caption	Kuhr at Het Grote Songfestivalfeest in 2019
birth_date
birth_place	Eindhoven, Netherlands
occupation	Singer-songwriter

Helena Hubertina Johanna "Lenny" Kuhr (born 22 February 1950) is a Dutch singer-songwriter.

Career

Lenny Kuhr at the ''[[Nationaal Songfestival]]'' in 1969

In 1967, she started a singing career in the Netherlands, performing songs in the French chanson tradition. In 1969, she represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest with her composition "De troubadour" (lyrics by David Hartsema; orchestra conducted by Franz de Kok). She was one of the four winners that year.

In the early seventies, Kuhr was more successful in France than in her home country. In 1970 she toured with Georges Brassens. Late 1971 she had a top 10 hit in France with "Jesus Christo".

In 1980, she had her biggest hit in the Netherlands: "Visite", a song she performed with the French group Les Poppys. She has been releasing records ever since, though without major chart success.

Lenny Kuhr was one of the artists who recorded the song "Shalom from Holland" (written by Simon Hammelburg and Ron Klipstein) as a token of solidarity with the Israeli people, threatened by missiles from Iraq, during the Gulf War in 1991.

Lenny Kuhr performed "De troubadour" during the interval of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday 22 May 2021 in Rotterdam, in a segment called "Rock the Roof", together with other Eurovision winners. Kuhr later recorded the song in five additional languages: English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.

In March 2024, Lenny Kuhr was heckled while on stage by pro-Palestine activists during a concert in Waalwijk.

Personal life

Kuhr's first marriage was in 1974 to an Israeli doctor, whom she met after she had her nose damaged in an attack in May 1973, in Haarlem. Her new husband repaired her nose and Kuhr converted to Judaism. She had two daughters with her first husband, in 1975 and in 1980, before moving back to the Netherlands in 1981.

After her divorce, Kuhr was romantically involved with songwriter Herman Pieter de Boer, from 1981 to 1993.

She was married for a second time in 2003.

Discography

1969: Lenny Kuhr
1971: De zomer achterna
1972: Tout ce que j'aime / Les enfants
1972: De wereld waar ik van droom
1974: God laat ons vrij
1976: 'n Dag als vandaag
1980: Dromentrein
1981: Avonturen
1982: Oog in oog
1983: De beste van Lenny Kuhr (compilation album)
1986: Quo vadis
1988: Lenny Kuhr (compilation album)
1990: Het beste van Lenny Kuhr (compilation album)
1990: De blauwe nacht
1992: Heilig vuur
1994: Altijd heimwee
1997: Gebroken stenen (also released in German as Gebrochene Steine)
1997: Stemmen in de nacht
1999: Oeverloze liefde
2000: Visite (compilation album)
2001: Hollands glorie (compilation album)
2001: Fadista
2004: Op de grens van jou en mij
2005: Panta Rhei
2007: 40 Jaar verliefd (live album)
2010: Hollands glorie (compilation album)
2010: Mijn liedjes mijn leven (CD/DVD boxset)
2011: Liefdeslied
2013: Wie ben je
2017: Gekust door de eeuwigheid
2019: Het lied gaat door
2021: Favorieten Expres (compilation album)
2022: Lenny Kuhr

References

(18 May 2021). "Eurovision".
. (2024-03-24). ["Concert van Lenny Kuhr in Waalwijk verstoord door pro-Palestijnse activisten"](https://nos.nl/artikel/2514074-concert-van-lenny-kuhr-in-waalwijk-verstoord-door-pro-palestijnse-activisten). *NOS Nieuws*.
. (2024-03-25). ["Activists heckle singer Lenny Kuhr, 74, over Israel links"](https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/03/activists-heckle-singer-lenny-kuhr-74-over-israel-links/). *DutchNews*.
[http://eurovision.ndr.de/hintergruende/lennykuhr100.html] {{webarchive. link. (10 February 2010)
"Biografie". Lenny Kuhr.

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