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Udo Jürgens (born September 30, 1934 as Udo Jürgen Bockelmann in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria), is a composer and singer who, although he has been very successful for more than four decades, is hardly known outside the German-speaking world as almost all of his lyrics are in German.
In 1950 he won a composer contest organised by the ORF with the song "Je t'aime". In 1960 he wrote the world hit "Reach for the Stars" interpreted by Shirley Bassey. In 1964 he started the first time for Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Warum nur, warum?" ending 5th. The UK participant Matt Monro was so impressed that he covered the song as "Walk Away", scoring no. 4 in UK charts and no. 23 in US charts. His song "Sag' ihr, ich laß sie grüßen" scored 4th in 1965's Song Contest and in 1966 he won the Eurovision Song Contest for Austria with his song "Merci Chérie".
In the following years he wrote several German Evergreens like "Griechischer Wein", "Aber bitte mit Sahne", "Mit 66 Jahren" and one of his biggest successes "Buenos Dias, Argentina", performed together with the German football team in 1978.
In 2000, Jürgens celebrated his 66th birthday, proving that the title of his 1977 song "Mit 66 Jahren" ("Mit 66 Jahren, da fängt das Leben an" — "At 66, that's when life begins") also holds true for himself. Jürgens still tours and regularly appears on television, both in shows and made-for-TV films. For many years now, the tabloid press have cast him as a womanizer, and several women have claimed that he is the father of their children. In September 2003 Bild revealed that Jürgens had secretly married his long-term companion Corinna in New York on July 4, 1999.
Family
Jürgens's brother Manfred Bockelmann (born 1943) is a painter; his daughter by his first marriage, Jenny Jürgens (born 1967), is an actress; his uncle Werner Bockelmann was mayor of Frankfurt am Main.
Discography
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- Portrait in Musik 1.Folge (1965)
- Siebzehn Jahr, blondes Haar (1965)
- Francoise und Udo (1966)
- Potrait in Musik 2.Folge (1967)
- Was ich Dir sagen will (1967)
- Udo (1968)
- Mein Lied für Dich (1968)
- Udo Live (1969)
- Udo'70 (1969)
- Udo'71 (1970)
- Zeig mir den Platz an der Sonne (1971)
- Helden, Helden (Musical) (1972)
- Ich bin wieder da (1972)
- Johnny und Jenny (Alle Kinder dieser Welt) (1973)
- Udo heute (1974)
- Meine Lieder (1975)
- Udo'75 Ein neuer Morgen (1975)
- Meine Lieder 2 (1976)
- Meine Lieder'77 (1977)
- Buenos Dias Argentina (Football World-Championship) (1978)
- Udo 1957-60 (1980)
- Nur ein Lächeln (1980)
- Udo'80 (1980)
- Leave a little love (1981)
- Willkommen in meinem Leben (1981)
- Silberstreifen (1982)
- Traumtänzer (1983)
- Hautnah (1984)
- Treibjagd (1985)
- Deinetwegen (1986)
- Das blaue Album (1988)
- Ohne Maske (1989)
- Sempre Roma (Football World-Championship) (1990)
- Das Traumschiff (Soundtrack) (1990)
- Open air Symphony (1992)
- Geradeaus (1992)
- Cafe Größenwahn (1993)
- 140 Tage Cafe Größenwahn Tour 94/95 (1994)
- Zärtlicher Chaot (1995)
- Gestern-heute-morgen (1996)
- Ich werde da sein (1999)
- Mit 66 Jahren (was wichtig ist) (2000)
- Es lebe das Laster (2002)
- Es werde Licht (2003)
External links
- Jürgens's songs in English (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/joancs/#English) (from a fan page)
- Excerpts from a thesis on Jürgens (2002) (http://www.udofan.de/diplom/diplom) by Christian Mädler (in German)
| Preceded by: France Gall | Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 | Succeeded by: Sandie Shaw Template:End boxde:Udo Jürgens nds:Udo Jürgens sv:Udo Jürgens |