- Wenche Myhre
Wenche Synnøve Myhre (born
February 15 ,1947 , inKjelsås ,Oslo ) is a Norwegian singer and actress who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, German as well as the Swedish markets and languages.She got her first recording contract with composer and producer
Arne Bendiksen at an age of 13, when she won a talent contest inOslo in 1960.Myhre represented Germany in the
Eurovision Song Contest in 1968 with the song 'Ein hoch der liebe'. It was placed sixth. She has participated in a number of German and Norwegian national selection contests for Eurovision.In 1974 she had the first in a long series of TV shows on the German channel
ZDF . The show was called "Das ist meine Welt" and was a musical journey through many countries with Wenche as guide.In Sweden, she has worked together with
Povel Ramel , and has become very popular with a wide audience. She has starred in movies both in Norway and Sweden.She currently lives in
Nesøya inAsker , Norway.Major hits in Germany
*"Hey, kennt Ihr schon meinen Peter" (1964)
*"Geht ein Boy vorbei" (1965)
*"Beiß nicht gleich in jeden Apfel" (1966) # 1
*"Komm allein" (1967) # 9
*"Ein Hoch der Liebe" (1968) #18
*"Flower Power Kleid" (1968) #17
*"Abendstunde hat Gold im Munde" (1969) #36
*"Er steht Im Tor" (1969) # 4
*"Er hat ein knallrotes Gummiboot" (1970) #21
*"Eine Mark für Charlie" (1977) # 9
*"Lass mein Knie, Joe" (1978) # 5External links
* [http://www.kjentfolk.no/musikere/wenchemyhre/eng/frames.php Home page]
* [http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/wenchemyhre/wenchemyhrediscno.html Discography]
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