Louis van Dijk was born on November 27, 1941 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and composer, known for Het compromis (1968), Martine (1975) and Shaffy chantant (1968). He was married to Aleid. He died on April 12, 2020 in Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Daughter Selma born July 7, 1969 in Uithoorn (Noord-Holland,
Netherlands).
In the 1960s and 70s, Louis van Dijk accompanied Liesbeth List and Ramses Shaffy in the Shaffy Chantant.
Since 2017, he suffered from Alzheimer's.
Van Dijk won no fewer than four Edisons, nineteen gold and three platinum plates.
He also often collaborated with other famous musicians from the Netherlands and Belgium, such as Daniel Wayenberg, Toots Thielemans, Thijs Van Leer and Cor Bakker.