Johnny Jordaan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johnny Jordaan

Dutch singer

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1924

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 08-Jan-1989

Profession: singer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Johnny Jordaan was the pseudonym for Johannes Hendricus van Musscher (7 February 1924 – 8 January 1989), a Dutch singer of popular music, in particular the genre known as levenslied, a Dutch variety of the French chanson.
He was well known for his songs about the city of Amsterdam, especially the Jordaan district (the genre dedicated to the neighborhood is known as the Jordaanlied), which he sang in a typical "hiccuping Mokum vibrato", "Mokum" being the Hebrew-derived nickname for the Amsterdam inner city area.
In the 1950s, Johnny Jordaan rose almost instantly to the level of national celebrity and became the "uncrowned king of the Jordaanlied", and his hit song "Geef mij maar Amsterdam" is one of the songs Amsterdammers identify with most.