Henk de Kat (Delft, 1947) joins the BB Bluesband as a bass guitarist in the seventies. Known for its danceable blues, this Delft-based group starts off mostly performing during weekend-festivities in the (later torn down) community house Tot Ieders Genoegen (To everyone’s pleasure), located behind the Stads Doelen.
The Delft band Mannen van Vermeer (MVV) (Men of Vermeer) performs Dutch songs with quirky lyrics, recited by singer Willem Overgaag. By now the band’s repertoire encompasses over thirty songs, with lyrics and music by their own hand.
Delft locals Jan Klumperman (1919; Black) and Eugen Gaiser (1919; White) get to know each other during a cycling holiday in Ede. With Klumperman on guitar and Gaiser playing bass, they form Black and White, the popular singing duo.
Jan Hendrik Storm was city carillonneur and organist of the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) for a long time. His name is associated with Kerkstraat 25. The most painted and photographed house of Delft; this is where the carillon school was located from 1939 until the late 1970s.
Poet, singer, pianist and composer Jules de Corte was one of the greatest writers and performers of Dutch literary song. He rose to fame in the Netherlands and Belgium with songs such as ‘De vogels’ (The birds), ‘Ik zou wel eens willen weten’ (I would like to know), ‘Hallo Koning Onbenul’ (Hello King Ignoramus) and ‘Als je overmorgen oud bent’ (If you’re old, the day after tomorrow).
Bas de Vroome is one of the best-known organists of the Netherlands and has been the chief organist of the Oude and Nieuwe Kerk (Old and New Church) for over thirty years, responsible for playing the four beautiful historic organs.