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Corry Brokken (3 December, 1932 - 2 June, 2016) was a Dutch singer.
Born Cornelia Maria Brokken in Breda, the Netherlands, she was the winner of the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, representing the Netherlands singing "Net als toen" ("Like it used to be"). The melody was composed by Guus Jansen and the lyrics were written by Willy van Hemert. Corry Brokken won an Edison, a prestigious Dutch music award, twice, in 1963 and 1995.

She also participated in the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest, singing "Voorgoed voorbij" ("Over for good"), with music and lyrics by Jelle de Vries and in the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest, singing "Heel de wereld" ('The whole world"), with music and lyrics by Benny Vreden.

In 1960 Brokken received a Dutch golden record for the song Milord, made famous by Édith Piaf.

Between 1961 and 1972 she presented television shows on Dutch television. Also in this period regularly recordings of her appeared, among others highly successful Dutch interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, "Mijn Ideaal" (1962) and "La Mamma" (1964).

Meanwhile, she also became known to the German public with German recordings of, "Milord" and "La Mamma". Between 1967 and 1970, she also presented shows for the major German ARD television, ( "Varietézauber") with guests such as Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Bécaud, Caterina Valente and Hildegard Knef.
After her record contract with Phonogram ended, Corry Brokken released two Dutch albums with Polydor, "Corry Brokken zingt kleine cantates" (1967) and "Wereldsuccessen, met de complimenten van Corry" (1968). In 1971 EMI released her album "Voor Nancy", produced by Willem Duys, and in 1973 her provisional latest album, "Corry zingt Toon" with songs from Toon Hermans.

In 1996 Brokken made a comeback after she was awarded an honorary Edison a year before for the double CD "Net als toen", a summary of her early work as a singer.

Corry Brokken died June 2, 2016 in Laren, N-H, The Netherlands. .