Date - February 9, 1960
Official name - Nationaal Songfestival 1960
Organising broadcaster - NTS
Venue - AVRO Studios, Hilversum
Hosts - Hannie Lips & Piet te Nuyl, Jnr.
Director - Leen Timp
Stage designer - Cor Hermeler
Producer - Piet te Nuyl, Jnr.
Selection committee - Pi Scheffer / René Sleeswijk / Piet te Nuyl, Jnr. / Simon Carmiggelt
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 acts - Metropole Orchestra playing two instrumental tunes, 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' (Patrick Gilmore / arr. Joop Elders) & 'Jungle Drums' (Ernesto Lecuona / arr. Bert Paige)
Expert jury - René Sleeswijk (president) / Jo Calff / Gijs Stappershoef / Conny Stuart / Andrea Domburg
Number of entries - 8, each played in two different arrangements
Winning entry - 'Wat een geluk'
Winning songwriters - Willy van Hemert / Dick Schallies
Winning orchestrator - Pi Scheffer
Winning vocalist - Rudi Carrell
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 'Wat een geluk' as the winning entry, upon which an expert jury voted for Rudi Carrell as the artist most suitable to perform the song in the international festival in London. It should be noted that Pi Scheffer thoroughly adapted his national final orchestration of 'Wat een geluk' for the international Eurovision event
Note 2 - Whereas the sheet music of the orchestral arrangements have all been preserved, only two combo versions can be traced in the music library of the Netherlands' broadcasting service; both were arranged by combo leader Eddy de Jong himself. As such, it can safely be assumed that De Jong wrote all of the combo versions
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES
Song 1
Title – "De carrousel"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Marcel Thielemans
Rendition (combo version) – John de Mol
Lyrics – Koos Huisman
Composition – John de Mol
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Joop Elders
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 4th place (86 votes)
Song 2
Title – "Addio (Ieder uur van de dag)"
Rendition (orchesta version) – Tony van Hulst
Rendition (combo version) – Betty Luske
Lyrics – Louis Noiret
Composition – Nick Holwerda "Paul Roda"
Studio arrangement (T. van Hulst version) – Harry Frékin
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Joop Elders
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 2nd place (110 votes)
Song 3
Title – "Niet voor mij"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Greetje Kauffeld
Rendition (combo version) – Piet Sybrandy
Lyrics – Pieter Goemans
Composition – Pieter Goemans
Studio arrangement (G. Kauffeld version) – Wim Jongbloed
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Pi Scheffer
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 3rd place (99 votes)
Song 4
Title – "In m'n hart"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Jan van der Most
Rendition (combo version) – Herman Emmink
Lyrics – Jacques Hartman
Composition – Joop Portengen
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Bert Paige
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 5th place (77 votes)
Song 5
Title – "Regenkapje"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Karel van der Velden
Rendition (combo version) – Rita Huyskens
Lyrics – Henk van der Molen
Composition – Rinus van Galen
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Joop Elders
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 7th place (35 votes)
Song 6
Title – "Wat een geluk"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Rudi Carrell
Rendition (combo version) – Annie Palmen
Lyrics – Willy van Hemert
Composition – Dick Schallies
Studio arrangement (R. Carrell version) – Harry Frékin
Studio arrangement (A. Palmen version) – Jo Budie
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Pi Scheffer
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 1st place (225 votes)
Song 7
Title – "Vanavond ga ik uit"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Jaap Dubbelboer
Rendition (combo version) – Joop Smits
Lyrics – Jaap Dubbelboer
Composition – Henk van Dijk
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Bert Paige
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 8th place (27 votes)
Song 8
Title – "Ik leef"
Rendition (orchestra version) – Wim van der Beek
Rendition (combo version) – Jany Bron
Lyrics – Emiel Heussen "Remy Boone"
Composition – Ger van Leeuwen
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration (orchestra version) – Bert Paige
Live orchestration (combo version) – Eddy de Jong
Score – 6th place (61 votes)
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