Artist Info: Johnny Lion

Johnny Lion (John van Leeuwarden, The Hague, The Netherlands, 4 July 1941 - 31 January 2019) was a Dutch singer and actor, who in the early 1960s was regarded as the Dutch equivalent of Cliff Richard.

Johnny Lion rose to fame as the frontman of Johnny & The Jewels (later: The Jumping Jewels, a guitar group heavily influenced by The Shadows, with Lion as their 'Cliff'.

Lion left the band in 1965 and had smash solo hit in Holland with Sophietje that same year. [read more...]