Famous singer Vicky Leandros, who was born in Greece, lives in Germany and represented Luxembourg twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, is celebrating 40 years of career this autumn.
According to her record company, Vicky Leandros sold more than 40 million records all over the world. She is said to have launched 452 albums, containing a huge amount of various international versions of her songs. In 1965, her first single Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht (Knife, fork, scissors, fire)* appeared, followed by her first album Songs und Folklore. Her new album Ich bin wie ich bin (I am, what I am) contains her most succesful songs, as well as the German versions of both her Eurovision Song Contest entries, namely L'amour est blue from 1967 and Après toi from 1972. You will also find two new songs on the double CD. Furthermore, she will go on tour through Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Presumably, she will do 22 concerts.
Tracklist of Ich bin wie ich bin:
Disc 1
1. Mein Lied für dich (My song for you)
2. Ich bin (I am)
3. Fremd in einer großen Stadt (A stranger in a big city)
4. Scarborough fair
5. Ich liebe das Leben (I love life)
6. Love me tender
7. Blau wie das Meer (Blue like the sea / L'amour est blue)
8. S.C.H.E.I.D.U.N.G. (Divorce)
9. Es war ein Sonntag (It was a sunday)
10. Separate tables
11. Ich fang ohne dich nochmal an (I start once again without you)
12. Tango d'amour (Tango of love)
13. Verlorenes Paradies (Lost paradies)
14. Süchtig nach Geborgenheit (Addicted to safety)
15. Rot ist die Liebe (Love is red)
16. Theo, wir fahrn nach Lodz (Theo, we go to Lodz)
Disc 2
1. Dann kamst du (And then came you / Après toi)
2. Wie sich die Mühlen drehn im Wind (Like the mills go when the wind blows)
3. Meine Freunde sind die Träume (My friends are the dreams)
4. Wie die wilden Schwäne (Like the wild swans)
5. Grüße an Sarah (Greetings to Sarah)
6. Weil mein Herz dich nie vergisst (Because my heart will never forget you)
7. Der Herr Adonis (Mr Adonis)
8. Ich hab die Liebe gesehen (I saw love)
9. Die Bouzouki klang durch die Sommernacht (The bouzouki sound through the summer night)
10. Ne me quitte pas (Don't leave me)
11. Something's gotten hold of my heart
12. Lago Maggiore im Schnee (Lago Maggiore in the snow)
13. Die Sehnsucht einer Nacht (The longing of one night)
14. Sag mir wo die Blumen sind (Where have all the flowers gone)
15. Love
16. Auf Wiedersehn ihr Freunde mein (Goodbye, my friends)
Fremd in einer großen Stadt and S.C.H.E.I.D.U.N.G. are her new songs. Sag mir wo die Blumen sind is a German version of the very famous song Where have all the flowers gone. Theo, wir fahrn nach Lodz was her biggest hit in Germany: in 1973 it was among the Top 10 of the single charts for four months. The song Die Liebe ist rot (Love is red) seems to be a bit inconsistency, as in 1967 in Vienna, she sang L'amour est bleu, which literally menas 'Love is blue'.
In 1967, Vicky Leandros finshed 4th with L'amour est bleu. Five years later, in 1972, she won the contest with Après toi.
*Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht is part of a fomous German saying, which tells children not to play with dangerous things.
