Carmela Corren
Carmela Corren ( Hebrew כרמלה קורן; born Carmela Bizman on February 13, 1938 in Tel Aviv ; died January 16, 2022 ) was an Israeli pop singer and actress .
Biography and artistic career
Carmela Corren wanted to be a dancer from an early age and began training in Israel at the age of 15 . Due to an injury, however, she was no longer able to practice dance and switched to singing. American television producer Ed Sullivan discovered her in 1956 during an engagement in Jerusalem . Carmela was doing her military service in the Israeli army at the time. The entertainer persuaded her and brought her to his show in New York . She went with Cliff Richardon tour through South Africa and sang in English clubs. Later, the artist acted in several music and Heimat films as well as television productions.
At the beginning of the 1960s, Corren also became known in Germany , Switzerland and Austria . She first sang for the Ariola label, moving to Vogue in 1966 and Decca in 1968 . With the song Eine Rose aus Santa Monica she reached seventh place at the German Schlager Festival in Baden-Baden in 1962. The record then stayed in the hit parades for several weeks. Corren had her greatest success with it and achieved her breakthrough on the German-speaking Schlager market. In 1963 she represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest in London with the song Maybe a miracle happens , where she came seventh.
In the mid-1960s, Ariola released her first LP in Germany: Carmela Corren International with songs, ballads, chansons and evergreens in German, English, French, Spanish and Greek. In 1974 the LP Raindrops was released , with songs by Burt Bacharach in Hebrew. A disco version of the Hebrew folk song Hava Nagila followed in 1979 .
From 1966 to 1970 the singer was married to the music producer Horst Geiger. The short marriage produced a daughter and a son. Since the 1980s, the remarried Corren has largely retired from show business in Florida. On rare occasions she sang at Jewish festivals.
Discography (singles)
From page | catalog no. | publication |
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Ariola | ||
Don't be sad, dear mama / Life always goes on | 45141 | June 1961 |
A Rose from Santa Monica / Somehow it just keeps going | 45270 | February 1962 |
The night is so beautiful / When will the day come | 45269 | June 1962 |
Hava Naghila / My Shtetele Belz | 45344 | July 1962 |
Surabaya / Blue Wind of Mexico | 45434 | Nov 1962 |
The fine gentleman / Don't turn around | 45453 | December 1962 |
Maybe a miracle will happen / Always You | 10218 | May 1963 |
Who looks into your eyes / Three white sails | 10220 | May 1963 |
Roses have thorns / Mandolino, sing | 10358 | October 1963 |
Once luck gives us its hands / The song we sang | 10610 | March 1964 |
It all comes again / In your arms the world is so beautiful | 10756 | Aug 1964 |
Saying goodbye hurts so much / I don't need much to be happy | 18002 | January 1965 |
Once you come back / Come look at me | 18214 | June 1965 |
Mama Jamaica / Adios, Adios | 18458 | Aug 1965 |
Today or tomorrow / As long as one can dream | 18748 | April 1966 |
Vogue | ||
Forgive me / Love begins with dreams | 14584 | December 1966 |
Everything was a dream / Don't tell him | 14613 | March 1967 |
A Crimson Rose / Donna Donna | 14652 | Sep 1967 |
Decca | ||
Hot as the sun / The overture is over | 19957 | October 1968 |
I burn all bridges / The door is open | 19971 | February 1969 |
chart positions
year | title album |
Top placement, total weeks/months, awardChartschart positions (Year, Title, Album , Rankings, Weeks/Months, Awards, Notes) |
Remarks |
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EN | |||
1961 | Don't be sad, dear mom |
EN24 (3 months) EN |
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1962 | A rose from Santa Monica |
EN3 (5 mt.) EN |
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when will the day come |
EN19 (3 mt.) EN |
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The night is so beautiful |
EN40 (1 month) EN |
||
Surabaya |
EN24 (3 months) EN |
||
1963 | Three white sails |
EN43 (1 mt.) EN |
|
who looks into your eyes |
EN43 (2 months) EN |
||
Roses have thorns |
EN8 (5 mt.) EN |
||
1964 | Luck will give us its hands for once |
EN29 (2 mt.) EN |
|
It all comes again |
EN26 (1 mt.) EN |
||
1965 | Saying goodbye hurts so much |
EN16 (1½ months) EN |
|
Once there you come back |
EN34 (½ month) EN |
Filmography (selection)
- 1962: Three love letters from Tyrol
- 1962: Dance with me in the morning
- 1962: Between Shanghai and St. Pauli
- 1962: His best friend
- 1963: Sing, but don't play with me
- 1963: Wedding at Lake Neusiedl
- 1967: The Museum of Crime (TV Series) - 9 Gauge
web links
- Website Carmela Corren ( Memento of February 24, 2020 at Internet Archive )
- Carmela Corren ( Memento dated January 14, 2013 at archive.today web archive ) at Song Contest Fanclub
- German Schlager Festival
- Carmela Corren at the Internet Movie Database
- Carmela Corren at Discogs
itemizations
- ↑ Austria: Eurovision 1963 Participant Carmela Corren Has Died
- ↑ Carmela Corren - Hava Nagila (1979, vinyl). Retrieved January 17, 2022 (English).
- ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Corren, Carmela |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bizman, Carmela (birth name); כרמלה קורן (long-he) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli pop singer and actress |
BIRTH DATE | February 13, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tel Aviv |
DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 2022 |