Eddy Ouwens (born 30 May 1946,Rotterdam), also known asDanny Mirror, is a Dutchmusician andrecord producer.
He was a founder member in 1966 of the Rotterdam-basedgroup, Eddy Nelson & the Eddysons. After a fewhits he left to work as aproducer and producedTeach-In (band),Bolland & Bolland andThe Shoes.[1] In 1970, he released thesingle, "Everybody's Nobody" / "Every Little Sigh Becomes a Lie", under the name Eddy Owens.
Ouwens co-wrote theNetherlandsEurovision Song Contest entries in 1975 ("Ding-A-Dong" performed by Teach-In),[2] and 1978 ("'t Is OK" performed byHarmony).[3]
In August 1977, following the death ofElvis Presley, herecorded and released the single "I Remember Elvis Presley (The King Is Dead)" as his tribute to the departed 'King'. It spent nine weeks on theUK Singles Chart[1] and peaked at number four.[4] In his native Netherlands, therecord madenumber one.
To extend this success, Ouwens invitedThe Jordanaires, Presley's originalbacking vocalists, to record amedleyalbum of 50 Presley songs. It was released in 1981 under the name of 'Danny Mirror & The Jordanaires'.
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