Clous van Mechelen (born Jacob Philip (Jack) van Mechelen; 12 March
1941 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch musician, arranger, and actor. Van
Mechelen scored a minor hit in 1969 with his band The Butlers, and
became widely known through the radio and television shows written and
directed by Wim T. Schippers (he is referred to as his "house
composer"), in which he played the character Jan Vos and wrote songs
for the various characters (including Barend Servet and Sjef van
Oekel).Van Mechelen has been playing jazz since the 1950s; Hans Dulfer
played in his band. He collaborated with a number of writers and
artists associated with the Amsterdam daily newspaper Het Parool in
the cabaret show De Inktvis, including Annie M. G. Schmidt. He had
considerable success writing music for commercials, notably for the
Grolsch Brewery (the "jazzy music" for the "Vakmanschap is
Meesterschap" commercials), for Nationale Nederlanden, and for
chicken.He wrote for film (with Theo van Gogh), and recorded with Tol
Hansse, for whom he wrote the music for his greatest hit, "Big City"
(earlier, Hansse and van Mechelen were members of a rock band, The
Sharks). With his band, Het Nieuwe Trio, he plays 1950s/1960s style
music.With Schippers (Ernie) and Paul Haenen (Bert) he recorded music
for a number of Bert and Ernie albums, and for Haenen's character
Margreet Dolman. In Opzoek naar Yolanda (1984) he is the musician and
producer for the (fictional) hit song "Smoke, Gammon and Spinach", and
"Ik ben Jan Vos" ("I am Jan Vos") is song penned by (fictional)
Jacques Plafond-penned in his honor. Clous van Mechelen Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter