Jürgen Marcus performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976. Luxembourgian broadcaster RTL almost invariably chose their Eurovision entry by internal selection. However, in 1976, they organised a five-song final in which Marcus participated with 'Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment' ('Songs for those who love each other'). He won the selection, so went forward to the 21st Eurovision Song Contest which was held on 3 April in The Hague. His song ended up in 14th place, out of 18 contestants.
His success waned by the end of the Seventies. Following a last minor hit in 1981, plans and collaborations came to nothing and Marcus largely dropped from sight. He released four new albums between 2004 and 2011. In April 2017, Marcus declared the end of his career, citing a lung disease as the reason.
Rather surprisingly, no Eurovision performer has ever been born on 29 July as far as we know - nor has anyone ever passed away on this date. In that case, there's always the next best thing: a composer. And in 1931 on this day, a very renowned composer was born: Kjell Oddvar Karlsen, a Norwegian band leader, composer, arranger, jazz pianist and organist, with a career spanning more than 60 years. Inspired by the Nat King Cole jazz ensembles from the time of World War II, he started his own orchestra at the age of 16 in 1947, The Syncopators Band, in Sarpsborg, and he soon became a central figure in the local jazz scene. His Kjell Karlsen Orchestra performed the music in the national final of the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Karlsen also was the composer of 'Kom sol, kom regn', which represented Norway in 1962, as performed by Inger Jacobsen.
Katerina "Katy" Garbi was born on 8 June 1961. As a singer she is mainly popular in Greece and Cyprus, with some popularity in Turkey as well. Her career has spanned over 20 years and is marked by several multi-platinum releases. Garbi participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 for Greece with the song 'Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos', taking ninth place.The CD-single was actually released all over Europe, making it the first Greek entry to achieve this. Do you like this blog? Please consider buying me a coffee so I can keep filling this blog in the small hours of the day. Your help is highly appreciated!
Tó Cruz represented Portugal in 1995 with his song 'Baunilha e chocolate'. He was born as António José Ramos da Cruz in Lisbon on 9 July 1967 and started out as a studio backing singer and voice over performer for television and radio commercials. His appearance on the Eurovision stage was his first international performance. The song 'Baunilha e chocolate' did not prove popular with the juries, finishing in 21st place of the 23 entries after receiving points only from France and Greece. This was Portugal's lowest Eurovision placement ever at the time. His first album, 'Alma nua', was released in 1998, followed two years later by 'Camaleão', but neither sold well. In 2001, Cruz moved to the United States, where he recorded an English-language album under the name of António TC Cruz. Having returned to Portugal, Cruz provided more voiceover work for Disney's 2007 film 'Enchanted' and has sung with artists such as Laura Pausini, Paulo
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