Zangeres Zonder Naam

Maria "Mary" Servaes-Beij (Dutch pronunciation: [maˈrijaː sɛrˌvaːzˈbɛi]; née Beij; 5 August 1919 – 23 October 1998), performing under the stage name Zangeres Zonder Naam (Dutch for 'Singer Without a Name', pronounced [ˈzɑŋərə(s) ˈsɔndər ˈnaːm]), was a Dutch levenslied singer. She recorded almost 600 songs over the course of her career.^[1][2]

Zangeres Zonder Naam
Zangeres Zonder Naam in 1987
Background information
Birth name	Maria Beij
Born	(1919-08-05)5 August 1919 Leiden, Netherlands
Died	23 October 1998(1998-10-23) (aged 79) Horn, Netherlands
Genres	Levenslied
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1957–1987

Presentation of the album Miami Nightmare. Left to right: Zangeres Zonder Naam, Sylvia de Leur [nl], Pia Beck [nl], Manfred Langer [nl], Henk Krol & Robert Long (1980)

Servaes-Beij cared about the poor and disadvantaged, and often performed in prisons and hospitals. She was regularly in direct contact with her public, and received many emotional letters.^[1] Zangeres Zonder Naam was one of the artists who performed at the Dutch Miami Nightmare concert (Amsterdam, 8 October 1977), organized against Anita Bryant and her anti-gay movement; Zangeres Zonder Naam performed her own song "Luister Anita" ("Anita, Listen to Me"), in which she compared Bryant with Hitler.^[1]