WLodewijk Ferdinand Dieben, better known under his pseudonym Lou Bandy, was a Dutch singer and conferencier who was one of the most popular artists in the Netherlands, between both world wars. Among his most famous songs are: Zoek de zon op', Schep vreugde in het leven and Louise zit niet op je nagels te bijten.
WWillem Philippe "Wim" de Bie is a Dutch comedian, writer and singer. He formed the comedy duo Van Kooten en De Bie with Kees van Kooten.
WPaul Henri de Leeuw is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.
WAdrianus Marinus Kyvon, known by his stage name André van Duin, is a Dutch comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, author, television presenter, television director, television producer and screenwriter. Van Duin is one of the Netherlands' best known entertainers, with a career spanning over seven decades.
WHeideroosjes, were a Dutch punk rock band from Horst aan de Maas. The band were known for their energetic shows and songs with lyrics mostly in Dutch and English, and a few songs in German and Limburgs. The band, formed in 1989, consisted of Marco Roelofs (vocals/guitar), Frank Kleuskens (guitar), Fred Houben (Bass) and Igor Hobus (percussion). This lineup never changed.
WJoseph Jacobus Maria "Youp" van 't Hek is a Dutch comedian, author, columnist, singer-songwriter, playwright, and critic.
WAntoine Gerard Theodore "Toon" Hermans was a noted Dutch comedian, singer and writer.
WFrederik "Freek" Jan Georg de Jonge is a Dutch cabaret performer and writer.
WWillem Cornelis "Wim" Kan was a Dutch cabaret artist. Together with Toon Hermans and Wim Sonneveld, he is considered to be one of the Great Three of Dutch cabaret.
WRobert Long was a Dutch singer and television presenter.
WArjen Henrik Lubach is a Dutch comedian, author and television presenter. He hosts the weekly news satire television show Zondag met Lubach.
WTheodorus Wilhelmus (Theo) Maassen is a Dutch comedian and actor who grew up in the village of Zijtaart in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He currently lives in Eindhoven. In addition to his shows, he has also made a number of appearances in films.
WAntoon (Tom) Manders was a Dutch artist, comedian and cabaret performer. In later role, he became better known as Dorus.
WSnip en Snap were a Dutch cabaret act, consisting of Willy Walden and Piet Muijselaar, who performed songs and skits in drag and were active from 1937 to 1977. The act was conceived by Jacques van Tol, who borrowed the concept from Solser en Hesse. Walden and Muijselaar first appeared as the duo in 1937, on the AVRO radio show De bonte dinsdagavondtrein. Initially planned as a one-time act, since Walden and Muijselaar had no interest in dressing up in women's clothing for the stage but made an exception for radio, the show was so popular that the AVRO engaged them through their agent/producer, Rene Sleeswijk, for a theater tour in which they were the main attraction; after a year the tour was more a solo act for the duo, gained great popularity, and ran for forty years. They continued to perform on De bonte dinsdagavondtrein, which was an immensely popular program; they traveled by train to Hilversum every Tuesday where they were received by a crowd of fans and an orchestra, who accompanied to the AVRO studio.
WNormaal is a rock band from the Netherlands, more specifically from the Achterhoek region, who sung in Achterhooks, a local variety of the Low Saxon language group. Bennie Jolink, who was an arts student at an arts academy, stationed in Amsterdam in the 1970s, started the band in 1975 as a reaction to disco and glamrock, in addition to the overall "Dutch snobbery" towards people from the Low Saxon-speaking regions, and use of the English language by many other Dutch artists. "Normaal" meaning "normal", suggesting the same: "act normally". The band has since gained national fame, and have had more top 40 hits in the Dutch chart than any other Dutch band. Despite this fact, the band never reached number one. The music could be typified as "heavy country rock", and possibly as a rowdier version of ZZ Top or Status Quo.
WHeinz Hermann Polzer, better known under his pseudonym Drs. P, was a Swiss singer-songwriter, poet, and prose writer in the Dutch language. Other pseudonyms were Geo Staad, Coos Neetebeem and drandus P. He had a distinctive, cracking, voice.
WWillem "Wim" Sonneveld was a Dutch cabaret artist and singer. Together with Toon Hermans and Wim Kan, he is considered to be one of the 'Great Three' of Dutch cabaret. Sonneveld is generally viewed as a Dutch cultural icon for his work and legacy in theatre, musicals and music.
WHans Eduard Marie Teeuwen is a Dutch comedian, musician, actor and occasional filmmaker. His work has been described as absurdist, apolitical and confrontational.
WVan Kooten en De Bie were a Dutch comedy duo formed by Kees van Kooten and Wim de Bie. They started performing together in 1963. They started off as radio comedians, but gained more prominence from 1966 on by working for television. In 1974 they began a weekly TV sketch show on Sunday evenings, "Het Simplisties Verbond", broadcast on VPRO, which continued for three decades under various titles, while remaining the same concept, until finally coming to a close in 1998. Despite the varying titles of their TV show the general audience always referred to them as Van Kooten en De Bie.
WSnip en Snap were a Dutch cabaret act, consisting of Willy Walden and Piet Muijselaar, who performed songs and skits in drag and were active from 1937 to 1977. The act was conceived by Jacques van Tol, who borrowed the concept from Solser en Hesse. Walden and Muijselaar first appeared as the duo in 1937, on the AVRO radio show De bonte dinsdagavondtrein. Initially planned as a one-time act, since Walden and Muijselaar had no interest in dressing up in women's clothing for the stage but made an exception for radio, the show was so popular that the AVRO engaged them through their agent/producer, Rene Sleeswijk, for a theater tour in which they were the main attraction; after a year the tour was more a solo act for the duo, gained great popularity, and ran for forty years. They continued to perform on De bonte dinsdagavondtrein, which was an immensely popular program; they traveled by train to Hilversum every Tuesday where they were received by a crowd of fans and an orchestra, who accompanied to the AVRO studio.
WYentl en de Boer is a Dutch cabaret and musical duo, consisting of Yentl Schieman and Christine de Boer. In 2015 the duo received the Annie M.G. Schmidt Award 2014, awarded to the best theatrical song of the year, for their song Ik heb een man gekend. Earlier on in their career Yentl en de Boer was awarded the Wim Sonneveld Award and the Audience Award during the Amsterdam Cabaret Festival 2013. Yentl en de Boer are praised for their harmonious vocals and witty lyrics.