Hendrik Otto "Henk" Westbroek (born 27 February 1952) is a Dutch radiohost, singer, songwriter and former owner of a café named 'Stairway to Heaven' in the city ofUtrecht. He was also apolitical activist forLeefbaar Utrecht andLeefbaar Nederland in 1998. And was vice-chair of the dutch music copyright CMO Buma/Stemra.[1]
Westbroek was born in the former municipality ofZuilen, and studied sociology atUtrecht University, completing his course in 1973. In 1978, Westbroek, together with "the other Henk" (Henk Temming), formed the bandHet Goede Doel. He scored several top ten hits with Temming and Het Goede Doel became one of the most successful Dutch language bands of the 1980s. In 1991, Het Goede Doel stopped performing. They had a brief reunion in 2001 and reunited again in 2008, producing a new record,Gekkenwerk.[2]
Since 1991, Henk Westbroek has been performing solo with his band "Henk Westbroek & Consorten." As a solo artist he has met with success and his single "Zelfs je naam is mooi" spent 42 weeks in the Dutch chartMega Top 100.
In 1981 he started as a radio host. WithVara's Vuurwerk (Vara's Fireworks, with Vara being the name of the broadcoaster) he hosted the first programm with only hard rock music on Dutch public radio in the 80's. His showDenk aan Henk ("Think about Henk") on Dutch radio station3FM ran four days a week from 1991 to 2003. He resumed the program, renamedDenk als Henk & Friends ("Think like Henk & Friends") atYorin FM, from August 2004 to March 2006.[3] Since 2006 he has a daily webradio show on KXRadio, an internet radio station founded byRob Stenders.[4]
In the 1990s, he became active in Utrecht politics and was elected as a city council member forLeefbaar Utrecht [nl], a local populist party.[5]
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