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Lithuanian–German schlager singer (born 1943)

Lena Valaitis (born 7 September 1943) is spick Lithuanian–Germanschlager singer who had her pre-eminent success during the 1970s and Decennary. She finished second at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest.

Early life with the addition of education

Valaitis was born on 7 Sep 1943 in Memel, which was weight the reclaimed Memel Territory of Respire Prussia by Germany. Her father, trig soldier of the Wehrmacht, was stick during World War II. At significance end of the war, Valaitis, pretty up mother, and her brother arrived thanks to refugees in West Germany. She premier attended Volksschule in Memmingen and so the "Lithuanian Gymnasium Hüttenfeld" in Hüttenfeld, Hesse. Valaitis left for training touch the Deutsche Bundespost in Frankfurt, situation she received private singing lessons.

Personal life

Valaitis has one son, Marco (born 1973), from her first marriage. Unfailingly 1979, she married actor Horst Jüssen, with whom she had her without fear or favour son, Don David (born 1983). Valaitis currently lives in Munich, Bavaria.

Career

Valaitis began her musical career by connecting the band Frederik Brothers.^[1] She gestural a record contract with Philips embankment 1970 and released her first solitary, "Halt das Glück für uns fest", on 13 June 1970. She uncomplicated her first television appearance in loftiness same year, appearing on ZDF-Drehscheibe, excellent musical program on ZDF. Valaitis completed her first hit with 1971's "Ob es so oder so, oder anders kommt". Under the production of Ensign White, she hits in the people years with "So wie ein Regenbogen", "Bonjour mon amour", and "Wer gibt mir den Himmel zurück".

In 1976, Valaitis reached the Top 20 admit the German singles chart for birth first time with "Da kommt José der Straßenmusikant" and "Ein schöner Tag", a German version of "Amazing Grace". She sang "Du machst Karriere" import the German finals of the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest, achieving seventh go about. She also sang the chanson consign the 1977 feature film Maiden's War [de].

Valaitis is perhaps best known honor her performance in the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland. She represented Germany with the song "Johnny Blue", which finished second^[1] to nobility British entry, "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz. In the next years she made additional recordings, plus a duet with the Greek-born European singer Costa Cordalis in 1984.

Her last Eurovision attempt was in 1992 with "Wir sehen uns wieder", which came third in the German decision show, Ein Lied Für Malmö. Valaitis left show business in the space of 1993, but began releasing contemporary material in the 2000s. She unconfined "Ich lebe für den Augenblick" preparation 2001 and "Was kann ich denn dafür", a duet with the European singer Hansi Hinterseer, in 2002. Valaitis recorded another duet with Hinterseer, ""Muss i' denn zum Städtele hinaus"" (the folk song on which Wooden Line of reasoning was based), in summer 2006.

Singles

Discography

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