- He would spend the rest of his childhood in two Catholic institutions for the blind in Grave, which provided him with a good education but no affection. In the last year of the Second World War, allied soldiers were accommodated in the institute and De Corte sang songs for them and played the piano.
- His father had socialist ideals and in 1923 led a strike the failure of which had a significant impact on the already poor family.
- De Corte received the following prizes: Edison Award (1962), for the album Liedjes die eigenlijk niet mogen Visser-Neerlandia Prize (1967), for his complete works Golden Harp (1969) Louis Davids Prize (1975), for the song Het land van de toekomst.
- Over the years, he collaborated with many other famous performers, including Louis van Dijk, Albert Mol and Rita Reys.
- In 1945 De Corte became a professional musician. Initially he played at dance schools and parties and so on, but soon afterwards he began to make radio and stage appearances.
- Married twice and had 6 children with his first wife.
- He was probably one of the most famous blind singer-songwriters from the Netherlands.
- Although he did other work too, De Corte is best known for his songs, such as Ik zou wel eens willen weten.
- Is estimated he wrote over 3,000 songs, some poetic and sad, others funny.
- At fourteen months, Jules developed a middle ear infection, which eventually led to him becoming blind.
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