Baccara, who represented Luxembourg in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, will be releasing a new album, Satin… in black and white, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The CD will also include some of the duo's greatest hits sung in German for the first time.
Satin…. In black and white will be released on 30th May in Germany Austria and Switzerland by Edel Records. Mayte Mateos, the duo's original lead singer, who took part in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest together with Maria Mendiola with Parlez vous francais as well as in the Melodifestivalen 26 years later, is now joined by Paloma Blanco who was a member of the famous Spanish group La Decada from 1991 – 1997 and who was a backing singer for Serafin Zubiri at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.
The new CD will include new recordings of Baccara’s greatest hits as well as brand new tracks. Fans will have the chance to listen to Yes, sir I can boogie, I'm a lady and The devil sent you to Lorado in German for the first time. Yes, sir I can boogie sold over 16 million records worldwide and managed to put Baccara in the 1977 Guiness Book of records as the highest selling female duo.
It was written and produced by Rolf Soja and Frank Dostal, who also wrote Yes, sir I can boogie, Parlez vous français as well as songs for many international and Eurovision artists such as Brotherhood of Man, Waterloo and Robinson, Gitte, Ireen Sheer, Mireille Mathieu, Nana Mouskouri, Claude Francois and Hildegard Knef among others.
