In the midfifties, the swiss with her unmistakable voice is the female sales guarantor for the hamburg record company decca, the female counterpart to the troubadour vico torriani, also swiss. 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. Refrain was the winning song of the eurovision song contest 1956, cowritten by emile. Chords for eurovision 1956 switzerland lys assia refrain. Being the first ever eurovision winner, lys assia may have been entitled to the title of first lady of the contest, yet she never took it for granted. Related lys assia links official page lys assia wiki monsieur taxichauffeur video lys assia twitter. People who heard her singing liked it, so she changed from dancing to singing.
Click on activate alert to receive an email as soon as it is released. The winning title refrain has long been forgotten, but not her song entitled oh, mein papa. 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. Refrain definition of refrain by the free dictionary. Lys assia represented switzerland at the eurovision song contest 1956 in switzerland with the song refrain. Lys assia at the 2011 eurovision song contest in dusseldorf, germany. Refrain, du goldner traum aus meiner jugendzeit 03. Lys assia photo, born 1926 was the first winner of a european song contest on may 24, 1956, in lugano. She performed the two swiss entries in that first contest, the winner being the second one, titled refrain. Refrain, a song by lys assia on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. As a young girl she was a dancer, but stood in for a female singer in 1940. Refrain lys assia switzerland 1956 single version youtube. Beim neugegrundeten europaischen gesangswettbewerb gewinnt sie mit dem lied refrain. Refrain du goldner traum aus meiner jugendzeit lys assia.
Refrain definition, to abstain from an impulse to say or do something often followed by from. Lys assia simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It was the art of coordinating lied and leading lady in the film perfectly successful with marilyn monroe. Lys assia refrain des lebens cariblue music full album. With the third hit cd by lys assia bear family ends the trilogy of her musical career. She was married to oscar pedersen and johann heinrich kunz. In 1956 she was the winner of the very first eurovision song contest, in which she sang for switzerland. In 1940, however, she stood in for a female singer. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. Eurovision 1956 switzerland lys assia refrain by ismail uzunoglu. Especially in the last fifteen years lys assia proudly carried out the duties of her role as.
The instrumental mp3 of refrain as made famous by lys assia eurovision 1956 switzerland is not available yet be the first to be updated when this track is made available. Lys assia shortly after winning the very first eurovision song contest with her song refrain getty the first ever winner of eurovision, lys assia. The ninth entry in the 1956 eurovision song contest representing switzerland. It was the firstever winner of the contest, but not the firstever performance by switzerland. Lys assia won the first eurovision song contest in lugano in 1956 with the song refrain. Refrain meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Refrain instrumental mp3 karaoke lys assia eurovision. Born 3 march 1924 in rupperswil, kanton aargau, switzerland. In 20, at the age of 87, lys assia, made a bid to enter the eurovision song contest with a hip hop band called new jack, nearly six decades after she became its first winner. O mein papa is the first of three lys assia anthologies bear family records has released, in this case compiling her teldec recordings from 19491958. Eurovision 1956 switzerland lys assia refrain youtube. Official page of the first eurovision winner ever lys assia. Assia died on 24 march 2018 at zurichs zollikerberg hospital. Lys assia switzerland hilversum 1958 eurovision song.
American cinema loved blondes, especially when they could sing. It won the eurovision song contest, coming in first place. Aankomst lys assia zwitserland op schiphol voor het eurovisie songfestival 195, bestanddeelnr 9093954. Swiss pop vocalist lys assia enjoyed great popularity in germanspeaking countries, appearing in several european films in the 50s and charting a number of hit records. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Get babylons translation software free download now. Giorgio ein weekend mit dir in ascona am lago maggiore 03. In fact, she acted as proud ambassador for the contest, the success of which no one could imagine back in the days she took part and won. Find out at which radio station you can hear lys assia refrainrusty. Singer lys assia from switzerland performs on stage at the airport grand prix at the airport in duesseldorf, germany, 1 may 2011.
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