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Christa Williams
Christa Williams (born: Christa Bojarzin 5 February 1926 – 28 or 29 July 2012) was a German pop singer most popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Williams was chosen to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song " Irgendwoher" ''(From Somewhere)''. The song finished fourth out of 11 songs, and gained a total of 14 points. Selected filmography * '' At the Green Cockatoo by Night'' (1957) * ''The Legs of Dolores ''The Legs of Dolores'' (german: Die Beine von Dolores) is a 1957 West German musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Germaine Damar, Claus Biederstaedt, and Ruth Stephan.Koepnick p. 66 It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios ...'' (1957) * '' Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1959) * '' Pension Schöller'' (1960) * '' I Learned That in Paris'' (1960) See also * Eurovision Song Contest 1959 * Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest References External links * 1926 births 2012 deaths Eurovision Song C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland In The Eurovision Song Contest
Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 62 times since making its debut at the first contest in , missing only four contests, in 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2003. Switzerland hosted the first contest in 1956 in Lugano, and won it. Switzerland won the contest again in 1988, with the contest being held in Lausanne. Lys Assia won the first contest in 1956 with the song " Refrain". She returned to place second in . Switzerland would go on to finish second with Esther Ofarim () and Daniela Simmons () and third with Franca Di Rienzo () and Arlette Zola (), before winning the contest for the second time in with Celine Dion and the song " Ne partez pas sans moi". Annie Cotton gave the country its 15th top five result in , when she placed third. Since the introduction of the qualifying round in 1993, Switzerland has entered the top ten only four times. Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Switzerland have failed to reach the final in 11 of 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio (song)
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Eurovision Song Contest Entrants Of 1959
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and Live radio, radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision (network), Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Deaths
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1926 Births
Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Vietnam. * January 12 – Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program ''Sam 'n' Henry'', in which the two white performers portray two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city (it is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, ''Amos 'n' Andy''). * January 16 – A BBC comic radio play broadcast by Ronald Knox, about a workers' revolution, causes a panic in London. * January 21 – The Belgian Parliament accepts the Locarno Treaties. * January 26 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from ''The Times''. * January 29 – Eugene O'Neill's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cielo E Terra
Cielo (Spanish and Italian for "heaven" or "sky"), El Cielo (in Spanish) or Il Cielo (in Italian) may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * ''Cielo'' (film), a 2017 Chile-Canadian documentary film * Cielo (TV channel), an Italian television channel Music * ''Cielo'' (album), a 2003 album by Benny Ibarra * ''Cielo'', 1960 song by Jenny Luna * ''El Cielo'' (album), an album by Dredg * El Cielo (band), a rock band from Argentina Companies and organizations * Cielo (company), a distributor and manufacturer of frozen yogurt * Cielo (supercomputer), at Los Alamos National Laboratory * Cielo (water), a brand of bottled water * Cielo S.A., a Brazilian credit card operator Vehicles * Chery Cielo, Chinese compact car * Daewoo Cielo, a Korean compact car Other uses * César Cielo (born 1987), Brazilian freestyle swimmer * El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico See also * Scielo SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) is a bibliographic database, digital l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Traversi
Anita Traversi (25 July 1937 – 25 September 1991) was a Swiss singer, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1960 and 1964. Early career Born in Giubiasco, Traversi was encouraged by her father, a musician, and started singing with an orchestra in the mid-1950s, including with the orchestra of the Italian language Swiss radio channel. In 1956, she took part in the Swiss selection for the first Eurovision Song Contest, but "Bandanelle Ticinese" was not chosen. That year she was part of the Quintetta Radiosa the backingvocals for Eurovision winner Lys Assia. In 1959, Traversi obtained a recording contract in Italy, and went on to record a number of songs with Adriano Celentano, including the top 10 hit "Piccola". Anita Traversi represented Switzerland at several Song Festivals in the world with great success, as the Sopot International Song Festival (Poland), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), " Golden Orpheus" (Bulgaria). She appeared to the Song Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lys Assia
Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer; 3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018) was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 after successfully standing in for a female singer. Eurovision Song Contest In 1956 she was the winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest, in which she sang for Switzerland. She had also been in the German national final of that year and returned to the contest again for Switzerland in 1957 and 1958. Her Eurovision success was followed by success in Germany with " O mein Papa". In 2005, Assia performed at the '' Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest'' event. In 2009, together with Dima Bilan ( 2008 winner), Assia presented the Eurovision trophy to that year's winner Alexander Rybak. In September 2011, Assia entered her song "C'était ma vie", written by Ralph Siegel and Jean Paul Cara, into the Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1959
The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Wednesday 11 March 1959 at the in Cannes, France, and hosted by French television presenter Jacqueline Joubert. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTF), the contest, originally known as the (English: Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959), was held in France following the country's victory at the with the song "", performed by André Claveau. In total eleven countries participated in the contest, with making its first appearance and the returning after their absence the previous year. , however, decided not to participate after competing in all former editions. The winner was the with the song "", performed by Teddy Scholten, composed by Dick Schallies and written by Willy van Hemert. This was the Netherlands' second victory in the contest, having also won in , and also marked the first time a country had won the contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Learned That In Paris
''I Learned That in Paris'' (German: ''Das hab ich in Paris gelernt'') is a 1960 West German musical comedy film directed by Thomas Engel and starring Chris Howland, Christa Williams and Gisela Trowe.Bock & Bergfelder p.53 Cast * Chris Howland as Fred Miller * Christa Williams as Dr. Brigitte Freyer * Gisela Trowe as Clarissa Wedell * Dieter Borsche as Bernhard Wedell, ihr Mann * Harald Juhnke as Mathias Mai, Lawyer * Carl-Heinz Schroth as Faktotum Neumann * Werner Fuetterer as Hubert Wüstenhagen * Hans Nielsen as Professor Giselius * Erwin Linder as Dr. Knapp * Lotte Rausch as Hilde * Maria Sebaldt as Lydia * Birgit Bergen as Betty * Edith Hancke * Kurt Klopsch * Karl Kramer * Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum * Maria Litto * Hein Timm Hein is a Dutch and Low German masculine given name, a short version of Hendrik/Heinrich, a derivative surname most common in Germany. Given name * Hein van Aken (c. 1250 – c. 1325), Flemish poet * Hein de Baar (born 1949), Dutch oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pension Schöller (1960 Film)
''Pension Schöller'' is a 1960 West German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Theo Lingen, Christa Williams and Rudolf Vogel. It is an adaptation of the 1890 play '' Pension Schöller'' by Wilhelm Jacoby and Carl Laufs. Georg Jacoby was Wilhem's son, and made three film adaptation of his father's best known play in 1930, 1952 and 1960. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. Cast *Theo Lingen as Professor Schöller *Christa Williams as Fritzi *Rudolf Vogel as Gutsbesitzer Klapproth *Boy Gobert as Eugen Rümpel * Ann Smyrner as Erika * Helmut Lohner as Peter Klapproth *Ilse Steppat as Amalie Schöller *Leon Askin as Fritz Bernhardi *Ursula Herking as Josefine Krüger *Rainer Bertram as Tommy Kiesling *Christa Siems as Ulrike Klapproth *Benno Gellenbeck as Artist Zarini *Joachim Wolff *Henry Vahl Henry Vahl (1897–1977) was a German stage, film and television a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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