Willeke Alberti (Amsterdam, 1945) was born into a musical family. Her father Willy Alberti was in the fifties very successful torch singer. On their own Willeke knew in the early sixties to score her first hits with English listening songs. They also recorded some duets with her father. Since 1970 the singer was often seen on TV as an actress. In the eighties Alberti disappeared some of the spotlight
… until she scored a hit with together again in 1987. In the nineties, Alberti became a true grande dame of the Dutch song. She took duets with Paul de Leeuw scored a big hit with 'Uncle John', toured extensively along the Dutch theaters and dedicated himself to a series of charities. Alberti is one of the most versatile artists of the Netherlands with a remarkably long haul.more