Named in honor of Eduard Van de Walle (1930– ), Flemish singer known as the “Voice of Europe”. In a career that spans more than half a century, he recently scored a record sale of one million singles of his song “Chérie”. He is also the first well-known Western musician to sing in Chinese. In Ertvelde (near Ghent) he operates the club “ Paris-Vegas”, which each weekend is visited by many fans. (M 33795) _ _.