Lenny Kuhr is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 singer-songwriter.

In 1967 she started a singing career in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, performing songs in the French chanson tradition. In 1969 she represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1969

The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was the 14th in the series. It was the first time that the contest resulted in a tie for first place, with four countries each gaining 18 votes. Since there was at the time no rule to cover such an eventuality, all four countries were declared joint winners...

 with her own composition De Troubadour (lyrics by David Hartsema; orchestra conducted by Franz de Kok). She was one of the four winners that year.

In the early seventies Kuhr was more successful in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 than in her home country. She topped the French charts in 1972 with the song Jesus Christo and performed in the shows of Georges Brassens

Georges Brassens

Georges Brassens , 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981), was a French singer-songwriter and poet.Brassens was born in Sète, a town in southern France near Montpellier...

.

In 1980 she had her biggest hit in the Netherlands: Visite, a song she performed together with the French group les Poppys

Les Poppys

Les Poppys is a French musical group of 17 children founded 1946 in Asnières, France by Jean Amoureux as Les Petits Chanteurs d'Asnières and renamed to Les Poppys in 1970...

. She has been releasing records ever since, though without major chart success.

1982 saw Kuhr host the Nationaal Songfestival

Nationaal Songfestival

Nationaal Songfestival is the name for the Dutch preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. It started in 1956. It was organized until 1969 by Dutch television Nederlandse Televisie Stichting . Then the broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting took over the event...

, the Dutch national heat for Eurovision.

Lenny Kuhr converted to Judaism

Judaism

Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

. She is married to Rob Frank and has two daughters from an earlier marriage, who live in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. For a while, she lived in Israel herself.

Discography

• 1969: De troubadour
• 1971: De zomer achterna
• 1972: Les enfants
• 1972: De wereld waar ik van droom
• 1974: God laat ons vrij
• 1975: n Avondje Amsterdam
• 1976: n Dag als vandaag
• 1980: Dromentrein
• 1981: Avonturen
• 1982: Oog in oog
• 1983: De beste van Lenny Kuhr
• 1986: Quo vadis
• 1990: Het beste van Lenny Kuhr
• 1990: De blauwe nacht
• 1992: Heilig vuur
• 1994: Altijd heimwee
• 1997: Gebroken stenen
• 1997: Stemmen in de nacht
• 1998: De troubadour
• 1999: Oeverloze liefde
• 2000: Visite
• 2001: Fadista
• 2004: Op de grens van jou en mij
• 2005: Panta Rhei