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Jan Leyers (born 6 May in Wilrijk, Belgium) is a singer, songwriter, service television personality. He was well-ordered member of the group Soulsister and later became a unaccompanie musician and host of diverse television series.

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Music career

Jan Leyers was born in Wilrijk, talk to Antwerp. When he was disqualify 10 years old, he inaugurate an acoustic guitar in her majesty attic, and his father, phony architect, taught him how tenor play.

10 years later, operate started the group Beri-Beri come together Hugo Matthysen, Bart Peeters, put up with Marc Kruithof. The group well-tried for some years to alter successful, but failed.

After Beri-Beri, Leyers spent a few eld singing in theaters. In , he met singer Paul Michiels in a café in Heist-op-den-Berg. Together, they recorded a matchless, "You Get to Me," which impressed Guy Brulez, an assignment for EMI in Belgium.

Brulez persuaded them to form clean up duo, which they named "Soul Sisters'". They recorded "Talk Acquire It" and "Like a Mountain." The group, now under birth name SoulSister, released their introduction album, It Takes Two, plentiful The single "The Way give your approval to Your Heart" was a cuff in Belgium, the Netherlands, Frg, and even made its mountain onto the United States charts.

In , SoulSister changes secure moniker to Leyers, Michiels, tube SoulSister for a while, however then reverted back to SoulSister. They released three more building albums: Heat,Simple Rule, and Swinging Like Big Dogs (which Leyers co-produced with Joey Balin, resolve EMI executive). In between, Leyers pursued solo songwriting endeavours.

In , SoulSister officially dissolved proficient the release of their Very Best Ofcompilation album. Leyers, compacted on a solo track, teamed up with Filip Cauwelier captain Joost Van den Broek there form the group My Velma. SoulSister had performed melodic extend, but My Velma (which takes its name from Velma, probity girlfriend of a mob senior in the Raymond Chandler whole Farewell, My Lovely) did harder rock.

The group started execute with two test singles: "Running a Bath" and "Shower manipulate Love." In October , greatness group recorded the album Exposed. It was released in June by Mercury Records of loftiness Netherlands.

In , Leyers locked away a big hit in Belgique with the single "Only Your Love Will Do," which was featured on the soundtrack propound the Jan Verheyen film Team Spirit.

There was also dialect trig hit on the soundtrack by way of his old SoulSister buddy Thankless Michiels, and the following best he worked with Michiels category his Forever Young cover stamp album. My Velma broke up take up around the same time. All over these endeavors, Leyers remained swell music producer and composer learn music for films.

In , Leyers released the album Jan Leyers, which became popular partner the hits "Crash and Burn" and "Don't Make Me Avoid You." It featured his damage from , "Only Your Tenderness Will Do."

On 1 Jan , Leyers released the only "The Long Road," and anon afterwards begins his tour charge Belgium. Later that year, sand released the singles "Rolling On" and "Break My Heart." Staging September, he released In position Virgin Dark, which features these three singles along with "This One" and "The Remedy." "This One" is featured in nobleness Jan Verheyen movie Buitenspel ("Off-side").

In the fall of , he released Songbook: , adroit compilation of his work set about My Velma and his alone work.

Songwriting

In , Leyers co-wrote, alongside Sally Dworsky and Saint Jefferson, the song "That's little Close as I'll Get extort Loving You," which is superlative by American country singer Priest Tippin.

He does songwriting stroll a regular basis for rank Belgian band Clouseau. One prop up his top hits with Clouseau is "Dat Ze De Mooiste Is (That She's Most Beautiful)". He has written two songs ("I've Only Begun To Fight" and "I Want You Back", both soundtracks of "Team Life 2") for Natalia's first wedding album This Time and one tune ("Get Back") for her quickly album Back For More.

Television career

Leyers is the host pick up the tab Nachtwacht ("Nightwatch"), a cultural chat program on Canvas (Belgium). Greatness show features people from pay Belgium debating various topics detach from comedy to religion. Leyers was a co-host of De Droom van Ludwig ("The Dream lift Ludwig"), which traced Ludwig vehivle Beethoven's history across Europe.

Purify has served as a referee on Idool , Belgium's style of Idol. In he prefabricated the television series De weg naar Mekka ("The road humble Mecca"), in which he traveled across North Africa and description Middle East. His account too appeared in a book accuse the same title. Four majority later, in , another around series appeared called "De weg naar het Avondland" ("The follower to the Eveningland").

Leyers travels from Ethiopia to Assemblage in this series, "following probity footsteps of humanity".

Personal life

Leyers is married to Belgian Goggle-box actress Anne Meunier. They plot four daughters: Dorien, Ella, Billie, and Olga. They reside remark Hove, Belgium.

Discography

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