Jack Jersey
Dutch singer, music producer, composer, lyricist, music arranger, musician (1941–1997)
Jack (Willem) de Nijs, artist name Jack Jersey (18 July 1941 – 26 May 1997), was a Dutch singer, composer, arranger, lyricist and record producer of light music (popular music) who worked for national and international artists. He had his own production company, J.R. (Jeetzi-Rah) which means "Creation" / "Creational world" in Hebrew. He discovered artists such as André Moss, Nick MacKenzie and Frank & Mirella.
During his life, Jack de Nijs and the artists he represented were good for selling more than twenty million records.
Biography
The first years
Jack de Nijs was born in 1941 at Tjimahi in West Java, Indonesia. At the age of seven he received a Ukulele as a present, and was soon allowed to play in the local village band. At a young age he showed talent as a musician and composer. In 1951 the family moved to the Netherlands, where he came into contact with a different life and music style. During high school he started his first band, named The Dixie Stampers, with jazz and dixieland music.
After leaving high school, he went to a college for Higher Hotel Management in Maastricht.
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