Bonnie St. Claire - Dokter Bernhard • TopPop

Bonnie St. Claire, pseudonym of Bonje Cornelia Swart (Rozenburg, 18 november 1949) is a Dutch singer. She was born on a ship, and was the daughter of a skipper. In 1966 she was discovered by producer Peter Koelewijn, when she was allowed to sing a song on stage as a 17-year-old girl. In 1967 she got a recording contract through Koelewijn and made her first single under the stage name Bonny St. Claire. In the first half of the 1970’s she scored a few solo hits, initially still in English for instance in 1970 with the ballad “I won’t stand between them “. In 1972 she teamed up with the group Unit Gloria, with which she scored several hits in the Netherlands and abroad. In 1975, after the single “Rocco don’t go“, the collaboration ended. Later that year she joined the Philips label and scored a Top 10 hit with an ensemble of artists that sang the Christmas hit “A Very Happy Christmas“. In the summer of 1976 she released the single “Dokter Bernhard“, on which dj Ron Brandsteder can be heard as Dr. Bernhard. In the same year she scored her only number 1 hit together with Don Mercedes with whom she released the single “Rocky“. The single achieved the highest position in both the Dutch Top 40 and the National Hit Parade for two weeks. ’Dokter Bernard’ is a Dutch version of ’Sister Mary’, written by Peter Yellowstone and Roberto Danova and made popular by Joe Dolan. Bonnie St. Claire, pseudoniem van Bonje Cornelia Swart (Rozenburg, 18 november 1949) is een Nederlands zangeres. In de eerste helft van de jaren 70 scoorde ze enkele solohits, aanvankelijk nog Engelstalig waaronder de prachtige ballad uit 1970 “I won’t stand between them“. In 1972 ging ze samenwerken met de groep Unit Gloria, waarmee ze verschillende hits in Nederland en in het buitenland scoorde. In 1975, na de single “Rocco don’t go“, stopte de samenwerking. In de zomer van 1976 bracht ze de single “Dokter Bernhard“ uit, waarop Ron Brandsteder te horen is als dokter Bernhard. Deze opname is gemaakt voor het AVROTROS programma ’Wie gaat er mee’ op 9 juli 1976 op lokatie in Enkhuizen voor de ’Drommedaris’. ’Dokter Bernard’ bereikte # 7 in de Nederlandse Top 40 op 24 July 1976. Het origineel van ’Dokter Bernard’ is ’Sister Mary’, Joe Dolan’s hit uit 1976, geschreven door Peter Yellowstone en Roberto Danova. Joe zong dit nummer o.a. in Eddy Becker’s tv show ’Eddy Go Round’. Het nummer werd geproduceerd door Peter Koelewijn en Piet Souer en het orkest is onder leiding van Piet Souer. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: July 9, 1976 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.