Zangeres Zonder Naam | |
Birth Name: | Maria Beij |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1919 |
Birth Place: | Leiden, Netherlands |
Death Place: | Horn, Netherlands |
Instrument: | Vocals |
Genre: | Levenslied |
Occupation: | Singer |
Years Active: | 1957–1987 |
Maria "Mary" Servaes-Beij (pronounced as /nl/; ; 5 August 1919 – 23 October 1998), performing under the stage name nl|'''Zangeres Zonder Naam'''|Singer Without a Name|i=no|paren=left, pronounced as /nl/), was a Dutch levenslied singer. She recorded almost 600 songs over the course of her career.[1] [2]
Servaes-Beij cared about the poor and disadvantaged, and often performed in prisons and hospitals. She was regularly in direct contact with her public, and received many emotional letters. Zangeres Zonder Naam was one of the artists who performed at the Dutch Miami Nightmare concert (Amsterdam, 8 October 1977), organized against Anita Bryant and her anti-gay movement; Zangeres Zonder Naam performed her own song "Luister Anita" ("Anita, Listen to Me"), in which she compared Bryant with Hitler.