Jules (Julius) de Corte from Eindhoven (1924 - 1996) was a famous blind musician from the Netherlands. His father had socialist ideals and in 1923 led a strike the failure of which had a significant impact on the already poor family. At fourteen months, Jules developed a middle ear infection, which eventually led to him becoming blind. He would spend the rest of his childhood in two Catholic institutions for the blind in Grave, which provided him with a good education but no affection. In the l...
Jules (Julius) de Corte from Eindhoven (1924 - 1996) was a famous blind musician from the Netherlands.
His father had socialist ideals and in 1923 led a strike the failure of which had a significant impact on the already poor family. At fourteen months, Jules developed a middle ear infection, which eventually led to him becoming blind. He would spend the rest of his childhood in two Catholic institutions for the blind in Grave, which provided him with a good education but no affection. In the last year of the Second World War, allied soldiers were accommodated in the institute and De Corte sang songs for them and played the piano.
In 1945 De Corte became a professional musician. Initially he played at dance schools and parties and so on, but soon afterwards he began to make radio and stage appearances. Over the years, he collaborated with many other famous Dutch performers, including Louis van Dijk, Albert Mol and Rita Reys.
Although he did other work too, De Corte is best known for his songs, such as "Ik zou weleens willen weten". It is estimated he wrote over 3,000 songs, some poetic and sad, others funny. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
