Date - February 2, 1977
Official name - Nationaal Songfestival 1977
Organising broadcaster - VARA
Venue - Congresgebouw, The Hague
Host - Ati Dijckmeester
Director - Nico Knapper
Stage designer - Jaap Binnerts
Producers - Jan Leyendekker / Wim Smit / Hanneke Kock
Musical director - Harry van Hoof
Orchestra - Metropole Orkest (Metropole Orchestra)
Concertmaster - Ernő Oláh
Opening sequence - Carl Schulze or Bert Paige (cp. note 1 below)
Outro music - Carl Schulze
Number of entries - 10
Winning entry - 'De mallemolen' Heddy Lester
Winning songwriters - Wim Hogenkamp / Frank Affolter
Winning orchestrator - Gerard Stellaard
Note 1 - Strikingly, the broadcasting service's music library provides two opening sequence arrangements for the 1977 Nationaal Songfestival, both bearing the same date; one by Bert Paige and one other by Carl Schulze. It is unclear which of the two was used in the programme
Note 2 - Two songs in the competition were co-written by B. Oldy; it is unclear which songwriter used this pseudonym
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES
Song 1
Title – "Superster"
Rendition – Oscar Harris
Lyrics – B. Oldy
Composition – Ilja Gort
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Cor Willems
Score – 6th to 8th place (5 votes)
Song 2
Title – "De mallemolen"
Rendition – Heddy Lester
Lyrics – Wim Hogenkamp
Composition – Frank Affolter
Studio arrangement – Gerard Stellaard
Live orchestration – Gerard Stellaard
Score – 1st place (28 votes)
Song 3
Title – "Annabelle"
Rendition – Arjan Brass
Lyrics – Harm Breemer
Composition – Arjan Brass
Studio arrangement – Gerard Stellaard
Live orchestration – Gerard Stellaard
Score – 9th place (4 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Stop me"
Rendition – Bonnie St. Claire
Lyrics – Peter Koelewijn
Composition – Peter Koelewijn
Studio arrangement – Harry van Hoof
(studio orchestra conducted by Harry van Hoof)
Live orchestration – Harry van Hoof
Score – 2nd place (23 votes)
Song 5
Title – "Toen kwam jij"
Rendition – Rita Hovink
Lyrics – Gerrit den Braber
Composition – Dick Bakker
Studio arrangement – Dick Bakker
(studio orchestra conducted by Dick Bakker)
Live orchestration – Dick Bakker
Score – 10th place (2 votes)
Song 6
Title – "Jany"
Rendition – Air Bubble
Lyrics – Roy Beltman / André Groote / Peter Schaap / B. Oldy
Composition – Roy Beltman / André Groote / Peter Schaap / B. Oldy
Studio arrangement – Gerard Stellaard
Live orchestration – Gerard Stellaard
Score – 6th to 8th place (5 votes)
Song 7
Title – "Pinokkio"
Rendition – Peter Cook
Lyrics – Herman Pieter de Boer
Composition – Peter Cook (Peter Kok)
Studio arrangement – Dick Bakker
Live orchestration – Dick Bakker
Score – 4th place (8 votes)
Song 8
Title – "Ik zal de wereld laten zien dat ik kan dansen (Vliegen)"
Rendition – Loeki Knol
Lyrics – Rob Chrispijn
Composition – Ad Rooymans
Studio arrangement – Hugh den Ouden
Live orchestration – Hugh den Ouden
Score – 6th to 8th place (5 votes)
Song 9
Title – "Jouw lach"
Rendition – Dick Rienstra
Lyrics – Dick Rienstra
Composition – Pim Koopman
Studio arrangement – Paul Natte
Live orchestration – Paul Natte
Score – 5th place (6 votes)
Song 10
Title – "Jij alleen"
Rendition – Maggie MacNeal
Lyrics – Jan Kal
Composition – Peter Bewley / Sjoukje Smit
Studio arrangement – Ruud Bos
Live orchestration – Ruud Bos
Score – 3rd place (13 votes)
