Lys Assia

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Lys Assia [ ˈliːs ˈasjɐ ] (born March 3, 1924 in Rupperswil as Rosa Mina Schärer ; † March 24, 2018 in Zollikerberg ) was a Swiss pop singer who also appeared in several films. In 1956 she was the first winner of the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson (today: Eurovision Song Contest ) with the song Refrain .

Life

Lys Assia - O my papa

Lys Assia was born in 1924 to Frederic Schärer, who runs an installation business, and his wife, née von Rodel . She grew up with her eleven older siblings in Zurich, took ballet lessons as a child and later attended the conservatory and art academy. She made her debut as a dancer at the age of sixteen at the Corso-Palast in Zurich. As a member of the Riva Ballet, she was involved in looking after the French troops during World War II. First appearances as a singer followed in Nice. When His Master's Voice was looking for new voices in Switzerland in 1942, Lys Assia was also chosen, and she received her first recording contract.

Lys Assia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 in Hilversum

After the war she went on her first international tours and got the opportunity in Paris to stand in for the sick Josephine Baker . She did it so convincingly that she was allowed to continue to appear on the show. Lys Assia conquered the German record market in 1950 with the title O mein Papa from the operetta Das Feuerwerk (the High German version of the Swiss comedy The Black Pike ) by Paul Burkhard . In 1956 she was the first winner of the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson with the song Refrain , for which she also received a gold record . In the following year 1957 she started again, but took the penultimate place here. In 1958 she started again and came second.

On January 11, 1957, Rosa Mina Schärer married Johann Heinrich Kunz in Zurich. During the nine months of her marriage to her terminally ill husband, she was at the height of her career at home and especially abroad. In Germany she was one of the most successful singers. In Switzerland she was one of the interpreters of the songs of the composer Artur Beul . Until 1964 she published records with Telefunken-Decca and occasionally with Philips . With Stars from Syracuse , she was included in the German hit lists for the last time in autumn 1962.

With her second husband, the Danish consul general and multimillionaire Oscar Pedersen, Lys Assia settled in his homeland and ran hotels with him in Europe, Japan and South America. After his accidental death in 1995, she settled in southern France, but later returned to Germany and got back into show business. Among other things, she gave a concert in the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Hamburg in February 2002 and in March 2002 had a longer guest performance in the Madame Lothár Theater in Bremen . She lived in Erlenbach on Lake Zurich .

In 2003 she released a CD with fourteen songs. Sometimes a little song and longing for you were able to help . In 2005 the single Rom lay im Schnee was released, a forerunner of the new album Lady in Blue, which contains eight newly recorded oldies, ten new ones and the two extracts from the album Sehnsucht nach dich . Her subsequent release Back to Athens was a success. She toured Europe with Refrain for the 50th anniversary of the Grand Prix. She was guest of honor in the anniversary show in Copenhagen and then in the German preliminary decision for the Grand Prix 2006 in Hamburg.

In the Swiss preliminary decision on the Grand Prix of Folk Music 2007 on April 21, 2007, the title Tell me where do the angels live, which Lys Assia performed together with Beatrice Egli , received the most votes. At the international finals of the Grand Prix of Folk Music in Vienna, she came twelfth out of 16 places. For her failure, she blamed her singing partner in the press and on TV.

In 2008 she and the two moderators opened the voting for the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade . At the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow she presented the winner Alexander Rybak with the trophy.

In 2011, the Swiss director Andres Brütsch shot a biopic about the life of Lys Assia.

In September 2011, together with Ralph Siegel , she presented the contribution C'était ma vie for the Swiss preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan . Also in 2013 Lys Assia wanted to take part in the ESC in Malmö. She applied together with the four Bernese rappers from New Jack with the contribution All in your head for the preliminary decision of Switzerland, but to no avail. The title also comes from Ralph Siegel.

Lys Assia died on March 24, 2018 at the age of 94 in the Zollikerberg Hospital.

Discography

Albums

  • 2003 Longing for You, Schloss Records 95-013: Eight reissued oldies: O my papa, Jolie Jacqueline, When the bells ring brightly, Que sera (what could be nicer), A ship will come , Refrain, Swedish girl, O my papa (2005 Dance Version), as well as 5 new titles: Longing for you, home calls me, sometimes a little song helps, Madre and I think of you
  • 2005 Lady in Blue, Rubin Records 169.420: Eight reissued oldies: O mein Papa, Refrain, Schwedenmädel, Jolie Jacqueline, A white wedding carriage , A ship will come, When the bells ring brightly and Que sera (what could be nicer) and 12 New titles: Dreams in Blue, The Clown, Longing for You, Deep Inside of Me, Sometimes a little song helps, I think of you, Make your love an evergreen, Your heart must be happy, Back to Athens, The white sails, Rome lay in the snow and Lady in Blue (Danish version)
  • 2008 refrain of life, Cariblue order no. 14030-2 (also distribution Rubin Records)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE
1954 If you ever get homesick DE19 (4 weeks)
DE
Little white house DE17 (4 weeks)
DE
Sweden girl DE1 (24 weeks)
DE
with Fred Weyrich and the Peheiros
Oh my papa DE4 (20 weeks)
DE
Holland girl DE6 (24 weeks)
DE
1955 You are music to me DE24 (4 weeks)
DE
Ship boy dance DE18 (4 weeks)
DE
Jolie Jacqueline DE10 (12 weeks)
DE
Arrivederci, Roma DE1 (36 weeks)
DE
Decca
At night in Paris DE26 (4 weeks)
DE
with The Sunshines & The Toledos
Monsieur taxi driver DE20 (12 weeks)
DE
with The Sunshines & The Toledos
1956 Yellow rose there in Texas DE6 (8 weeks)
DE
When Pierre dances with Madeleine DE10 (8 weeks)
DE
What can be nicer DE3 (28 weeks)
DE
Decca
My mum DE21 (4 weeks)
DE
1957 I say goodbye to you DE12 (12 weeks)
DE
Your love DE15 (16 weeks)
DE
Decca
1958 Melody d'amour DE21 (4 weeks)
DE
Decca
Giorgio DE30 (4 weeks)
DE
1959 When the bells ring brightly DE7 (24 weeks)
DE
Telefunken
1960 La golondrina DE29 (4 weeks)
DE
Telefunken
1961 Johnny, take the homesickness with you DE27 (12 weeks)
DE
1962 The stars of Syracuse DE31 (24 weeks)
DE
Telefunken

More singles

  • 1957: Mi casa su casa (Decca)
  • 2003: Sometimes a little song helps, Schloss Records 90-112
  • 2003: Longing for You (Promo only), Rubin Records 0310012
  • 2004: Rome lay in the snow, Rubin Records 161,152
  • 2005: Back to Athens, Rubin Records 161,157
  • 2009: Refrain of Life (Cariblue)

Filmography

Lys Assia (1957)

literature

Web links

Commons : Lys Assia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ View Online Grand Prix star Lys Assia († 94) has died
  2. ↑ Cf. Van der Elst, Rachel: The divided opinion of the fans about Lys Assia's date of birth . In: Tages-Anzeiger , December 29, 2007, p. 56.
  3. ↑ See entry in the International Biographical Archive 34/1996 of August 12, 1996 (supplemented by news from MA-Journal up to week 35/2007).
  4. ↑ Beatrice Egli: Bullied by her colleague. In: Bravo , April 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ Homepage Lys Assia
  6. ↑ SF.tv
  7. ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Assia, Lys
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schärer, Rosa Mina (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Rupperswil , Canton of Aargau
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2018
PLACE OF DEATH Zollikerberg