Johnny Rodrigues

Quick Facts

Full Name	Johnny Rodrigues
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Nov 12, 1951(1951-11-12)
Age	73
Date Of Death	2001 (aged 49–50); Cape Verde
Birthplace	Portuguese Cape Verde
Birth City	Portuguese Cape Verde
Horoscope	Capricorn

Johnny Rodrigues Biography

Johnny Rodrigues is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on November 12, 1951 in Portuguese Cape Verde, Portuguese Cape Verde, ****. Johnny Rodrigues (born João Rodrigues on 12 November 1951, died 2001) was a Capeverdean singer who became famous in The Netherlands. He made his number-one hit Hey mal yo which would the first single made by a Cape Verdean to reach the Dutch charts. His tracks were produced with the band Johnny & Orquestra Rodrigues, by Willem van Kooten.

On december 27, 2019 journalist Leo Blokhuis announced on Dutch television that producer Willem van Kooten had admitted that the song Hey mal yo was plagiarised from the Brazilian singer Roberto Leal and it was actually his original recording.

Johnny Rodrigues Net Worth

Johnny Rodrigues is one of the richest Singer from . According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Johnny Rodrigues 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

João Rodrigues was born in Cape Verde. In the beginning of the 1970s, when Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony, Angola fought a war of independence with Portugal. Rodrigues did not want to fight in Angola as Portuguese conscript, so he and his family emigrated to the United States. In 1974, he went on vacation to the Netherlands and adopted the English form of the first name and played as a DJ at the discothèque Ma Belle Amie in Scheveningen. Peter Tetteroo, owner of the disco discovered Rodrigues and chose to make a single. Not long after in 1975, he started producing songs including “Hey mal yo” which would be the first single made by a Cape Verdean to reach the Dutch chart and the Flemish charts of neighbouring Belgium, the single was the adaptation of the Portuguese folk dance O Malhão (pre-1990s spelling Ó Malhão). On the Dutch charts it remained for twelve weeks. When his “orchestra” appeared on stage, he stood along on stage. The second nickname is orquesta which is Spanish for orchestra, the Portuguese name is “orquestra”. His two remaining singles were not as successful as his first, Hasbaba (1975) reached number 19 but number 24 in the national Hit Parade and “Uma casa portuguesa” (1977), a cover of a single by Amália Rodrigues reached number 31 and remained for just three weeks.

In 2001, “Hey mal yo” was the 1,998th single in Radio 2’s Top 2000 and the 883rd single in 2004.

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Who is Johnny Rodrigues Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Johnny Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in. Johnny Rodrigues celebrates birthday on November 12 of every year.