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'''Julio Bernardo Euson''' (born April 12, 1941), professionally known as '''Euson''', is an [[Aruba]]n-Dutch singer, songwriter and occasional actor.

==Biography==
Euson formed his first band aging just twelve years. After winning a number of amateur talent contests on Aruba he tried his luck and emigrated to the Netherlands in 1962. Besides accepting a job at {{ill|Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie (Netherlands)|lt=PTT|nl|PTT (Nederland)}} he joined the [[beat music|beat]] groups ''The Scarlets'' from The Hague, changing to the Rotterdam [[garage rock]] band ''Kreole Kats'' which renamed to '''''Julio''' [Euson] & the Kreole Kats''. Meeting [[jazz]] musicians [[Chris Hinze]], flute player, and [[Cees Schrama]], keyboardist and some former members of ''The Lords'', formerly the supporting group of singer [[Rob de Nijs]] in 1967 resulted in cooperating as ''Stax'', the supporting group of '''J.B. Euson'''. In 1970 however Hinze opted for a solo career, while Schrama started organizing ''Sesjun'' jazz sessions and festivals in Loosdrecht, radio presentation work, and his own instrumental [[jazzrock]] group ''Casey & the Pressure Group'', leaving Euson no other choice than going solo.

Euson then became famous in the early 1970s in the Netherlands and in Latin America. With his producer [[:nl:Hans van Baaren|Hans van Baaren]] he recorded and had a hit with [[Both Sides, Now]].  In 1971 he represented, together with [[Ben Cramer]], the Netherlands at the [[Golden Orpheus]] song contest in Bulgaria.<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Various-Stars-Of-The-Golden-Orpheus/master/748833 The content of the compilation album ''Stars Of The Golden Orpheus'' from 1971] showing his contribution: the song ''You'll Never Be Old''. He was credited as ''Yousson'', a spelling sounding like his artist name.</ref> Later in 1971 Euson and [[Lenny Kuhr]] took part in the [[Sopot International Song Festival]], a musical festival and song contest in Poland.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wwgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22euson%22+musician&pg=PA58 ''Billboard'' 18 Sep 1971], weekly article on the Dutch show business.</ref> Euson was the winner of the [[Viña del Mar International Song Festival]] in Chile in 1972 where he represented the Netherlands with the song 'Julie' written and composed by himself. In 1973 together with [[Oscar Harris]], he represented the Netherlands again at the Golden Orpheus song contest in Bulgaria.<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Various-Golden-Orpheus-73-Awarded-Songs-And-Singers/release/5232051 The content of the compilation album ''Golden Orpheus '73 - Awarded Songs And Singers'' from 1973] showing his contribution: the song ''Hope''. This time around he was correctly credited as Euson.</ref>

Euson is known especially in this period of time for his pop and soul ballads like '[[Both Sides, Now]]', 'Julie',<ref>[http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Euson Nationaal Pop Instituut (Dutch)]</ref> which shared the [[Zilveren Harp]] in 1973,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719104857/http://www.allesopeenrij.nl/index.html?page=http://www.allesopeenrij.nl/lijsten/muziek/zilveren_harp.html ^ "Winnaars Zilveren Harp" (in Dutch)]</ref> and 'Leon'. The beauty of his voice is internationally recognized as in the nineties he is added to the [[Karen Carpenter]] memorial list, ''The Worlds Most Beautiful Voices: The Ultimate Hall of Fame''.<ref>[http://www.themostbeautifulvoice.com/m/index.html Midst column, between Phil Collins and Suzanne Vega].</ref>

In 1977 Euson, experiencing a fade into the unknown, accompanied by his Polish wife Stanka Matić and manager [[Peter Kok]]<ref>Famous in the Netherlands as the half of the folk duo [[Greenfield & Cook]] which had hits from 1970 till 1974. Peter Cook's best known solo effort was the single ''Chilean Girl'', indeed about his fiancé.</ref> left the Netherlands and moved to the USA. When they didn't succeed over there as well, in 1978 they moved on to Chile, knowing Euson's 1972 song contest victory was granting them access to success. They founded a radio station and a production company ''P.J. Productions'', producing Chilean artists. Cultural life in Chile however was suffering from the suppression by the [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–90)|Pinochet military regime]]. Euson and his wife later moved back to the USA. Euson took up acting in American B-movies. Peter Kok moved back to the Netherlands and became a background musician in theatres.

Euson is related to [[Kizzy (entertainer)|Kizzy]].

==Discography==
<ref>Derived from: *[https://www.top40.nl/zoeken?search=Euson Euson's entries] in the [[Dutch Top 40]] and its additional Tipparade.<br>
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/579907-Euson Euson's entries on Discogs.com]
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/2755514-The-Scarlets-4 The Scarlets' entry on Discogs.com]
*[https://www.discogs.com/Julio-and-the-Kreole-Kats-Ooh-Pook-Pah-Doo-Baby-Come-Home/release/8663646 Julio & the Kreole Kats' entry on Discogs.com]
*[http://www.nldiscografie.nl/julio-the-kreole-kats Julio & the Kreole Kats' entry on NLdiscografie.nl]
</ref>

===Singles===
* ''My Plea'' - 1964
* ''Now I Know'' - The Scarlets - 1966
* ''Ooh Pook Pah Doo'' - Julio and the Kreole Kats - 1966
* ''[[Amen (gospel song)|Amen]]'' - 1967
* ''[[True Love (Cole Porter song)|True Love]]'' - 1967
* ''I Want You Around Me'' - J.B. Euson & Stax - 1968
* ''A Fool For You'' - J.B. Euson & Stax - 1970
* ''[[Born on the Bayou]]'' - 1970
* ''My Purpose In Life'' - 1970
* ''[[Both Sides, Now]]'' - 1970 - #7 in January, 1971
* ''I Need You To Turn To'' - 1971<ref>An [[Elton John]] composition.</ref>
* ''Crimson Eyes'' - 1972
* ''Julie'' - 1972
* ''Angelina''<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Freddy-Quinn-An-Meine-Freunde/master/1048648 Freddy Quinn recorded a German translation of this song for his 1978 album ''An Meine Freunde''.]</ref> b/w ''Put Your Trust In The Lord''<ref>A [[Hans Vermeulen]] composition.</ref> - 1972
* ''Dirty Lady'' - 1973
* ''Life Is On My Side'' - #20 in July, 1973
* ''[[Our Last Song Together]]'' - 1973<ref>A [[Neil Sedaka]] composition.</ref>
* ''Leon'' - #14 in May/June, 1974<ref>A [[Phillip Goodhand-Tait]] composition.</ref>
* ''[[Sweet Surrender (John Denver song)|Sweet Surrender]]'' - 1974
* ''Shadow Of Love'' - 1974
* ''I Use The Soap'' - 1974 - #30 in January, 1975<ref>A [[David Gates]] composition.</ref>
* ''Midnight Blue'' - 1976
* ''Four And Twenty Hours'' - 1976
* ''Canta Libre'' - 1977

===Albums===
* ''J.B. Euson Live At Club 67'' - J.B. Euson & Stax - 1967
* ''Both Sides Now'' - 1971
* ''Euson'' - 1972
* ''Life Is On My Side'' - 1973
* ''Better Days'' - 1974
* ''Favourites Of The Fifties'' - 1974<ref>Some of the covered songs on this album however originated from the early sixties, from the pre-Beatles era.</ref>
* ''Sweet Surrender'' - 1975
* ''Midnight Blue'' - 1976
* ''The Best Of Euson'' ([[compilation album]]) - 1976
* ''The Best Of ...'' (compilation album) - 1987

==Filmography==
<ref>Source: {{IMDb name|id=3134601|name=Euson}}</ref>

*''[[The Brothers Grimm (short film)|The Brothers Grimm]]'' (2001)
*''[[Virus Man]]'' (2001)

==References==
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[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Dutch male singers]]
[[Category:Aruban singers]]
[[Category:People from Oranjestad, Aruba]]
[[Category:Aruban people of African descent]]

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