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    Italy, following the country's victory at the 1964 contest with the song "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union...
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    Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi". Her debut English-language album, Unison (1990), established her as a viable pop artist primarily in North...
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    documentary France 3 "Michel Berger : l'éternel jeune homme qui marqua à jamais le patrimoine de la chanson française" Archived 15 December 2008 at the...
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    traditional post-war "schlager" (hit song) in the 1950s by infusing it with a modern pop appeal and French chanson style. His compositions and arrangements...
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    took part in the Swiss Eurovision selection event with the song "Non, à jamais sans toi" and was chosen as the country's representative in the tenth Eurovision...
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    Song Contest with the song "N'avoue jamais" ("Never admit"). At the contest, held in Naples on 20 March, "N'avoue jamais" finished in third place of the 18...
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  • Kathy Leander (born 24 May 1963) is a singer from the Canton of Jura, Switzerland. She represented her country at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest in...
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    apparent early in life, and she took singing lessons with a view to becoming an opera singer. She became a professional singer after meeting bandleader Bert Ambrose...
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    divorced, she undertook a successful solo career. Esther Zaied was born in Safed to a Syrian Jewish family. She began performing as a child, singing Hebrew...
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    Baumann (born 5 January 1968), better known under his stage name DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and music producer. He has sold...
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    Vinko "Vice" Vukov (3 August 1936 – 24 September 2008) was a Croatian singer and politician. Vukov was born in Šibenik. In 1959, he achieved instant fame...
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    Arlette Zola (1982). It won for the second time in 1988 with "Ne partez pas sans moi" performed by Céline Dion. "Moi, tout simplement" by Annie Cotton secured...
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    performed the song "A tua espera" which got the 14th place with 9 points. Other successful songs: "Maria solidão" "Deixa lá" "À tua espera" In 2022,...
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    Francine Jordi (born Francine Lehmann, 24 June 1977) is a Swiss pop singer. As a young child, she sang songs for Japanese tourists in Interlaken. With...
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    missed out on a place at the final, this time with the song "Frei". 1975 saw them finish in second place in the Swiss heat with "Lève-toi le soleil". In...
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    ("Les passants", "Le long de la route", "Prends garde à ta langue", "J'aime à nouveau", "Ni oui ni non"). Kerredine Soltani produced the album on the label...
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    received two NRJ Music Awards for the single. Yet a third successful single was released called "Pas sans toi". The album released on Universal was certified...
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    Patrick Juvet (21 August 1950 – c. 1 April 2021) was a Swiss model and singer-songwriter, who had a string of hit records in Europe. While his early career...
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    Ninja is an Estonian all-female rock band which enjoyed chart success in a number of countries across Europe, especially in Estonia, Germany and Austria...
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    Assia, 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...
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    with 18 other singers) 2010 : De toi à moi 2012 : La grande roue 2014 : Adamo chante Bécaud 2016 : L'Amour n'a jamais tort 2018 : Si vous saviez... 2023 :...
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    Peter Rudolf Lienhard; 23 March 1946 in Lenzburg) is a Swiss bandleader and musician. Lienhard started a band called "The College Stompers" while he was still...
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    is a singer who made himself known as the "Singing Cossack". Klimenko was born in Karelia, to a Russian Kuban Cossack father, Savva Klimenko, and a Russian...
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    recorded in 2023. "Prologue" "Du temps" "Peut-être toi" "Libertine" "Optimistique-moi" "À tout jamais" "C'est une belle journée" "Tristana" "Nevermore Medley"...
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    Henri Dès (born Henri Destraz 14 December 1940) is a Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone...
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    Retrieved 4 March 2021. "Le Fribourgeois Gjon's Tears représentera la Suisse à l'Eurovision". La Liberté (in French). 4 March 2020. Archived from the original...
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    participation in the festival was in 2003 (together with Little Tony), singing "Non si cresce mai". Solo sang and played singing performers in several Italian...
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    dans mes bras, Vogue-Portugal 1974 : N'oublie jamais (+ Si je te demande) Vogue 1974 : N'oublie jamais (+ Tu veux rester libre) Alvaroda-Portugal 1974 :...
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    the song "Jamais sans toi" ("Never Without You"), finishing second. In spring 2019, she released her debut album, Ma voie ("My Way"), with a song titled...
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    the Glory, Risen Conquering Son" (French: À toi la gloire O Ressuscité), also titled "Thine Is the Glory", is a Christian hymn for Easter, written by the...
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