Johnny was a singer, songwriter, talent scout, record executive and self-proclaimed "King of the torch. Hoes (Rotterdam 1917) thus played an important role in the development of the sentimental genre. He launched the career of the singer Without Name and entered his song Oh, But I Was At Home Mother Retarded (1961) 450.000 copies sold. A record for an English single. The tireless Hoes made his record
… company Telstar to his children, but singing into old age by. He recorded a duet with Stef Ekkel at the age of 92.more