Hermanus Christiaan Maria (Herman) Emmink (Amsterdam, 6 January1927 – Laren, 25 March 2013)[1][2] was a Dutch singer and presenter. He became especially famous for his rendition of the world-famous song Tulips from Amsterdam in 1957.
Hermanus Christiaan Maria (Herman) Emmink (Amsterdam, 6 January1927 – Laren, 25 March 2013)[1][2] was a Dutch singer and presenter. He became especially famous for his rendition of the world-famous song Tulips from Amsterdam in 1957.
In addition to trade school, Emmink also took piano lessons at the conservatory. At the age of 14 he was on stage for the first time in his uncle's revue. After high school he immediately had to go into military service and was sent to the Dutch East Indies. Here he worked at Radio Sario (the "soldiers' station") in Menado on North Sulawesi. He wanted to become a radio announcer, but after returning to the Netherlands he had to be patient for some time before he was given a chance. From 1954, Emmink worked as an announcer for the VARA and the AVRO. From the moment he also gained fame as a singer, he was called "the singing announcer". He also worked for AVRO's Radio journal and Radio Luxembourg. Together with colleague Wim Verhagen, he also founded De Toverfluit, a concert and theatre agency. At the NCRV he was initially co-presenter of the program One against all. In 1965 Emmink started his first own AVRO radio program Muzikaal Onthaal. He presented this program until 1982. There were a total of 830 broadcasts. He also presented the AVRO television program Wie van de Drie from 1971 to 1982, with among others Albert Mol, Martine Bijl, Kees Brusse, Sonja Barend and Lous Haasdijk as panel members. From 1982 to 1987 he presented a guest of Herman Emmink for TROS. These recordings mainly took place in De Flint in Amersfoort. For tros Emmink presented Pierewaaien and Café Chantant. When this broadcaster offered him a multi-year contract in 1982, the AVRO let him go. For the NOS he presented Searchlight on the Netherlands during this period. In 1987 the program Tulips from Amsterdam followed at the Radio Nederland Wereldomroep. In 1992 Emmink made his one-off comeback as presenter of Zo Vader, Zo Zoonat the NCRV as a replacement for the regular presenter Gerard van den Berg. From January to December 1994 he temporarily presented the radio program Oud plaatwerkand in 2003. Emmink died in 2013. He had recorded making his remains available to science.[3]
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