Ireen Sheer

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Ireen Sheer (2018)

Ireen Sheer ; her real name is Ireen Wooldridge (born February 25, 1949 in Romford , England ) is a British pop singer who grew up bilingual. She spent her youth in Billericay , Essex , England, where she also went to school.

Career

Ireen Sheer is the daughter of an English father († 2017) and a German mother († 2009). She was discovered in a talent competition in 1961 and, parallel to her success, completed a bank apprenticeship. In the 1960s, she first worked with pop groups like Family Dogg .

From 1970 she devoted herself to her solo career, initially with English recordings. As she grew up bilingual, Polydor saw the opportunity to market the English hit Hey Pleasure Man in the version of Oh Holiday in German-speaking countries. In addition to the single Goodbye Mama , which was listed in the top 5 of the German charts in 1973, she had three other hits in the official charts. In addition, three of her albums were in the charts between 2005 and 2019. Many of her singles were able to place themselves in various hit parades on the radio and were in the airplay charts.

In her now 50-year career she has released over 20 albums and over 110 singles.

In addition to her solo recordings, Ireen Sheer sang duets with her then husband Gavin du Porter as well as with Bernhard Brink , Gilbert Bécaud and Cliff Richard .

In December 2017 Ireen Sheer took on the project pop stars for children part and sang with the group the Christmas hit on once a. The hit was released in December and the proceeds will benefit children in need. The song was re-recorded in 2018 and released again for Christmas.

Movie and TV

After her breakthrough with Goodbye Mama , Ireen Sheer and her colleague Chris Roberts made the film If Every Day Was a Sunday in the summer of 1973 , a mixture of a music film and a comedy made up of mistakes. Other actors included Peter Weck , Lotte Ledl and Georg Thomalla . The film opened in German cinemas on October 19, 1973.

As a singer, Ireen Sheer was and is a guest in many German-language TV music programs. Between the 1970s and 1990s she appeared frequently in the ZDF hit parade . Ireen Sheer is one of the few pop singers who also appear in major private television shows, for example in 2007 in the program The Ultimate Chart Show on RTL. Her appearances are mainly focused on public television.

Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and preliminary decisions

In 1974 she took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg . Her title Bye Bye, I Love You reached number 4. Four years later she sang for Germany. Her title Feuer reached number 6. 1985 Ireen Sheer sang again for Luxemburg with Margo , Franck Olivier , Chris Roberts , Diane Solomon & Malcolm Roberts . Her title Children, Kinder, Enfants reached number 13.

She took part in German preliminary rounds two more times : 1976 with One Water, One Wine and 2002 with Es ist never too late , together with Bernhard Brink , but could not qualify.

year title country language space

Preliminary decision

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ESC

German

Charts

1974 Ireen Sheer Bye bye, I love you Luxembourg French nominated directly 4th -
1976 Ireen Sheer Once water, once wine Germany German 8th - -
1978 Ireen Sheer Fire Germany German 1 6th 39
1985 Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon,

Ireen Sheer, Malcolm & Chris Roberts

Children, children, enfants Luxembourg French nominated directly 13 -
2002 Ireen Sheer & Bernhard Brink It's never to late Germany German 7th - -

Life

Ireen Sheer has lived in Germany since 1973. She was married to Gavin du Porter for 24 years ; they separated in 2000. Since September 2016, Ireen Sheer has been living with her manager Klaus-Jürgen Kahl in Berlin-Wilmersdorf . Before that, the two were based in Ellmau for 15 years ; they married in August 2010. She lived temporarily in Unna - Billmerich . In 2014, Gerhard-Hess-Verlag published her biography Jetzt oder nie , in which she also criticized her marriage to Gavin du Porter. In June 2019 she applied for German citizenship at the Berlin district office.

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1972 Nobody loves you like I do
Polydor 		- - -
First published: 1972
1974 Just one more dance
Polydor 		- - -
First published: 1974
English Favorites
Polydor 		- - -
First published: 1974
1979 Ireen Sheer
EMI 		- - -
First published: August 1979
1991 Ireen Sheer (1991)
EMI 		- - -
First published: November 1991
1993 That certain something
Activ 		- - -
First published: October 11, 1993
1995 Dance with me
AME 		- - -
First published: November 30, 1995
1997 I miss you
cook 		- - -
First published: March 17, 1997
1998 Because you are my life
cook 		- - -
First published: November 10, 1998
2000 A kiss ...
cook 		- - -
First published: October 16, 2000
2001 Timeless
chef 		- - -
First published: October 19, 2001
2003 Life means loving
cook 		- - -
First published: April 22, 2003
2005 I'm in love again with
White 		DE55 (2 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: September 12, 2005
2007 My way to you
White 		- - -
First published: March 16, 2007
2008 Free
Gloriella 		DE90 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: July 11, 2008
2009 Christmas with Ireen Sheer
Gloriella 		- - -
First published: November 6, 2009
2010 Men
Gloriella 		- - -
First published: May 7, 2010
2012 Brighter than the stars
Gloriella 		- - -
First published: February 24, 2012
2015 Showtime
Firework 		- - -
First published: September 18, 2015
2019 I don't have to prove anything to myself
Telamo 		DE40 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: February 22, 2019

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Filmography

  • 1973: If every day were a Sunday
  • 1974: Peter Alexander presents specialties (TV show, one episode)
  • 1974: The Tommy Cooper Hour (TV show, episode)
  • 1979: Flotte Formen - Kesse curves (TV movie)
  • 1981: Musikladen extra (TV show)
  • 2011: Schlagerparty (TV show)
  • 2011: Schlagernacht (TV show)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Ireen Sheer  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extra tip: Death of the mother
  2. ↑ TOP STARS FOR CHILDREN (b). Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest National Finals Homepage
  4. ↑ Manuela Hrdlicka: Ireen Sheer is waiting for her Brexit
  5. ↑ [1] , accessed on October 26, 2016
  6. ↑ Press release of the Unna district , accessed on May 16, 2014
  7. ↑ Manuela Hrdlicka: Ireen Sheer is waiting for her Brexit
personal data
SURNAME Sheer, Ireen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wooldridge, Ireen (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British pop singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Romford , England