Tony Sherman is an Antillean soul singer from Haarlem who began his music career with The Young Lovers. In 1967, he achieved second place in a youth competition at the Apollo Theater in Manhattan. A few years later, in 1970, he moved to Amsterdam. In the 1970s, Sherman had hits both as a solo artist and with the Sherman Brothers which whom he hit the charts with "Smile Baby Smile" in 1976. Sherman s biggest solo hits are "Tonight," "As," "I Wrote You a Letter," and "Sing with Me". His last hit was in 1981, singing "Too Big for Words" with Cheyenne band's vocalist Julia Lo’ko. In 1982, he participated in the Stars on 45 project, singing the vocals on "Stars on Stevie", for which he, Jaap Eggermont, and Martin Duiser received the Export Prize. This video was broadcast on TopPop on May 16, 1976.
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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, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.