Lenny Kuhr, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, has announced she will retire from music this year.
After a nearly 60 year career, Lenny Kuhr has announced she will retire from the world of music in May this year. The 75 year old singer is best known for being one of the four winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 alongside Lulu, Salomé and Frida Boccara.
Posting on Instagram, she said:
Dear audience,
I hereby announce my retirement, somewhat earlier than expected. Filled with gratitude for such a long life, in love with the muse who always came before me, I say this with a heavy heart. Grateful for all the beauty I was able to share with you here in this country, but where, in addition to Rob’s health, divisions have now played a role in my earlier departure. We will be performing LICHT until the end of this season, which ends in May 2026. In this way, I want to give you and us—my husband Rob, who handled my bookings for so many years, cooked for us at all our venues, and stood behind the CD table—my musicians Freek and Frans, and myself, the opportunity to say a dignified farewell to each other and to the music we make and made together.
Following her Eurovision victory with “De troubadour”, Lenny went on to release over 20 albums. She would remain connected with the Eurovision Song Contest over the years and most recently appeared as part of the interval act at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, when the Netherlands last hosted the competition.
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The Netherlands debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and has gone on to compete in all but four contests. The Netherlands has won the contest on five occasions; 1957, 1959, 1969, 1975 and most recently 2019. Prior to Duncan Laurence’s victory in Tel Aviv, the Netherlands had been waiting 44 years for their next victory. Duncan Laurence won the contest in Tel Aviv with the song “Arcade”.
