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Danny Vera (singer)

Danny Polfliet (born 31 May 1977), known professionally as Danny Vera, is a Dutch singer-songwriter and musician.[1]

Career

Danny Vera started his first band Till Dawn in 1999, with which he won the "Zeeuwse Belofte" award. He released his first solo album For the Light in Your Eyes in 2003.[2]

In April 2009 Vera went to Hilltop Studios in Nashville, Tennessee to record his fourth album, Pink Flamingo.[3]

Football pundit Johan Derksen's successful insistence that Danny Vera would play in his TV talkshows VI and Voetbal Inside launched Vera's musical career.[4]

In 2019 his song "Roller Coaster" from his seventh album Pressure Makes Diamonds Part II finally hit the Dutch charts.[5] One year later, the song went on to rank first in the annual Dutch Top 2000.[6]

Personal life

In the 2020 documentary Danny Vera: Van oma’s kelder tot Carré Vera said he hasn't eaten meat "for years".[7]

Discography

Studio albums

References

  1. ^ "4 Dingen die jij nog niet wist over Danny Vera". esquire.com (in Dutch). February 27, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Danny Vera – For Someone I Still Don't Know (single)". top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "Pink Flamingo". triparoundtheworld.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Danny Vera dankbaar voor ontmoeting met Johan Derksen". NU.nl (in Dutch). June 11, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Danny Vera scoort na 16 jaar hit met 'Roller Coaster'". artiestennieuws.nl (in Dutch). April 2, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "Roller Coaster van Danny Vera stoot Queen van troon in Top 2000". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Zeeuwse Documentaireweek – Danny Vera: Van oma's kelder tot Carré (41:30)". omroepzeeland.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "Dutch Charts – Danny Vera". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved October 21, 2023.