Roxanna - Got Me By The Heart - 31-03-1987 • TopPop

Erica van der Leuv (Amsterdam, 20 July 1969 – 9 January 2021), was a Dutch singer acting under the artist names of Erica Yong, and Roxanna. This single reached #18 in the Dutch bubbling under charts (Tipparade) on March 28, 1987. Dutch: Erica Yong, artiestennaam van Erica van der Leuv (Amsterdam, 20 juli 1969 – 9 januari 2021), was een Nederlandse zangeres Yong begon op vijftienjarige leeftijd met haar zangcarrière en bracht in 1984 haar eerste single My heart drums uit. Nadat ze haar havodiploma had behaald, besloot zij lichte muziek te gaan studeren aan het conservatorium. In 1987 bereikte ze onder de artiestennaam Roxanna een hitnotering met het nummer Got me by the heart. Tijdens de finale van de Soundmixshow in 1986 kroop ze in de huid van Whitney Houston. De jaren negentig stonden in het teken van samenwerkingen met Ben Liebrand en DJ Peran. Samen kregen ze een hitnotering in de internationale Dancechart. Op televisie had Yong gastoptredens in programma’s als Toppop en De 5 Uur Show. ’Got me by the heart’ bereikte de 18e plek in de Nederlandse Tipparade op 28 maart 1987. Deze Toppop opname werd uitgezonden op 30 maart 1987. Yong is in januari 2021 op 51-jarige leeftijd overleden. Ze leed al geruime tijd aan een ongeneeslijke ziekte. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 1987-03-31 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.