voc, *1946 SE
Singer of Pop
A.k.a. Maria Catharina Martina Pereboom
Dutch singer, born 21-08-1946 in Tilburg. She moved to Sweden around 1960. She made a "Warm Up" for The Beatles, when they visited Sweden in 1963. In 1965 she married Mike Watson (the bassplayer from The Lee Kings). She released records in 8 different languages. Her last performance on the Swedish television was in the TV show "Diggiloo" in 2004. For many years she owned a very exclusive snack bar in Täby, just north of Stockholm, Sweden. Her first famous song was "Johnny komm" (Johnny Loves Me) in 1963/4, another famous song was her own version of "Walking Back to Happiness". She married Mike Watson in 1965. She passed away in March 2008.