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🇩🇪 Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue
#Lena Valaitis#Johnny Blue#germany esc#esc germany#eurovision germany#germany eurovision#esc 1981#eurovision 1981#eurovision#esc#another classic :D#her hand feels a little tiny in here but idk why
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lena valaitis - und da steht es geschrieben
1972
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Thank you @pastlink and @helahyma for tagging me 🖤🖤🖤
Post 10 songs you like with names in them and then tag 10 people.
I’m feeling wild so ya’ll are getting my favorite Esc entries with names in the title🙃
Madame Monsieur - Mercy (France 2018)
Gisela - Casanova (Andorra 2008)
Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue (Germany 1981)
Kristína - Horehronie (Slovakia 2010)
Hari Mata Hari - Lejla (Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006)
Doris Dragović - Marija Magdalena (Croatia 1999)
Efendi - Cleopatra (Azerbaijan 2020)
Arvingarna - Eloise (Sweden 1993)
Sarbel - Yassou Maria (Greece 2007)
and of course this legendary entry:
Dschinghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan (Germany 1979)
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idk who has been tagged already so please free feel to ignore this if you have:
@fangirlinglikealoon @thisisntaparty @theflyingfeeling @ladysorbus @variuss-petals @jupiter-balls @heroineoftwilight @lesbiankiliel @cygnetix @there-is-just-me-myself-and-i @whats-another-song-contest
#JA SITTEN POJAT MENNÄÄN PERSIAAAAAAAAN#I also wanted to namedrop Socrates by Iceland 1988 but then I re-read the description and it said 'songs you like' so :'D#eurovision
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for the music shuffle ask meme: 💡❤️🎬🎤🤡 :3
Music shuffle ask game
Gotta use my old eurovision playlist since I have a mini brainrot with old esc songs rn lol
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Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue (Germany 1981)
💡 - Do you associate the song with something? If yes, what?
Yeah! I had a friend who really loved this song, his name is Johnny (or like...the Romanian version of it) and his fave color is blue, so obviously when I discovered this song I immideately showed it to him. He's also studying German so that was a really cool coincidence lmao. We kind of fell out of touch after we started college so we don't talk that much anymore, but yeah, whenever I listen to this I think of him. Miss u bro...
❤️ - What’s your favorite line(s)?
"Auf der alten Gitarre
Die ihm jemand schenkte
Da spielte er, sie war sein Freund
Seine Lieder, die klangen
Nach Hoffnung und Freude
Und manchmal, als ob jemand weint"
Translation:
"On the old guitar
That somebody gave him
He played, it was his friend
His songs, they sounded
Of hope and joy
And sometimes as if someone was crying"
Like dude, the lyrics are so profound and emotional, this is such a masterpiece song fr....
🎬 - If you scripted/directed a music video for this song what would it look like?
Honestly I have no idea. I think the live performance is enough?
🎤 - Would you sing this song for karaoke?
Only the first verses, beyond that nope.avi)))) My German is literally 0 but thanks to that respective friend I've talked about earlier I can at least sing the first few verses
🤡 - Describe the song in the worst way possible
Campfire emotional song about a kid named Johnny (and something about blue)
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All My Eurovision Winners
Here I will register my winners of all the years of Eurovision. This list will always be subject to change.
1956 — 🇳🇱 De vogels van Holland [Jetty Paerl]
1957 — 🇦🇹 Wohin, kleines Pony? [Bob Martin]
1958 — 🇨🇭 Giorgio [Lys Assia]
1959 — 🇸🇪 Augustin [Brita Borg]
1960 — 🇫🇷 Tom Pillibi [Jacqueline Boyer]
1961 — 🇮🇹 Al Di Là [Betty Curtis]
1962 — 🇫🇮 Tipi-tii [Marion Rung]
1963 — 🇩🇰 Dansevise [Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann]
1964 — 🇩🇪 Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne [Nora Nova]
1965 — 🇮🇪 Walking the Streets in the Rain [Butch Moore]
1966 — 🇵🇹 Ele e Ela [Madalena Iglésias]
1967 — 🇪🇸 Hablemos del amor [Raphael]
1968 — 🇲🇨 À chacun sa chanson [Line & Willy]
1969 — 🇳🇱 De Troubadour [Lenny Kuhr]
1970 — 🇬🇧 Knock, Knock Who's There? [Mary Hopkin]
1971 — 🇲🇨 Un banc, un arbre, une rue [Séverine]
1972 — 🇮🇪 Ceol an Ghrá [Sandie Jones]
1973 — 🇪🇸 Eres Tú [Mocedades]
1974 — 🇸🇪 Waterloo [ABBA]
1975 — 🇹🇷 Seninle Bir Dakika [Semiha Yankı]
1976 — 🇬🇷 Panagia mou, Panagia mou [Mariza Koch]
1977 — 🇱🇺 Frère Jacques [Anne-Marie B.]
1978 — 🇲🇨 Les jardins de Monaco [Caline & Olivier Toussaint]
1979 — 🇵🇹 Sobe, sobe, balão sobe [Manuela Bravo]
1980 — 🇲🇦 Bitaqat hub [Samira Bensaïd]
1981 — 🇩🇪 Johnny Blue [Lena Valaitis]
1982 — 🇨🇾 Mono i agapi [Anna Vissi]
1983 — 🇮🇱 Chai! [Ofra Haza]
1984 — 🇮🇪 Terminal 3 [Linda Martin]
1985 — 🇳🇴 La det swinge [Bobbysocks!]
1986 — ⭐️ Željo moja [Doris Dragović]
1987 — 🇧🇪 Soldiers of Love [Liliane Saint-Pierre]
1988 — 🇱🇺 Croire [Lara Fabian]
1989 — 🇹🇷 Bana Bana [Grup Pan]
1990 — 🇪🇸 Bandido [Azúcar Moreno]
1991 — 🇫🇷 C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison [Amina]
1992 — ⭐ Ljubim te pesmama [Extra Nena]
1993 — 🇧🇦 Sva bol svijeta [Fazla]
1994 — 🇬🇧 We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony) [Frances Ruffelle]
1995 — 🇳🇴 Nocturne [Secret Garden]
1996 — 🇵🇹 O Meu Coração Não Tem Cor [Lúcia Moniz]
1997 — 🇮🇹 Fiumi di parole [Jalisse]
1998 — 🇫🇮 Aava [Edea]
1999 — 🇱🇹 Strazdas [Aistė Smilgevičiūtė]
2000 — 🇫🇮 A Little Bit [Nina Åström]
2001 — 🇩🇪 Wer Liebe lebt [Michelle]
2002 — 🇮🇱 Light a Candle [Sarit Hadad]
2003 — 🇧🇪 Sanomi [Urban Trad]
2004 — 🇪🇪 Tii [Neiokõsõ]
2005 — 🇨🇭 Cool Vibes [Vanilla Ninja]
2006 — 🇧🇦 Lejla [Hari Mata Hari]
2007 — 🇬🇪 Visionary Dream [Sopho Khalvashi]
2008 — 🇷🇸 Oro [Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic]
2009 — 🇦🇲 Jan Jan [Inga and Anush Arshakyan]
2010 — 🇸🇰 Horehronie [Kristína Peláková]
2011 — 🇧🇬 Na Inat [Poli Genova]
2012 — 🇸🇪 Euphoria [Loreen]
2013 — 🇳🇴 I Feed You My Love [Margaret Berger]
2014 — 🇳🇱 Calm After The Storm [The Common Linnets]
2015 — 🇲🇪 Adio [Knez]
2016 — 🇺🇦 1944 [Jamala]
2017 — 🇵🇹 Amar Pelos Dois [Salvador Sobral]
2018 — 🇪🇪 La Forza [Elina Nechayeva]
2019 — 🇦🇱 Ktheju Tokës [Jonida Maliqi]
2020 — 🇺🇦 Solovey [Go_A]
2021 — 🇫🇷 Voilà [Barbara Pravi]
2022 — 🇺🇦 Stefania [Kalush Orchestra]
2023 — 🇪🇸 Eaea [Blanca Paloma]
2024 — 🇺🇦 Teresa & Maria [Jerry Heil feat. Alyona Alyona]
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Schau dir "Lena Valaitis – Da kommt José, der Straßenmusikant (1975) | Full HD" auf YouTube an
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Three Minutes to Eternity: My ESC 250 (#100-99)
#100: Jean Gabilou -- Humanahum (France 1981)
“Les femmes de naguère en étaient fières
L’amour était fruit de la terre”
“The women not long ago were proud
[and] love was the fruit of the earth”
We begin my top 100 of all-time with a church organ! However, this isn't the only first in Humanahum; Jean Gabilou was the first French participant of color (a whole nine years before France would have its multicultural phase in the 1990s); he was born in Tahiti, in French Polynesia.
Despite this, Humanahum is 100% French, as the composers of the 1977 winning entry wrote this piece and this won out in a national final featuring 1969 co-winner Frida Boccara, who sung a patriotic song for France.
I fell in love with this when I watched the 1981 contest for the first time. The orchestration was top-notch (especially with the harp flourishes), the build worked great, and the lyrics tell a great story. Basically, it follows a three-act structure, in that we're introduced to a man in the year 3000 where not much has changed but they lived underwater who tells a bunch of children about a planet far far away. There, they used to live happily until they killed everything because of war. If you know what they're talking about, I could say it’s one of the cleverest peace songs at Eurovision.
Of course, Jean sings this with gusto, with his backing vocalists accompanying him well. This is especially impressive considering his wife died during rehearsals back in Tahiti, and he still went with the song. He finished with a good result, but TF1 wasn't impressed with who won, and they withdrew in 1982, calling the contest a "monument to drivel".
Despite it all (including that it's the reason why I make as second ballot every ESC250), it’s not my favorite of 1981 (no matter how much I want to, haha). Had it did, I fear it would set the contest back a few years. Hence...
Personal ranking: 2nd/20
Actual ranking: 3rd/20 in Dublin
#99: Lena Valaitis -- Johnny Blue (Germany 1981)
“Auf der alten Gitarre
Die ihm jemand schenkte,
Da spielte er, sie war sein Freund,”
“On the old guitar,
That somebody gave him
He played, it was his friend"
...this folk song takes the cake for me!
Its' really touching and sincere, and it's actually quite relatable. Curiously, I connect this lyric back with Origo (#154), as both our heroes start out as outcasts in society (though Johnny Blue focuses more on school, in this context).
Like with the church organ in Humanahum, the harmonica adds its own touches to this folk song, grounding it in the world in which Johnny Blue grows up. Here, it tells the legend of a blind boy who turns to music to get away from the bullies of his school. Over time, he becomes famous and sells out stadiums. Basically, another story in which one fights against their bullies and uses what makes them different to shine.
It's story song told well, and Lena delivers earnestly with her gentle voice. She reminds me of a schoolteacher who tries to teach her students about the lessons of life, but in a way that helps her children grasp the concepts and want to learn more. While I didn't have a teacher who guided me to my life's purpose, I'm glad to have several teachers who've I talked to, learned from, and really got something out of.
Personal ranking: 1st/20
Actual ranking: 2nd/20 in Dublin
Final Impressions of 1981: Basically, it's one of the strongest years ever, in terms of songs, production, and tight-voting. The songs were really great; I didn't find a bad one in my estimations (maybe Reggae OK, though that can be a guilty pleasure, haha), and they were all well-orchestrated. Making Your Mind Up gets a bit of a rep as a winner, because it was a surprise at the end of the voting and it was held up because of the gimmick, but it's still enjoyable.
I really liked the interval act, where Timedance used traditional Irish culture to make a good act. In hindsight, it's basically the beta version of Riverdance, but it does add a bit of charm here! Also, the voting went haywire, with several missing points and the famous "I don't have it" from the Yugoslav jury. We need this year for Eurovisionagain; it has all the right ingredients!
(On another note, why did RAI decide this was a good year to withdraw? The Sanremo winner that year, Per Elisa, is an A-tier masterpiece and would've made a great year absolutely fantastic. The combination of classical music and modern is also seen in I treni di Tozeur, sure, but it would've been cool to see Alice alone. Or because I have "vivire vivire vivire.." in my head over the last day, haha)
#esc 250#esc top 250#eurovision song contest#esc france#jean gabilou#lena valaitis#esc germany#esc 1981#vintage eurovision#three minutes to eternity#please make the year 3000 fantastic#so your great great great grand daughter would do great
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#esc#eurovision song contest#year: 1981#draw: 3#performer: Lena Valaitis#place: 2#country: germany#language: german#points: 132#voting: douze points#composer: Ralph Siegel#lyricist: Bernd Meinunger
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Because of #EurovisionAgain this past weekend, I saw someone say that Jolin Tsai had covered “It Hurts”, and I was curious about other ESC covers in Asian languages (especially as Jolin is a Taiwanese artist who was popular with the J-Pop crowd back in the early 2000s, so I already knew of her lol)
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愈慢愈美麗 (Slow Life) by Jolin Tsai
“It Hurts” (Lena Philipsson - Sweden 2004)
I was both an ESC fan and an H!P fan at the time Berryz Koubou did their cover of “Dschinghis Khan” (Dschinghis Khan - Germany 1979):
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ジンギスカン by Berryz工房 (Berryz Koubou)
(I know, and uh, prefer the Japanese lyrics better than the German lol)
And Rika Ishikawa (石川梨華) of Morning Musume once covered “Poupée de cire poupée de son” (France Gall - Luxembourg 1965). The Japanese version (夢みるシャンソン人形) has been covered many times (here is 麻丘 めぐみ Megumi Asaoka’s cover), and also ripped off (the Sugar Rune Rune opening song haha).
Vicky Leandros did the Japanese version of “Après toi” (Luxembourg 1972) herself called 想い出に生きる.
DiGi Charat Nyo‘s opening song is a Japanese cover of “Listen to Your Heartbeat” (Friends - Sweden 2001) by Prière.
But then I started digging deeper and found some more Chinese covers. My Mandarin is pretty abysmal (as the Duolingo owl knows) and my Cantonese non-existent, but I have a fair understanding of hanzi thanks to Japanese kanji and thus I was able to combine skills and found:
愛你愛你 by Tsin Ting
“Non ho l'eta” (Gigliola Cinquetti - Italy 1964)
失去的愛情 by 鍾玲玲 (Betty Chung)
“L'amour est bleu” (Vicky Leandros - Luxembourg 1967)
永遠火辣辣 by 凌雲 Rita Chao
“All Kinds of Everything” (Dana - Ireland 1970)
愛你的只有一個我 by 王紋玲 (Alice Ong)
(version by 庾澄慶 Harlem Yu)
“A-ba-ni-bi” (Izhar Cohen & Alpha Beta - Israel 1978)
成吉思汗 by George Lam
“Dschinghis Khan” (Dschinghis Khan - Germany 1979)
別了憂鬱Johnny Blue by Annabelle Lui
“Johnny Blue” (Lena Valaitis - Germany 1981)
抱緊我 by Alex To
“Hold Me Now” (Johnny Logan - Ireland 1987)
刀山火海 by 陳美玲 (Pat Chan)
“Soldiers of Love” (Liliane Saint-Pierre - Belgium 1987)
梵音 by 關淑怡 (Shirley Kwan)
“Le dernier qui a parlé...” (Amina - France 1991)
I’m sure that there is more out there too!
#yeah I spent too much time on this but I needed to document it lol#eurovision#also sorry but I need to tag it#berryz koubou#as that will be an easier way for me to remember and find it later lol#music#most of the songs are winners or at least top five#and we know the Swedes write a lot of J-Pop#but Belgium '87 seems like a Deep Cut lol#also my apologies if I messed up the Chinese#or anything else for that matter whoops I'm overthinking things again
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bruh top five entries from the country im actually from and top five from my country of choice (idk why i didnt feel like mentioning their names but you know what nations im talking about)
i know what you mean ;)
from the former:
sound of silence - dami im (2016). stomp on me please ms. dami. bonus points for a dress i would both wear to my wedding and die in.
tonight again - guy sebastian (2015). you didn’t have to go that hard on your debut but by god you did. excellent song for tap choreography.
zero gravity - kate miller-heidke (2019). still not entirely a fan of this but the staging popped off. also she’s my birthday twin so.
don’t break me - montaigne (2020). aside from the mr. mime-inspired makeup this isn’t too bad. elastic/glass could totally be the new fire/desire.
we got love - jessica mauboy (2018). good in studio, meh live.
from the latter:
johnny blue - lena valaitis (1981). this should have won, you can’t change my mind.
frauen regier’n die welt - roger cicero (2007). this man drank his respect women juice and that’s very cash money of him. bonus points for being mostly in german during a time when there’s a free language rule in place.
theater - katja ebstein (1980). despite the mimes this goes off.
guildo hat euch lieb - guildo horn (1998). chaotic energy to the max, we stan a dude who literally climbs the stage.
taken by a stranger - lena (2011). not to be a gigantic bisexual but ma’am...whatever is going on here i am down for it.
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Updated list of my ESC winners
1956: Franca Raimondi - Aprite le finestre (Italy)
1957: Margot Hielscher - Telefon, Telefon (Germany)
1958: Domenico Modugno - Nel blu dipinto di blu (Italy)
1959: Teddy Scholten - Een beetje (Netherlands)
1960: Nora Brockstedt - Voi voi (Norway)
1961: Jean Claude Pascal - Nous les amoureux (Luxembourg)
1962: Marion Rung - Tipi Tii (Finland)
1963: Grethe & Jorgen Ingmann - Dansevise (Denmark)
1964: Gigliola Cinquetti - Non ho l'eta (Italy)
1965: France Gall - Poupee de cire, poupee de son (Luxembourg)
1966: Udo Jurgens - Merci, cherie (Austria)
1967: Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a string (United Kingdom)
1968: Cliff Richard - Congratulations (United Kingdom)
1969: Salome - Vivo cantando (Spain)
1970: Mary Hopkin - Knock knock who's there (United Kingdom)
1971: Severine - Un banc, un arbre, une rue (Monaco)
1972: Vicky Leandros - Apres Toi (Luxembourg)
1973: Anne Marie David - Tu te reconnaitras (Luxembourg)
1974: ABBA - Waterloo (Sweden)
1975: Teach-in - Ding a dong (Netherlands)
1976: Brotherhood of man - Save your kisses for me (United Kingdom)
1977: Monica Aspelund - Lapponia (Finland)
1978: Izhar Cohen - A-Ba-Ni-Bi (Israel)
1979: Milk & Honey - Hallelujah (Israel)
1980: Katja Ebstein - Theater (Germany)
1981: Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue (Germany)
1982: Anna Vissi - Mono i agapi (Cyprus)
1983: Danijel - Dzuli (Yugoslavia)
1984: Alice & Battiato - I treni di tozeur (Italy)
1985: Bobbysocks - La det swinge (Norway)
1986: Sandra Kim - J'aime la vie (Belgium)
1987: Lilliane Saint Pierre - Soldiers of love (Belgium)
1988: Celine Dion - Ne partez pas sans moi (Switzerland)
1989: Birthe Kjaer - Vi maler byen rod (Denmark)
1990: Toto Cutugno - Insieme 1992 (Italy)
1991: Carola - Fangad av en stormvind (Sweden)
1992: Evridiki - Teriazoume (Cyprus)
1993: Ruth Jacott - Vrede (Netherlands)
1994: CatCat - Bye bye baby (Finland)
1995: Secret Garden - Nocturne (Norway)
1996: Eimear Quinn - The voice (Ireland)
1997: Jalisse - Fiumi di Parole (Italy)
1998: Edsilia Rombley - Hemel en aarde (Netherlands)
1999: Selma - All out of luck (Iceland)
2000: Brainstorm - My star (Latvia)
2001: Nusa Derenda - Energy (Slovenia)
2002: Malene - Tell me who you are (Denmark)
2003: Urban Trad - Sanomi (Belgium)
2004: Ruslana - Wild dances (Ukraine)
2005: Zdob si Zdub - Bunica bate doba (Moldova)
2006: Hari Mata Hari - Lejla (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
2007: Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov - Water (Bulgaria)
2008: Mor ve otesi - Deli (Turkey)
2009: Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (Norway)
2010: Paula Seling & Ovi - Playing with fire (Romania)
2011: Eldrine - One more day (Georgia)
2012: Kaliopi - Crno i belo (North Macedonia)
2013: Zlata Ognevich - Gravity (Ukraine)
2014: Sebalter - Hunter of stars (Switzerland)
2015: Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes (Sweden)
2016: Iveta Mukuchyan - Lovewave (Armenia)
2017: Joci Papai - Origo (Hungary)
2018: Yianna Terzi - Oniro Mou (Greece)
2019: Keiino - Spirit in the sky (Norway)
2020: The Roop - On fire (Lithuania)
2021: Maneskin - Zitti e buoni (Italy)
2022: Zdob si Zdub & Fratii Advahov - Trenuletul (Moldova)
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Judith Und Mel Vermögen
Im Alter von 19 Jahren begann er mit Rock’n’Roll mit der Band Hannover und tourte im Laufe der Jahre in Schottland mit der Band für einen Monat in Oldenbog durch Europa, nachdem er die Werkzeugmacherlehre abgeschlossen hatte. Ich kam für ein Gastspiel. ..
Hier lernte er Judith kennen und lieben und ist seitdem in Oldenburg geblieben.
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1969 BAMS BILD am SONNTAG Wettbewerb „BAMS sucht einen jungen Popmusiker. Er gewann „1969“ und sang dem Hit nach.
Er veröffentlichte Hits wie “Lisa” (Always for You), Lady of Love, ich saß zwischen zwei Stühlen, spielte kein Lied, drehte sich um und verabschiedete sich, Night Queen Malaika trat 1976 viele Male mit dem Radiogesang “English .” auf Originalversion” von “SIERRA MADRE”. 1980 und 1982 war er zweifacher Sänger, Komponist und Texter bei der deutschen Vorentscheidung des Eurovision Song Contest und gewann 1982 den vierten Platz beim Nicole-Sieg. Aber zu dieser Zeit hatte er bereits Hits für andere Interpreten geschaffen, darunter Roy Black, Lena Valaitis, Andy Borg Florian Silbereisen, Mara Kayser, Stefan Mross, Margitta und ihre Tochter. Wurde ein Hit (die ersten beiden Langzeit-CDs sind fertig), Eberhard Hertel, Dennie Christian,
Judith Und Mel Vermögen
Ab 1990 traten er und seine Frau Judith erstmals im Heimduo Judith & Mel auf. Später erschienen jedoch nur Judith und Mel. Das Repertoire wurde mit einem Hitsong auf den Folk-Bereich umgestellt. Mel Jersey produzierte auch andere Künstler wie Marghita und ihre Tochter Rudy Giovannini. Dennie Christian, Lena Valaitis, Margitta & Töchter, VM Grand Prix Gruppe GEMEINSAM, Judith & Mel und mehr. Er hat viele Auszeichnungen für seinen Titel Komposition / Text und Produzent gewonnen. Beispiel:
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3 x GOLDENE STIMMGABEL / “ZDF SUPER HITPARADE” 1 Sieg / VOLKSMUSIK KRONE 3 mal / 1. Platz VOLKSMUSIK ZDF HITPARADE 13 mal / VOLKSMUSIK ARD “SCHLAGER PARADE” Sieger 10 mal / GRAND PRIK des VOLKSMUSIK nationaler Aussteiger 8 Gewinner International x VOLKSMUSIK Finale / 2 x HERMANNLÖNSPRIZE in GOLD / 2x GOLDEN EDEL WEISS und diverse weitere Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen.
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