Date - February 17, 1959
Official name - Nationaal Songfestival 1959
Organising broadcaster - NTS
Venue - AVRO Studios, Hilversum
Host - Karin Kraaykamp
Director - Gijs Stappershoef
Stage designer - unknown
Producer - Piet te Nuyl, Jnr.
Musical directors - Dolf van der Linden & Eddy de Jong
Orchestras - Metropole Orchestra (Metropole Orkest) & combo led by Eddy de Jong
Concertmaster Metropole Orchestra - Guus Valten
Interval act - Metropole Orchestra playing an instrumental tune
Expert jury - Jan Bronkhorst (president) / Mieke van Dillen / Lex Karsemeijer / Jan Koopman / Joop Koopman / Theo Uden Masman / Leo Nelissen / Karel Prior / Tony Schifferstein
Number of entries - 8, each played in two different arrangements
Winning entry - 'Een beetje'
Winning songwriters - Willy van Hemert / Dick Schallies
Winning orchestrator - Pi Scheffer
Winning vocalist - Teddy Scholten
Note 1 - In this national final, each entry was performed twice, in two different arrangements. In the voting, a nationwide jury of random music listeners voted for 'Een beetje' as the winning entry, upon which an expert jury anonymously voted for Teddy Scholten as the artist most suitable to perform the song in the international festival in Cannes; as Scholten had performed 'Een beetje' with Eddy de Jong's combo in the National Song Contest, the song had to be re-arranged for the international final. This orchestration was a team effort by Bert Paige, Pi Scheffer, Dick Schallies, and Dolf van der Linden
Note 2 - Sadly, the sheet music of the combo versions of the songs in this competition do not seem to have been preserved; most probably, though, these combo versions were all arranged by combo leader Eddy de Jong himself, also given the fact that several of his orchestrations of the 1960 national final are available in the library of the Netherlands' broadcasting service, which were all penned by him
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES
Song 1
Title – "Mijn hart en ik"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Corry Brokken & Bruce Low
Rendition (combo version) – Greetje Kauffeld & John de Mol
Lyrics – Jan Mol
Composition – Jan Mol
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Bert Paige
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 3rd place (110 votes)
Song 2
Title – "Als ik denk aan geluk"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Dick Doorn
Rendition (combo version) – Greetje Kauffeld
Lyrics – Michel van der Plas
Composition – Pi Scheffer
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Pi Scheffer
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 7th place (38 votes)
Song 3
Title – "Kleine zilv'ren ster (Ster in m'n raam)"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Corry Brokken
Rendition (combo version) – Tony van Hulst
Lyrics – Pieter Goemans
Composition – Dick Schallies
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Bert Paige
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 8th place (35 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Op het plein"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Greetje Kauffeld
Rendition (combo version) – John de Mol
Lyrics – Guus Vleugel
Composition – Ton Dissevelt
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Bert Paige
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 5th place (48 votes)
Song 5
Title – "Iedere dag met jou"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Corry Brokken
Rendition (combo version) – Bruce Low
Lyrics – Pieter Goemans
Composition – Dick Schallies
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Pi Scheffer
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 6th place (43 votes)
Song 6
Title – "De regen"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Teddy Scholten
Rendition (combo version) – Dick Doorn
Lyrics – Tom Manders
Composition – Jan Vuik
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Bert Paige
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 2nd place (148 votes)
Song 7
Title – "Angeline"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Bruce Low
Rendition (combo version) – Tony van Hulst
Lyrics – Pieter Goemans
Composition – Ted Powder
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Bert Paige
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 4th place (53 votes)
Song 8
Title – "Een beetje"
Rendition (orchestra version) – John de Mol
Rendition (combo version) – Teddy Scholten
Lyrics – Willy van Hemert
Composition – Dick Schallies
Studio arrangement (combo version J. de Mol) – Eddy de Jong
Studio arrangement (combo version T. Scholten) – Jan Corduwener
Studio arrangement (orchestra version T. Scholten) – Jack Bulterman
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Pi Scheffer
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 1st place (235 votes)
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