ArtistInfo

Willy Alberti

voc, 1926-1985 NL, Amsterdam
Singer of Pop and World
A.k.a. Carel Verbrugge

Willy Alberti (14 October 1926 – 18 February 1985), born Carel Verbrugge, was a Dutch singer, who sang in Dutch and Italian. He was also an actor and a radio and TV personality.Alberti was born in Amsterdam as the third of eight children to Jacobus Wilhelm Verbrugge and Sophia Jacoba van Musscher. He sang with family members at a very young age.In the 1970s Alberti's fame began to decline, though he did score a few hits. In 1984 Alberti was diagnosed with liver cancer, and died in Amsterdam on February 18 of the following year. He was cremated at the Westgaarde Crematorium in Amsterdam.

Genres

• Pop
• World
• Folk
• Classical

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