IK STA OP WACHT
Created on 04/09/2005Latest update on 13/03/2024
Artist: Hans Brandel
Author: Andre de Raaff/Jacques Schutte/Stan Haag
Label: Polydor
Year: 1957
N°1 NL; the first version released, be it with a noselength. De Knegt's version sold four times more. Coauthor Stan Haag plugged it almost every night in his own Radio Luxemburg, Veronica and Mi Amigo radio show De Jukebox.
Covers:
- 1957:
Joop de Knegt [n°1 NL & VL; with the Luchtmachtkoor Hilversum]
- 1957:
Bobbejaan Schoepen [n°1 VL]
- 2001:
Soldier songs, or at least parts of it, survive wars. This one shows elements of Es war einmal ein treuer Husar dating back to 1912 or even earlier.
