Dick Bakker

Dick Bakker (born 23 May 1947) is a Dutch composer, conductor and music producer.

He succeeded Rogier van Otterloo as conductor of the Metropole Orkest, serving between 1991 and 2005.

Bakker composed the winning Eurovision Song Contest entry of 1975 for Teach-In.

He has remained an associate with the Eurovision Song Contest and the Nationaal Songfestival, composing the Dutch entry for the 1982 Event sung by Bill van Dijk.

[1] Bakker has worked as a studio engineer and arranger for Shocking Blue (on Venus), Rudi Carrell and Paloma Blanca.