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!!Udo Juergens: Merci Chérie

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In 1950, just 2 years after he began his musical studies
at the Conservatory in Klagenfurt, Udo Juergens (1934
Ottmanach/Carinthia) won the first prize in a composition
contest of the Austrian Radio (ORF) for his song,'' Je
t'aime''. His continuing success as a composer
(Illustration, Udo Juergens as a young man) and
performer, (600 compositions and 65 million recordings
sold), is the result of his personal style, which
reflects the mood of his times and sets high artistic
standards. His international breakthrough came in 1966
when he won the Grand Prix d'Eurovision with his song
''Merci Chérie'' (Example). With Gershwin as his
ideal, he wrote songs for Sammy Davis jr., Sarah Vaughan or
Shirley Bassey and lived up to the goal of making his
concert audiences happy. (M. Saary)


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