Lena Valaitis

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Lena Valaitis, 2018
Lena Valaitis, 2018
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Here comes Lena
  DE 48 04/15/1976 (4 weeks)
Love is …
  DE 74 02/19/2010 (2 weeks)
Singles
Whether it turns out one way or the other
  DE 26th 08/09/1971 (5 weeks)
Everything your heart desires
  DE 30th 11/22/1971 (1 week)
And there it is written
  DE 34 08/14/1972 (7 weeks)
Like a rainbow
  DE 23 02/05/1973 (12 weeks)
Bonjour mon amour
  DE 44 03/18/1974 (2 weeks)
Who will give me back heaven
  DE 46 07/08/1974 (1 week)
Here comes Jose - the street musician
  DE 16 02/09/1976 (17 weeks)
A beautiful day
  DE 11 05/10/1976 (20 weeks)
  AT 18th 06/15/1976 (4 weeks)
Johnny Blue
  DE 9 04/06/1981 (15 weeks)
  AT 14th 05/15/1981 (4 weeks)
  CH 12 04/26/1981 (4 weeks)

Lena Valaitis (bourgeois Anelė Luise Jüssen ; * September 7, 1943 as Anelė Luise Valaitytė in Memel ) is a German pop singer .

Life

Valaitis came to West Germany as a toddler when her mother fled with her and her brother from the East Prussian city ​​of Memel, which was destroyed by air raids towards the end of the Second World War . The father died as a soldier in the war.

After living on the island of Fehmarn for two years , the family initially settled in Memmingen . Lena Valaitis attended elementary school there and later the Lithuanian grammar school in Hüttenfeld . However, she dropped out of school two years before graduation and began an apprenticeship at the Deutsche Bundespost in Frankfurt am Main . Lena took private singing lessons while she was still at school. She continued this in Frankfurt and took part in several young talent competitions.

She started her musical career with her band Frederik Brothers . In 1970 she got a recording deal with Philips and on July 13, 1970 her first single Halt das Glück für uns fest was released . In the same year Lena Valaitis made her first television appearance on the ZDF turntable . Their first success came in 1971 with the German recording of the "Nickel Song" (whether it comes one way or another) . In the following years she produced successful titles with Jack White such as So wie ein Regenbogen, Bonjour mon amour and Who gives me back heaven .

In 1976 the singer reached the top 20 of the German single charts for the first time with the titles Da comes José the street musician and Ein Schöne Tag , the German version of Amazing Grace . In the same year she took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song You make career . She also lent her voice to the chansons in the successful feature film Der Mädchenkrieg (1977).

Valaitis celebrated her greatest success in 1981, when she took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin with the title Johnny Blue, composed by Ralph Siegel , and came in second behind the British band Bucks Fizz . In the years that followed, Valaitis recorded a few more records, including a duet with Costa Cordalis , then things got a little quieter around her.

In 1982 she played the final song of the cartoon Mrs. Brisby and the secret of NIMH (in the original Flying Dreams , sung by Paul Williams ) in German. With the song Mein Schweigen war nur Spiel she appeared in the last broadcast of Dalli Dalli in September 1986 .

In 1992 she took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time with Wir seh'n uns wieder . At the end of 1993 she withdrew from show business.

In 2001 she made a comeback with the title I live for the moment ; later the duet with Hansi Hinterseer What can I do for it (2002) was particularly successful. In the summer of 2006 a duet with Hinterseer was recorded again, Muss i denn zum Städtele .

In the spring of 2008 her new single Du are not alone was released , with which she could also be seen in various TV shows. After her husband, Horst Jüssen , passed away on November 10th, 2008, a planned new album was not released. It was not until May 9, 2009 that Lena Valaitis reported on the television program Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel with a new version of the hit A beautiful day in the music business.

In February 2010 the new album Liebe ist… was released. On February 19, she reached number 74 in the German album charts , and on February 26, number 90. The title And I call your name , which she again presented in the program Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel , reached number one in the German conservative at the end of February Pop Airplaycharts and number 85 in the Conservative Pop annual charts. This comeback title was penned by the author duo Kay Dörfel and Ronald E. Müller, together with Norbert Hammerschmidt .

Personal

Lena Valaitis is the widow of the actor Horst Jüssen , whom she married in 1979. She lives in Munich. She has two sons, Marco Wiedmann (* 1973, from his first marriage to the Stuttgart industrialist Robert Wiedmann) and Don Jüssen (* 1983).

Awards

In her career Lena Valaitis received a gold record in Germany in 1989 for the album Christmas with Lena Valaitis and in 1982 the golden tuning fork .

Discography

Singles

  • 1970 Hold on to happiness for us
  • 1970 And life will go on
  • 1971 Whether it will turn out one way or the other
  • 1971 Everything your heart desires
  • 1971 The little sins and the little joys
  • 1972 And there it is written
  • 1972 Smiles are the last word in wisdom
  • 1973 Like a rainbow
  • 1973 The world will not end
  • 1973 I'm so looking forward to tomorrow
  • 1974 Bonjour mon amour
  • 1974 Who gives me back heaven
  • 1974 I want to be the guitar
  • 1975 What the wind tells
  • 1975 Always the nice dreams
  • 1975 You can't see tears in the rain
  • 1976 There comes José, the street musician
  • 1976 A beautiful day ( Amazing Grace )
  • 1976 Come back when you're free
  • 1977 Heinz, let the drum stand
  • 1977 ... because that's Jo
  • 1977 Cherie je t'aime
  • 1978 I speak all languages ​​in the world
  • 1978 Oh Cavallo
  • 1978 I'm in love
  • 1979 On the road without a goal
  • 1979 Take it as it comes
  • 1980 Jamaica Reggae Man
  • 1981 Johnny Blue
  • 1981 Johnny Blue (English Version)
  • 1981 Rio Bravo
  • 1982 Highland oh Highland (with the national soccer team)
  • 1982 together with you
  • 1982 Gloria
  • 1983 words like stars
  • 1984 Farewell
  • 1984 Such are my dreams
  • 1984 When the rain falls on us (duet with Costa Cordalis )
  • 1985 My silence was just a game
  • 1986 Men are a crazy invention
  • 1987 I love you
  • 1988 His piano once stood here
  • 1992 See you again
  • 1993 people with a heart
  • 2001 I live for the moment
  • 2002 What can I do for it (duet with Hansi Hinterseer )
  • 2002 And when I close my eyes
  • 2003 Time is running quietly
  • 2004 Tomorrow is the wedding
  • 2005 Come on Let's Dance (Arabian Nights)
  • 2006 I have to go out to the Städtele (duet with Hansi Hinterseer )
  • 2007 100 years of spring
  • 2008 You are not alone
  • 2009 A Beautiful Day (2009)
  • 2009 And I call your name
  • 2010 Ciao Casanova
  • 2010 feelings that go through fire
  • 2011 Don't hang up (duet with Roland Kaiser )
  • 2011 I always have to think of you
  • 2012 A beautiful spring (Those Were the Days)
  • 2012 summer sun paradise
  • 2013 I want it all (Drip Drop)
  • 2013 I never promised you heaven 2013
  • 2014 Today the sun is shining
  • 2015 Everything that happens
  • 2018 free

Studio albums

  • 1972 The world of stars and hits
  • 1974 Who gives me back heaven
  • 1975 Here comes Lena
  • 1976 Come back when you're free
  • 1977 ... because that's Lena
  • 1978 I'm in love
  • 1979 Take it as it comes
  • 1982 Lena
  • 1989 Christmas with Lena Valaitis
  • 2010 love is ...
  • 2012 I want everything
  • 2018 My language is music

Compilations

  • 1975 star for millions
  • 1976 my friends
  • 1976 A beautiful day (club edition)
  • 1978 Star discotheque
  • 1981 Johnny Blue - My most beautiful songs
  • 1995 a beautiful day
  • 1995 Golden Stars
  • 1995 My greatest successes
  • 1996 masterpieces
  • 1998 Whether it turns out one way or another or another
  • 2001 The Very Best of Lena Valaitis
  • 2002 I'm in love
  • 2004 One way or another
  • 2005 The best years
  • 2008 The very best
  • 2008 Star Edition
  • 2009 A beautiful day - The Best of 2009
  • 2013 Such a beautiful day - your hits

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles albums
  2. ↑ Lena Valaitis - And I'll call your name , hitparade.ch
  3. ↑ Awards: DE

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personal data
SURNAME Valaitis, Lena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Valaitytė, Anelė Luise; Jüssen, Anelė Luise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Memel