Hans van Eijck

Hans van Eijck (The Hague, 7 May 1946)[1] is a Dutch musician, composer and music producer.

Career

After attending conservatory, Van Eijck moved to West Germany where he took part in several bands. A few years later, he returned to the Netherlands as The Jumping Pop-In's guitarist. From 1966, he became Tee-Set's pianist and briefly played in its offshoot band After Tea. When he returned to Tee-Set, he composed Ma Belle Amie, which became an international success for the band. He later composed songs such as She likes weeds, a number one hit, and Linda Linda.[2] 3FM described him as Tee-Set's "musical genius".[3]

After leaving Tee-Set, he took a bachelor's degree in music at a Rotterdam conservatorium, while also working as a DJ.[4] He later taught for several years. In the mid-1980s, he returned to the music scene, this time as a composer and/or producer.[2] He initially used the pseudonym Eric Elston, but quickly opted to use his real name.[2]

Television

Van Eijck became one of the juries in the Dutch talent competition Soundmixshow in the 1980s, alongside Jacques d'Ancona and others, for a period of fifteen years. Through Soundmixshow, he was involved with artists such as Georgie Davis, who achieved stardom in the show, and Helmut Lotti, to whom Van Eijck wrote and produced some of his hits. He also started composing music for commercials and TV series. In the late 80s, he was appointed by Endemol as its in-house composer.[4] After that, he composed theme tunes for RTL programmes,[5] such as RTL Nieuws, Eigen Huis & Tuin and Koffietijd, as well as some jingles for RTL 4[6] and RTL 5.[7] In 1991, he composed the theme song to Goede tijden, slechte tijden alongside Bert van der Veer.[8]

He was also involved as composer, writer and/or producers in hit singles such as Jody Bernal's Que Si, Que No, Ron Brandsteder's Engelen bestaan niet and Henny Huisman's Met z'n allen.

Awards

In 1992, Van Eijck won the Gouden Harp for all of his work.[1]

Partial works

Van Eijck composed the themes for the following productions:

References

  1. 1 2 Hans van Eijck (o.a. Tee Set) viert zijn 77e verjaardag, Hitzound, 7 May 2023, retrieved 9 August 2026
  2. 1 2 3 Hans van Eijck, dutchcharts.nl, retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. ↑ TEE SET, 3fm.nl, accessed 16 February 2016. Archived 22 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Een liedje schrijf je in vijf minuten, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 1 June 1991.
  5. ↑ "5 In het Land" 1999-2003, nieuwstunes.nl, geraadpleegd 16 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Special: 25 jaar RTL4, 25 jaar baanbrekende vormgeving". Nieuwstunes (in Dutch).
  7. ↑ "RTL5-televisievormgeving". Beeldengeluidwiki.nl. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Schrijver Bert van der Veer gematigd trots op GTST-leader". NU.nl. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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