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Germany in 1976

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Participant(s)
Les Humphries Singers

Song
Sing, sang, song


Germany in 1976

Writer(s)
Kurt Hertha

Composer(s)
Ralph Siegel

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Biography

Les Humphries (born 10/8/40 in the UK) founded The Les Humphries Singers in 1970. The choir had some big hits on the European continent in the early 70s with songs like Mexico, To My Father's House and Mama Loo. At one time future Boney M. member Liz Mitchell was part of The Les Humphries Singers. By the time the choir participated in the Eurovision Song Contest that success had dwindled and they hoped to rekindle their career by entering the contest for Germany. The German jury opted for Tony Marshall's Der Star instead. This song however was disqualified, as the song, written by Jack White, resembled another one. The Les Humphries Singers were then sent to The Hague with Sing, Sang, Song.

As an EBU rule said a maximum of six people were allowed on stage, Les Humphries took up the baton and a selection of six members of the group went on stage. They were John Lawton, Dave Brian, Peggy Evers, Jürgen Drews, Judy Archer and Jimmy Bilsbury. After the relative failure at the Eurovision Song Contest The Les Humphries Singers disappeared from public view, only briefly returning in 1981 in the European charts with Mexico. A re-release of that song in 1986 and a medley of old hits Mega-Remix '89 in 1989 couldn't rekindle their career either and in the 90's Les Humphries is living poor and all alone in Germany.

Jürgen Drews (02/04/48 in Berlin) gathered fame by being the cutest schlager star from Germany (according to his female fans) and showed that side of him in several French and Italian films. In 1972, while still being in The Les Humphries Singers, he started a solo career that made him one of the most well-known schlager stars in Germany with hits like Ein Bett Im Kornfeld and Barfuß Durch Den Sommer.

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All Participations for Germany

Year Artist Song Points Rank
2009 0 34
2008 No Angels Disappear 14 25
2007 Roger Cicero Frauen regieren die Welt 49 19
2006 Texas Lightning No, no, never 36 14
2005 Gracia Run & hide 4 24
2004 Max (Maximilian Mutzke) Can't wait until tonight 93 8
2003 Lou Let’s get happy 53 11
2002 Corinna May I can't live without music 17 21
2001 Michelle Wer Liebe lebt 66 8
2000 Stefan Raab Wadde hadde dudde da 96 5
1999 Sürpriz Reise nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e seyahat 140 3
1998 Guildo Horn Guildo hat euch lieb 86 7
1997 Bianca Shomburg Zeit 22 18
1995 Stone and Stone Verliebt in Dich 1 23
1994 MeKaDo Wir geben 'ne Party 128 3
1993 Münchener Freiheit Viel zu weit 18 18
1992 Wind Träume sind für alle da 27 15
1991 Atlantis 2000 Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben 10 18
1990 Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac Frei zu leben 60 9
1989 Nino de Angelo Flieger 46 14
1988 Maxi and Chris Garden Lied für einen Freund 48 14
1987 Wind Laß die Sonne in dein Herz 141 2
1986 Ingrid Peters Über die Brücke geh'n 62 8
1985 Wind Für alle 105 2
1984 Mary Roos Aufrecht geh'n 34 13
1983 Hoffmann und Hoffmann Rücksicht 94 5
1982 Nicole Ein bißchen Frieden 161 1
1981 Lena Valaitis Johnny Blue 132 2
1980 Katja Ebstein Theater 128 2
1979 Dschinghis Khan Dschinghis Khan 86 4
1978 Ireen Sheer Feuer 84 6
1977 Silver Convention Telegram 55 8
1976 Les Humphries Singers Sing, sang, song 12 15
1975 Joy Fleming Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein 15 17
1974 Cindy und Bert Die Sommermelodie 3 14
1973 Gitte Junger Tag 85 8
1972 Mary Roos Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben 107 3
1971 Katja Ebstein Diese Welt 100 3
1970 Katja Ebstein Wunder gibt es immer wieder 12 3
1969 Siw Malmkvist Primaballerina 8 9
1968 Wencke Myhre Ein Hoch der Liebe 11 6
1967 Inge Brück Anouschka 7 9
1966 Margot Eskens Die Zeiger der Uhr 7 10
1965 Ulla Wiesner Paradies, wo bist du? 0 15
1964 Nora Nova Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne 0 13
1963 Heidi Brühl Marcel 5 9
1962 Conny Froboess Zwei kleine Italiener 9 6
1961 Lale Andersen Einmal sehen wir uns wieder 3 13
1960 Wyn Hoop Bonne nuit, ma chérie! 11 4
1959 Alice and Ellen Kessler Heut' woll'n wir tanzen geh'n 5 8
1958 Margot Hielscher Für zwei Groschen Musik 5 7
1957 Margot Hielscher Telefon, Telefon 8 4
1956 Walter Andreas Schwarz Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück 0 2
1956 Freddy Quinn So geht das jede Nacht 0 2



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