Zangeres Zonder Naam

Zangeres Zonder Naam
Zangeres Zonder Naam, 1987
Background information
Birth name	Marie Beij
Born	(1919-08-05)August 5, 1919 Leiden, Netherlands
Died	October 23, 1998(1998-10-23) (aged 79) Horn, Netherlands
Genres	Levenslied
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1957–1987

Presentation of the album Miami Nightmare. Left to right: Zangeres Zonder Naam, Sylvia de Leur, Pia Beck, Manfred Langer, Henk Krol & Robert Long (1980)

Maria (Mary) Servaes-Beij (Dutch pronunciation: [maˈri sɛrˈvaːs bɛi̯]; Leiden, 5 August 1919 – Horn, Netherlands, 23 October 1998) was a Dutch levenslied singer. She performed under the stage name Zangeres Zonder Naam (English: Singer without a name). She recorded almost 600 songs over the course of her career.

Servaes-Beij cared about the poor and disadvantaged, and often performed in prisons and hospitals. She was regularly in direct contact with her public, and received many emotional letters. The Zangeres Zonder Naam was one of the artists who performed at the Dutch Miami Nightmare concert (Amsterdam, 8 October 1977). This evening was directed against Anita Bryant and her anti-gay movement, and the Zangeres Zonder Naam performed her own song Luister Anita ("Anita, listen to me"), in which she compared Bryant with Hitler.

External links

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