David Alexandre Winter

This article is about the singer David Alexandre Winter. On the rabbi, see David Alexander Winter .

David Alexandre Winter at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Oh lady mary   AT 15th December 15, 1969 (4 weeks)

David Alexandre Winter (* 4. April 1943 in Amsterdam as Leon Kleerekoper ) is a Dutch pop singer .

In the 1960s he was a DJ at Radio Veronica and was already singing his first singles at that time. He moved to Paris in 1969 , where he successfully participated in the Festival de la Chanson d'Antibes . He got a record deal with Riviera Records and his first single, Oh Lady Mary , went straight to number one on the French charts . The accompanying album of the same title also landed at number one.

He was selected to represent Luxembourg at the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest in Amsterdam . With the hit Je suis tombé du ciel , however, he ended up in last place with zero points. He remained loyal to the music and released numerous singles and an LP in French.

After a divorce, he moved to the United States in 1979 , where he worked as a car salesman.

literature

• Murrells, Joseph: The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. (1978) ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , p. 270

Web links

• David Alexandre Winter at Discogs (English)
• David Alexandre Winter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Discography at encyclopedisque.fr
• Literature by and about David Alexandre Winter in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: AT
2. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 1979 at eurovision.tv