Jaap Eggermont

{{short description|Dutch record producer}}

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Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Eggermont (born 31 October 1946, The Hague) is a Dutch record producer, best known for his Stars on 45 project.{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Chuck|title=Warman's American Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V570VDDxVNAC&pg=PA27|accessdate=22 March 2013|date=2011-02-28|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=9781440228216|pages=27–}}

Eggermont's first job in the musical profession was from 1965 until 1969 as the drummer of the band Golden Earrings.{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Peter|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT441|accessdate=22 March 2013|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050|pages=441–}} After leaving that band, which soon changed its name to Golden Earring,{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin Charles|title=The Great Rock Discography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DE9qW3YfHG4C&pg=PA892|accessdate=22 March 2013|year=2002|publisher=The National Academies|isbn=9781841953120|pages=892–}} Eggermont became a record producer.{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Paul|title=The Rough Guide to Cult Pop|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7hpXcrqA-8C&pg=PA98|accessdate=22 March 2013|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843532293|pages=98–}} He worked with such acts as Sandy Coast, Earth and Fire and Livin' Blues.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} The greatest success he had was in the early 1980s, with his project Stars on 45.