Will Hoebee
Will Hoebee was a Dutch record producer and songwriter. In late 1981, he married José Hoebee. Benny Neyman, Saskia & Serge, Gheorghe Zamfir, David Soul and Nana Mouskouri were among the acts he produced.
Debut
Hoebee was born in Hilversum, Netherlands. After graduating from high school, he found a job at the mailing service of the AVRO where he met many celebrities. He later worked at NRU record library. At this time, he was approached by Herman Stok and Hans Kemna to produce various radio shows for public broadcaster NOS. In 1970, he entered the radio promotion division of Ariola Records. Two years later, he was hired by Phonogram Records where he stayed until the early 1980s.A successful record producer
In the mid 1970s, Hoebee started his collaboration with producer/songwriter Peter Koelewijn. They co-wrote the Dutch Top 5 hit single "Patrick Mon Chéri" performed by Kiki & Pearly in 1975. French pop singer Sheila covered that year this song that went gold in France and sold 800.000 copies. Soon after, Hoebee produced the Dutch version of Austin Roberts signature song "Rocky" that hit the number one spot in the Netherlands and was performed by Don Mercedes. In 1977, he founded with Koelewijn the "Born Free" label. Saskia & Serge and Rob de Nijs were part of the roster of this short-lived record company.In 1979, Will met Luv' singer José Andreoli. They got married in late 1981 and celebrated their wedding reception in David Soul's villa in Los Angeles. Their son Tim was born on 14 October 1985. Will supervised some of his wife's recordings. Then he was involved in the production of the Dutch version of the children's musical Abbacadabra.
Moreover, he produced famous Dutch artists, like André van Duin, Bonnie St. Claire or Benny Neyman but also international performers.
During the 1980s, Hoebee was an A&R manager at the CNR label and later at Koch records.