Danny Polfliet (born 31 May 1977), known professionally as Danny Vera, is a Dutch singer-songwriter and musician.[1]
Danny Vera | |
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 Vera in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Danny Polfliet |
| Born | 31 May 1977 Middelburg, Netherlands |
| Genres | Americana, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Excelsior Recordings |
| Website | https://www.dannyvera.com |
Career
Danny Vera started his first band Till Dawn in 1999, with which he won the "Zeeuwse Belofte" award. He released his first solo album For the Light in Your Eyes in 2003.[2]
In April 2009 Vera went to Hilltop Studios in Nashville, Tennessee to record his fourth album, Pink Flamingo.[3]
Football pundit Johan Derksen's successful insistence that Danny Vera would play in his TV talkshows VI and Voetbal Inside launched Vera's musical career.[4]
In 2019 his song "Roller Coaster" from his seventh album Pressure Makes Diamonds Part II finally hit the Dutch charts.[5] One year later, the song went on to rank first in the annual Dutch Top 2000.[6]
Personal life
In the 2020 documentary Danny Vera: Van oma’s kelder tot Carré Vera said he hasn't eaten meat "for years".[7]
Discography
Studio albums
| Album title | Release date | Charting in the Dutch Album Top 100 | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of entry | Highest | Weeks[8] | |||
| For the Light in Your Eyes | 2002 | - | - | - | |
| Hold On a While | 12 April 2005 | - | - | - | |
| Ordinary Man | 31 August 2007 | - | - | - | |
| Pink Flamingo | 11 September 2009 | - | - | - | |
| Distant Rumble | 2 November 2013 | 9 November 2013 | 61 | 3 | Live album |
| The New Black & White | 9 October 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 100 | 1 | |
| The New Black & White, Pt. II | 10 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 | 14 | 5 | |
| The Outsider | 1 September 2016 | 10 September 2016 | 5 | 5 | |
| The New Black & White, Pt. III | 6 October 2017 | 14 October 2017 | 51 | 2 | |
| Pressure Makes Diamonds 1 – The Year of the Snake | 9 November 2018 | * | * | * | * see Pressure Makes Diamonds 1 & 2 |
| Pressure Makes Diamonds 2 – Pompadour Hippie | 15 February 2019 | * | * | * | * see Pressure Makes Diamonds 1 & 2 |
| Pressure Makes Diamonds 1 & 2 | 15 February 2019 | 23 February 2019 | 4 | 180 | Compilation album |
| Pressure Makes Diamonds | 25 September 2020 | * | * | * | * see Pressure Makes Diamonds 1 & 2 |
| The New Black and White, Pt. IV – Home Recordings | 28 August 2020 | 5 September 2020 | 21 | 2 | |
| The New Now | 13 November 2020 | 21 November 2020 | 1 | 32 | |
| The New Black and White, Pt. V | 30 September 2022 | 8 October 2022 | 1 | 2 | |
| DNA | 13 October 2023 | 21 October 2023 | 1 | 1 | |