Mathilde Santing - Bad News From Home TopPop

This is a live recording of the annual Edison Gala, 28 September 1993 by Dutch singer Mathilde Santing. Mathilde Santing was born in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. Her father was a pilot with the KLM and her mother teacher. At home the family was always listening to music. For the young Mathilde a special music room and dance floor was made where she could listen to the music of her tape recorder. At the age of 5 she went to music lessons at the Amstelveen Music School. From her 11th to the 19th she went to singing lessons with Elisabeth Ooms. During her high school years she played in various bands. First as Mathilde Eleveld, but later as Mathilde Santing, after her mother’s maiden name. She gained national fame in 1981 through her performances in the television program ’Sonja Op Maandag’ by Sonja Barend. Her album debut came in 1982, with songs by, among others, Rodgers & Hart, Port Gillespie and Todd Rundgren. In 1986 she won the BV Popprijs at Noorderslag in Groningen. She was the first artist to win this award. In 1993 the album Texas Girl & Pretty Boy was released, on which Santing played 14 songs by Randy Newman. Recording and broadcast date: 29 September 1993 Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ 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, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.