- He wrote the music for the opening and closing credits on the Japanese cartoon adaption of the 1990 TV series Moomin.
- In 1978 he was a guest in the Flemish talk show Noord-Zuid by Mies Bouwman and Johan Anthierens, who treated him unfairly. Anthierens in particular criticized his commercial attitude and put forward a rumor that Peyo had not yet received any copyrights related to 't Smurfenlied. The singer felt so offended by Anthierens' criticism that he left the studio indignant. As a result, Peyo reported that there was no financial dispute.
- As Lord Wanhoop (Despair), he recorded a number of "oblique" and ambiguous songs such as Herbalist, Lily Marleen, Tonia and In the Bath with Violetta (chorus: "Not too hot, not too cold").
- Another hit was We are the Wuppies. Albert Heijn and Johan Vlemmix, who had a Wuppie promotion and Wuppie song around the 2006 World Cup, fought a dispute about this together in court. Vlemmix had to withdraw his single.
- Kartner himself calculated that about two billion people must know him by now.
- In 1974, during a live broadcast of the NCRV program Giving for Life, he had his beard shaved after the proceeds exceeded fifty million guilders, which he had sworn in advance. After the beard was shaved off, Kartner said he wasn't really happy about the disappearance of his trademark. Until the beard had grown back, he used a fake beard during a performance.
- He worked in a chocolate factory as a chocolate moulder in Hoboken (Antwerpen, Belgium), a job that earned him so little that he sometimes spilled chocolate on his overalls to make sprinkles at home. He also worked as a pastry chef and ran a chip shop.
- In 1975, Kartner scored his second biggest hit, "Het kleine café aan de haven" (The little café by the harbour). This song has since been covered over 250 times in various languages. English cover versions include "The Little Cafe by the Harbour" by Engelbert Humperdinck, "My Favourite Cafe on the Harbour" by Audrey Landers and "The Red Rose Café" by Demis Roussos and, separately, The Fureys. In French the song was recorded as "Le café de la Rue d'Amérique" by Mireille Mathieu and "Le café des trois Colombes" by Joe Dassin, and in German as "Die kleine Kneipe" by Peter Alexander. In Dutch it was rerecorded by André Rieu conducting the Maastricht Salon Orchestra.
- Kartner worked as a promoter and producer at record label Dureco with Annie de Reuver, with whom he formed Duo X.
- He was a Dutch musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who performed under the stage name Vader Abraham (Father Abraham).
- In 2002 Kartner recorded "Wimmetje gaat, Pimmetje komt" (Wim goes, Pim comes) with upcoming politician Pim Fortuyn, predicting that Fortuyn may replace Wim Kok as prime-minister. Before this could happen, Fortuyn was assassinated.
- Kartner also wrote the Dutch entry for the Eurovision Song Contest of 1973, sung by Ben Cramer, and for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Ik ben verliefd (sha-la-lie), performed by Sieneke.
- In the 1960s, Kartner gained experience as an artist in the trio The Headlines, later called The Lettersets. After the breakup of that group, Pierre was a song plugger for record company Negram for a while. He then worked for that company as a producer from around 1967.
- Kartner started his singing career at the age of eight, by winning a local festival. He lived with his family in Amsterdam and worked in a chocolate factory.
- In May 1977, Kartner was asked to make a promotional song about The Smurfs. The record company initially only pressed 1,000 copies of the single, called "The Smurf Song", since they were unsure about the single's potential. However, they were all sold within one day at a Schlager festival. After a repress, 400,000 singles were quickly sold. A full Smurfs album was then created, which sold 500,000 copies. The album was released in several dozen countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, and Sweden, and in various different languages. The album scored a number one hit in 16 countries. Subsequently, Kartner released other Smurf-themed albums, again in various countries and languages, such as Ga je mee naar Smurfenland (Dutch) and Vater Abraham im Land der Schlümpfe (German). In all, Kartner's Smurf works have sold around 17 million copies.
- As a reaction to the 1973 oil crisis, Kartner and the right-wing politician Hendrik Koekoek recorded the duet "Den Uyl is in den olie" (den Uyl is in the oil), blaming the Social Democratic prime minister Joop den Uyl and Arabs for the crisis.
- His international success earned him the Buma Export Award (initially known as Conamus Export Award) in 1978.
- In the carnival season of 1975, he published "Wat doen we met die Arabieren hier" (What do we do with the Arabs here?), containing the lines "What shall we do with the Arabs here?/They can't be trusted with our pretty women here." The record company has subsequently deleted the song. Pierre Kartner was accused of racism. He went into hiding for a while. However, the song can be found on the internet.
- In 1971, he created his well-known alter ego, Father Abraham, after writing a Dutch carnival song, "Father Abraham had seven sons". Initially he wore a fake beard, but subsequently grew a real beard which, along with a bowler hat, became his trademark.
- He came from a family of soldiers and constables who arrived in the east of North Brabant from Magdeburg via Roermond and Utrecht in the early 19th century. For generations the family lived in Helenaveen, from where Pierre's father left for Elst. The family's name is most likely derived from the German Gärtner, gardener.
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