Rob de Nijs

Person · Open Library

Born

1942

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Netherlands

Active from

1942-12-26

Active to

2025-03-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

68,184

Total plays

928,552

Rob de Nijs (born December 26, 1942 in Amsterdam; died March 16, 2025 in Bennekom) was a Dutch actor turned singer. His career has spanned nearly five decades so far, beginning when he won a Dutch talent show in 1962 at the age of 19, which earned him a record deal. It didn't take long before he had his first big hit, which was "Ritme van de regen" (i.e. "Rhythm of the rain"), released in June 1963. That was the first in a series of successful hit songs (including the 1975 hit "Malle Babbe" <a h

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 36,510x

2. PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses

   · 2007 · cited 31,411x

3. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

   · 2010 · cited 30,947x

4. The ERA5 global reanalysis

   · 2020 · cited 24,208x

5. QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials

   · 2009 · cited 22,968x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Robert

Gender

male

Citizenship

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Place of birth

Amsterdam

Place of death

Bennekom

Spouse

Belinda Meuldijk

Occupation

recording artist

Genre

Nederpop

Instrument

voice

Record label

EMI

Official website

www.robdenijs.nl

Image

Rob de Nijs.jpg

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