April Shower - Railroadsong - Pop van Jan de With - 03-07-1971 TopPop

April Shower consists of singer Heddy Affolter and guitarist and former Schiphol employee Gert Balke. The duo was discovered in 1969 on a talent show by Herman van Veen. The single ’Railroad Song’ became a modest hit in 1971. In 1972 April Shower toured Canada, the United States and Mexico. The single ’Danny’s Song’ (1973), adapted from a song by The Carpenters, is recorded in London with the orchestra of Norrie Paramor (1913-1979). From 1974 Affolter continues solo under the name Heddy Lester. In 1977 she represented the Netherlands during the Eurovision Song Contest with the song De Mallemolen. This video was shot on the railroad in Holland between De Veranda and the Bosbaan In Amsterdam. It is part of the film ’Pop van Jan de With’ from 1971. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 03/07/1971 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.