Jack (Willem) de Nijs, artist name Jack Jersey (18 July 1941 - 26 May 1997), was a Dutch singer, composer, arranger, lyricist and Record producer of light music (popular music) who worked for national and international artists. He had his own production company, J.R. (Jeetzi-Rah) which means "Creation" / "Creational world" in Hebrew. He discovered artists such as André Moss, Nick MacKenzie and Frank & Mirella. During his life, Jack de Nijs and the artists he represented were good for selling more than twenty million records.
His first English single "I'm Calling" (1973) was declared Alarm Disc at Radio Veronica and became his first major hit in the Netherlands and Belgium. Hits that followed were :"In The Still Of The Night", "Papa Was A Poor Man" and "Blue Brown Eyed Lady". His biggest hit was "Sri-Lanka ... My Shangri-La" that charted in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
In 1973 he was member of the group Brabants Bont, with artists like Yvonne de Nijs, Leo den Hop, Jan Boezeroen en Wil de Bras. In 1974 his album In The Still Of The Night peaked at #3 in the album top of Radio Hilversum 3.
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