Willeke Alberti (3 February 1945, Amsterdam, Netherlands) (real name:
Willy Albertina Verbrugge) is a Dutch singer and actress, the daughter
of entertainer and singer Willy Alberti (1926â€"1985) and Hendrika
Geertruida Kuiper (1921â€"2011).Willeke Alberti started her career at
the early age of eleven in the musical Duel om Barbara and she
recorded her first single in 1958 together with her father. During the
1960s, she was a well-known singer in the Netherlands and had at least
one No. 1 hit with "De winter was lang" ("It was a long winter"),
however there was no official Dutch chart at the time. Willeke and her
father had a television show between 1965 and 1969. Her singing career
from 1970 onwards is less active, however Alberti still releases
singles and albums at an irregular interval and plays minor roles in
television programs and movies.From 1964 to 1974 she was married to
musician Joop Oonk and they had a daughter. She married John de Mol in
1976, and they had a son, Johnny de Mol. The couple divorced in 1980,
and Alberti married a third time, with football player Søren Lerby.
Another son was born from that marriage. Søren Lerby and Willeke
Alberti separated in 1996.
Willy Albertina Verbrugge) is a Dutch singer and actress, the daughter
of entertainer and singer Willy Alberti (1926â€"1985) and Hendrika
Geertruida Kuiper (1921â€"2011).Willeke Alberti started her career at
the early age of eleven in the musical Duel om Barbara and she
recorded her first single in 1958 together with her father. During the
1960s, she was a well-known singer in the Netherlands and had at least
one No. 1 hit with "De winter was lang" ("It was a long winter"),
however there was no official Dutch chart at the time. Willeke and her
father had a television show between 1965 and 1969. Her singing career
from 1970 onwards is less active, however Alberti still releases
singles and albums at an irregular interval and plays minor roles in
television programs and movies.From 1964 to 1974 she was married to
musician Joop Oonk and they had a daughter. She married John de Mol in
1976, and they had a son, Johnny de Mol. The couple divorced in 1980,
and Alberti married a third time, with football player Søren Lerby.
Another son was born from that marriage. Søren Lerby and Willeke
Alberti separated in 1996.
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