René Froger

René Froger is a Dutch singer  He began performing in his Fathers cafe in Amsterdam before joining with Ted de Braak and Mini en Maxi and in 1987 to release his first single Love Leave Me Major success eluded him until Winter in America entered the Dutch Top 40 in 1988  Later that year he teamed up with the popular Dutch band Het Goede Doel to top the Dutch charts 1 for three weeks in 1989 with Alles kan een mens gelukkig maken Everything can make a man happy A song for which in particular the refrain starting with Een eigen huis een plek onder de zon A private home a place under the sun morphed into a community singalong evergreen    From 1989 on he has released more singles with mixed results  He started the tour Pure amp More in Amsterdam Arena  In 2005 he was diagnosed prostate cancer that resulted in several complications In the same year he began collaborating with Gerard Joling and Gordon in the group De Toppers  Rene represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow as part of De Toppers   Description above from the Wikipedia article René Froger licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia