Sound
Arno
- Born
- May 21, 1949 · Aged 72
- Died
- Apr 23, 2022
- Place of birth
- Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 16
- TV credits
- 1
Also known as (2)
- Arnold Hintjens
- Arno Tjens
Biography
Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens (21 May 1949 – 23 April 2022), better known by his stage name Arno, was a Belgian singer. He was the frontman of TC Matic, one of the best-known Belgian bands of the 1980s. After the band split in 1986 he enjoyed a solo career. Arno sang in a mixture of English, French, Dutch and his native Ostend-Flemish dialect. For TC Matic, a band which achieved moderate artistic success throughout Europe, he wrote or co-wrote all the band's material, much of it together with guitarist and producer Jean-Marie Aerts. After going solo he released more than a dozen albums…
