Melanie Bender

Melanie Bender (* 7. December 1974 in Mainz ) is a German dance - and rock - singer .

Her father is the singer, music producer and composer Steve Bender , who died in 2006 and who discovered her talent as a child. She learned drums and professional dental technology , but broke off her training and switched to the profession of singer in the early 1990s - encouraged by producer Ralph Siegel .

After the single Summer is over , she came to Ireland to represent Germany for the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest , where she took third place with the singing group Mekado (the girl trio put together by Ralph Siegel ). After appearances in TV shows, on the ZDF hit parade , etc., she decided to work more as a soloist . Her second solo album was produced by her father.

Discography

With Mekado

→ See Mekado (discography)

Albums

• Melanie Bender (1996), Critique (USA)
• You Just Want Sex (1997), Avex Trax (Japan)

Singles

• Summer is over / Not again (1993), Olympia
• Burning Up (1994), Jupiter Records
• You Just Want Sex [12 ″ vinyl, CD maxi] (1995, 1996), Cold Front (US), Critique (US), Avex Trax (Japan); GIB Music & Distribution (D)
• Hey Mother [12 ″ -Vinyl] (1996), Popular Records (Canada)

Web links

• Melanie Bender in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Works by and about Melanie Bender in the catalog of the German National Library
• Melanie Bender at Discogs (English)