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!
Katri Helena Kalaoja (née Koistinen) was born on 17 August 1945. She released her first songs in 1963 and has since sold over 630,000 certified records, which makes her the second-best-selling female soloist in Finland behind Madonna and places her also among the top 20 best-selling music artists in the Finnish market. She has represented Finland twice in the Eurovision Song Contest: in 1979 with her song 'Katson sineen taivaan' and in 1993 with 'Tule luo'. Katri Helena has been married three times. She had two daughters and a son with her husband Timo Kalaoja, who died of a heart attack in 1988. His death affected her so much that she withdrew from public view and stopped performing and recording for four years. Her only son, Juha Kalaoja, died at age 33 on 29 April 2009.
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