Nina & Frederik
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Nina & Frederik , also Nina & Frederick , was a Danish - Dutch singing - Duo , which existed from 1959 to 1969. It consisted of the singer and actress Baroness Nina van Pallandt and her husband Baron Frederik van Pallandt .
Career
In 1959, even before they got married, the couple was successful in the British charts with a new recording of the Christmas carol Mary’s Boy Child . With their folk and easy listening style , as well as calypso singing titles, they achieved worldwide popularity. Some of the better known titles include Listen to the Ocean , Sucu, Sucu and Little Donkey . The duo had their first appearance in a German film in 1959 in Mandolinen und Mondschein by director Hans Deppe . The last regular single was released in 1963. In 1966 a live version of a song from the Royal Albert Hall was released again. No further publications followed after that, appearances continued until 1969. The couple divorced in 1975.
Discography
Albums
- 1960: Nina & Frederik
Singles
- 1959: Jamaica Farewell / Come Back Liza
- 1959: mandolins and moonlight / I dream of a small house (in mandolins and moonlight )
- 1959: Mary's Boy Child
- 1960: Little Donkey
- 1960: Listen to the Ocean / Me Pet Parakeet
- 1961: Sucu-Sucu
- 1962: Maladie d'amour (in The Bartered Grandfather )
- 1963: The world is round
- 1966: An Evening with Nina & Frederik - At Royal Albert Hall (live, recorded April 23, 1966)
