Wenche Myhre

Wenche Synnøve Myhre (born February 15, 1947, in Kjelsås, 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 in Oslo 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 in Asker, 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) # 5

External links

* [http://www.kjentfolk.no/musikere/wenchemyhre/eng/frames.php Home page]
* [http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/wenchemyhre/wenchemyhrediscno.html Discography]