Ehrenburger in Karnten - Udo Jurgens, Josef Friedrich Perkonig, Wolfgang Petritsch, Odo J. Struger (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Udo Jurgens (born Udo Jurgen Bockelmann, 30 September 1934, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria) is an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spans over fifty years. He has written more than 900 songs and sold about 100 million units, making him one of the most successful composers and recording artists in the world and the best selling Austrian singer. He is credited with broadening German-language pop music beyond the traditional postwar schlager in the 1960s by infusing it with a modern pop appeal; his exceptionally tuneful compositions and sophisticated arrangements attract fans of all ages, and even in his 70s he continues to fill the largest concert venues in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In 1950, he won a composer contest organized by Austria's public broadcasting channel ORF with the song "Je t'aime." He wrote the 1961 worldwide hit "Reach for the Stars," sung by Shirley Bassey. In 1964, he represented Austria for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Warum nur warum?," finishing sixth. The UK participant, Matt Monro, was impressed with the melody and covered the song (with English lyrics by his manager Don Black) as "Walk Away," which reached number four in the UK Singles Chart and number 23 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Jurgens' song "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grussen" came fourth in 1965's contest, and in 1966 he won the competition with "Merci, Cherie," which became an English-language hit for Vince Hill, another cover by Monro, and one of Jurgens' most recognized compositions. Jurgens' version alone sold over one million copies, and he was awarded a gold disc by Deutsche Vogue in 1966. In the following years, he wrote some of his most famous songs, like "Griechischer Wein," "Aber bitte mit Sahne," "Mit 66 Jahren," and - one of his biggest successes - "Buenos Dias, Argentina," which he performed together with the German football tea...http: //booksllc.net/?l=