Franklin Brown

Franklin Brown
Franklin Brown in 2022
Franklin Brown in 2022
Background information
Birth nameFranklin Kroonenberg
Born (1961-03-11) 11 March 1961 (age 63)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
GenresPop, jazz, soul
Years active1992–present
Websitewww.franklinbrown.com
Musical artist

Franklin Kroonenberg (born 11 March 1961),[1] known professionally as Franklin Brown, is a Dutch singer and voice actor. He is known for representing the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, together with Maxine, with the song "De eerste keer".

Career

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

In 1996, Franklin Brown and Maxine won the Nationaal Songfestival with the song "De eerste keer". This gave them the right to represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, held in Oslo, Norway. They finished in seventh place with 78 points.

After Eurovision

After the contest, Maxine and Franklin Brown continued to pursue their own solo careers, only to get back together in 2005, when Brown founded the supergroup The EuroStars.[2] Apart from Maxine and Franklin Brown, this group consists of the Dutch Eurovision representatives Mandy Huydts (of Frizzle Sizzle, 1986), Marlayne (1999) and Esther Hart (2003).[2]

In 2020, Brown participated in a special Eurovision-themed broadcast of the Dutch television programme Beste Zangers, in which he performed the song "One Good Reason" by Marlayne.

Criminal charges

In the 1980s and 1990s, Brown worked as a police officer in Rotterdam. After several female colleagues had accused him of sexual assault, he was fired and received a two-month suspended prison sentence. One of these colleagues, who had sent him sexually explicit e-mails, was later also fired because she had made a false accusation.[3][4][5]

Discography

With Maxine

  • "De eerste keer" (1996)
  • "Steeds weer" (2007)
  • "Balsem voor het hart" (2012)

With The EuroStars

As solo artist

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Maxine & Franklin Brown: De eerste keer". www.eurovisionartists.nl. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Muziekencyclopedie - The Eurostars". www.muziekencyclopedie.nl. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ Verdonck, Ruud (11 April 1997). "Pret op het bureau" (in Dutch). Trouw.
  4. ^ "In hoger beroep vijf maanden geëist tegen Franklin Brown" (in Dutch). Trouw. 11 March 1998.
  5. ^ Smits, Paul (27 April 2001). "Politie mocht e-mails van sexy agente inkijken" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
1996 		Succeeded by
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ParticipationArtistsSongs
  • "Alles heeft ritme"
  • "Als het om de liefde gaat"
  • "Amambanda"
  • "Amsterdam"
  • "Arcade"
  • "Een beetje"
  • "Birds"
  • "Birth of a New Age"
  • "Blijf zoals je bent"
  • "Burning Daylight"
  • "Calm After the Storm"
  • "Colorado"
  • "De diepte"
  • "Ding-a-dong"
  • "De eerste keer"
  • "Europapa"
  • "Fernando en Filippo"
  • "Grow"
  • "Heel de wereld"
  • "Hemel en aarde"
  • "Het is een wonder"
  • "I See a Star"
  • "Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)"
  • "Ik hou van jou"
  • "Ik wil alles met je delen"
  • "Jij bent mijn leven"
  • "Jij en ik"
  • "Katinka"
  • "Lights and Shadows"
  • "De mallemolen"
  • "Morgen"
  • "My Impossible Dream"
  • "Net als toen"
  • "Never Alone"
  • "Niemand heeft nog tijd"
  • "No Goodbyes"
  • "On Top of the World"
  • "One Good Reason"
  • "One More Night"
  • "De oude muzikant"
  • "Out on My Own"
  • "Outlaw in 'Em"
  • "The Party's Over"
  • "Rechtop in de wind"
  • "Ring-dinge-ding"
  • "Shangri-La"
  • "Shine"
  • "Sing Me a Song"
  • "Slow Down"
  • "Een speeldoos"
  • "'t Is genoeg"
  • "'t Is OK"
  • "Tijd"
  • "De troubadour"
  • "De vogels van Holland"
  • "Voorgoed voorbij"
  • "Vrede"
  • "Waar is de zon"
  • "Walk Along"
  • "Wat een dag"
  • "Wat een geluk"
  • "Waterman"
  • "Wijs me de weg"
  • "Without You"
  • "You and Me"
  • "Your Heart Belongs to Me"
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where the Netherlands did not compete
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Countries
Final
Qualification
Artists
Final
Qualification
Songs
Final
  • "¡Ay, qué deseo!"
  • "Beşinci Mevsim"
  • "Chcę znać swój grzech..."
  • "Dan najlepših sanj"
  • "Diwanit bugale"
  • "De eerste keer"
  • "Emis forame to himona anixiatika"
  • "I evighet"
  • "In a Woman's Heart"
  • "Kaelakee hääl"
  • "Kým nás máš"
  • "Liefde is een kaartspel"
  • "O meu coração não tem cor"
  • "Mon cœur l'aime"
  • "Mono gia mas"
  • "Niin kaunis on taivas"
  • "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"
  • "Sjúbídú"
  • "Sveta ljubav"
  • "Den vilda"
  • "The Voice"
  • "Weil's dr guat got"
  • "Za našu ljubav"
Qualification
  • "Fortuna"
  • "Kun med dig"
  • "Planet of Blue"
  • "Rugă pentru pacea lumii"
  • "Samo ti"
  • "Shalom Olam"
  • "Ya eto ya"
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