René Froger


René Froger, is a Dutch singer.
He was born and spent his first years in the Jordaan, a neighbourhood in Amsterdam. His father, Bolle Jan, had a café that Froger started performing in. He began with Ted de Braak and Mini en Maxi and in 1987 he released his first single, Love Leave Me.
Major success eluded him until Winter in America entered the Dutch Top 40 in 1988. Later that year, he teamed up with the popular Dutch band Het Goede Doel to top the Dutch charts with Alles kan een mens gelukkig maken. A song for which in particular the refrain starting with Een eigen huis, een plek onder de zon morphed into a community sing-a-long evergreen.
From 1989 on, he has released more singles, with mixed results.
He started the tour "Pure & More" in Amsterdam Arena, the stadium occupied by his favourite football team Ajax.
In 1997 he made a song with female singer Anita Doth who was part of the world-famous group 2 Unlimited. The song was called "That's when I stop loving you"
In 2005, he was diagnosed prostate cancer that resulted in several complications. In the same year, he stated collaborating with Gerard Joling and Gordon in the opportunity formation De Toppers. Rene represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow as part of De Toppers.
His daughter Natascha got married in 2006, and gave birth to his first grandchild later that year.

Discography

Albums

On CNR Music:
On Dino Music:
  • Midnight man, 1990
  • Matters of the heart, 1991
  • Sweet hello's and sad goodbyes, 1992
  • The power of passion, 1993
  • Walls of emotion, 1994
  • The ballads, 1995
  • Live in concert, 1995
  • Illegal Romeo part 1, 1996
  • Illegal Romeo part 1, 1996
  • I don't break easy, 1999
  • All the hits, 2001
  • All the hits, 2001
  • The passion tracks, 2000
  • Internal affairs, 2002
  • Internal affairs, 2002
  • Sweet hello's and sad goodbyes II , 2003
On EMI:
  • Pure, 2004
  • The platinum edition|, 2004
  • Live at the Arena, 2005
  • Pure, 2005
  • Pure Christmas, 2005
  • Christmas with the toppers, 2006
  • Doe maar gewoon, 2007
  • Doe maar gewoon 2008
  • Happy Christmas|, 2009
  • "k heb je lief |, 2010
  • FROGER, 2011
With The Toppers:
  • Toppers in concert, 2005
  • Toppers in concert 2006, 2006
  • Toppers in concert 2007, 2007
  • Toppers in concert 2008, 2008
  • Toppers in concert 2009, 2009
  • Toppers in concert 2010, 2010
  • Toppers in concert 2011, 2011
  • Toppers in concert 2012, 2012
On NRGY Music:'
On CNR Music:
On Empire:
On Dino Music:
On EMI: