Peter, Sue & Marc

Peter, Sue & Marc with the contribution Djambo Djambo at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976

Peter, Sue & Marc are a Swiss music group from Bern , founded in 1968 , consisting of Peter Reber (* 1949 in Bern; vocals, piano, guitar), Sue Schell (* 1950 in New York, vocals) and Marc Dietrich (* 1948 in Bern , Vocals, guitar). Stylistically the group is difficult to classify, their songs combine elements of rock , pop , folk , country and chanson .

Career

In 1971 they took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland for the first time . Her title Les illusions de nos vingt ans reached number 12. There was a successful collaboration between 1975 and 1981 with the songwriter Rolf Zuckowski . He wrote and produced her great successes. The compositions are by Peter Reber. The titles Djambo Djambo (took 4th place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 ), Cindy , 1977 (one of their greatest successes) and Charlie Chaplin (with whom they applied for Germany at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest , but only 3rd place Preliminary decision).

In 1979 they again represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest and achieved 10th place with Trödler & Co. They were supported by the Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri group . In 1981 they represented Switzerland for the fourth time at the Eurovision Song Contest . This makes them the group that has taken part in this competition most frequently for a country. Their title Io senza te, which they also recorded in German, reached fourth place. Thus, they are also the only participants in the competition who entered their country in four different languages ​​(1971 French; 1976 English; 1979 German; 1981 Italian).

Peter, Sue & Marc published their own composed songs on their own label PSM-Records; the logo was a three-leaf clover with the letters PSM on each leaf.

With the titles "Ich ohne dich" and "Fantasia" they made guest appearances in the ZDF hit parade in 1981 . Then Peter, Sue & Marc broke up, they were last seen on New Year's Eve 1981. While Peter Reber then continued to successfully write and record songs on his own, the other two musicians became quieter over the years.

Nevertheless, there have been four “reunions” since then: in 1986 in the program “Supertreffer”, in 2003 in a gala show for the 50th birthday of Swiss television (where they sang a beefed up version of Cindy ) and in 2007 in the program “ The greatest Swiss hits “Of Swiss television. Thanks to the latter appearance managed Io senza te , Birds Of Paradise and Cindy solely on the basis of the downloads to re-enter the official Swiss single charts of 11 November 2007. 2015 brought the musical Io Senza Te the catchy tunes of the trio again on stage. In 2016 they appeared with a medley of the greatest hits on the Swiss television program " Hello Again ".

Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and preliminary decisions

year		title	country	language	space Preliminary decision	Place ESC	Swiss Charts
1971	Peter, Sue & Marc	Les illusions de nos vingt ans	Switzerland	French	nominated directly	12	-
1973	Peter, Sue & Marc	There comes a day	Switzerland	German	3	-	-
1974	Peter, Sue & Marc	Free	Switzerland	German	2	-	-
1975	Peter, Sue & Marc	Lève-toi soleil	Switzerland	French	2	-	-
1976	Peter, Sue & Marc	Djambo Djambo	Switzerland	English	1	4th	6th
1978	Peter, Sue & Marc	Charlie Chaplin	Germany	English	3	-	-
1979	Peter, Sue & Marc	Junk and Co.	Switzerland	German	1	10	-
1981	Peter, Sue & Marc	Io senza te	Switzerland	Italian	1	4th	5
1981	Swiss Union	San Gottardo a	Switzerland	German	3	-	-
1987	Marc Dietrich	Nostradamus b	Switzerland	German	2	-	-

^{a Swiss Union was a short-lived trio with Marc Dietrich as a member, the contribution San Gottardo was written by Peter Reber}

^{b Marc Dietrich's only solo attempt was also written by Peter Reber}

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		CH
1981	The Best of Peter, Sue & Marc	-
1999	Golden hits	CH56 (6 weeks) CH	Chart entry only in 2015
2005	International hits	CH90 (1 week) CH
2007	The Legend	CH9 platinum (34 weeks)CH
2015	Io senza te - The original songs for the musical	CH20 (35 weeks) CH

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

• 1970: folk songs
• 1975: Christmas - Noël - Natale - Christmas
• 1975: Peter, Sue & Marc (German album)
• 1976: Peter, Sue & Marc
• 1976: Songs International
• 1976: Three Friends
• 1977: Mountain Man & Cindy
• 1977: German original recordings
• 1978: Our favorite songs from the television theater
• 1978: Tom Dooley
• 1978: Memory Melody
• 1978: On top
• 1979: By Airmail
• 1980: Birds of Paradise / Ciao Amico
• 1981: Fantasia / A very crooked thing (singles Fantasia and Birds with identical melody)
• 1981: The big farewell concert - live
• 1981: 10 golden years
• 1981: your greatest successes
• 1981: Motives
• 1981: Star Magazine
• 1981: The Best Of
• 1982: 20 great hits
• 1982: The big Christmas concert
• 1983: three friends
• 1984: Fantasia - German original recordings 2
• 1995: Gold 1st
• 1995: Gold 2
• 1998: Cindy
• 1999: Your songs - your hits
• 2004: Country
• 2004: Romantic Melodies
• 2004: Christmas with Peter, Sue & Marc
• 2006: your greatest successes
• 2015: Collection - Box Set
• 2015: Findings

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		DE	CH
1976	Djambo Djambo Peter, Sue & Marc	-	CH6 (13 weeks) CH
	Like a Seagull Peter, Sue & Marc	-	CH7 (15 weeks) CH
	Cindy German original recordings	DE10 (21 weeks) DE	CH4 (16 weeks) CH
1977	Mountain Man Mountain Man	-	CH14 (4 weeks) CH
	Memory Melody German original recordings	-	CH6 (10 weeks) CH
1979	Tom Dooley On Top	-	CH8 (10 weeks) CH
	Scotty Boy By Air Mail (Par Avion)	-	CH10 (9 weeks) CH
	Jerusalem By Air Mail (Par Avion)	-	CH11 (4 weeks) CH
1980	Ciao amico Birds of Paradise	-	CH10 (7 weeks) CH
	Birds of Paradise Birds of Paradise	DE29 (15 weeks) DE	CH9 (13 weeks) CH	Chart entry in DE only in 1981
1981	Io senza te	DE47 (7 weeks) DE	CH5 (10 weeks) CH
	Amazon	-	CH10 (3 weeks) CH

More singles

• 1971: Les illusions de nos 20 ans
• 1975: Gypsies
• 1975: a new day
• 1978: Charlie Chaplin
• 1979: Trödler & Co (with Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri )
• 1979: Columbus
• 1980: Love Will Find a Way
• 1980: The Last Bolero

bibliography

• Peter, Sue & Marc Song Book . Musikverlag Hans Sikorski, No. Sikorski 1075, Hamburg 1979 (contains Charlie Chaplin, Cindy, Djambo Djambo, Like a Seagull, Memory Melody, Moby Dick, Mountain Man, Scotty Boy, Tom Dooley, Trödler & Co).
• Peter, Sue (H) and Marc. Or: How three ordinary Berners received extraordinary honors. Edition Erpf AG, Bern 1981, ISBN 3-256-00026-6 .

swell

1. ↑ Peter, Sue & Marc: Thanks to "The Greatest Swiss Hits" back in the singles hit parade. November 7, 2007, accessed June 19, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest National Finals Homepage
3. ↑ https://hitparade.ch/artist/Peter,_Sue_Marc#charts
4. ↑ Swiss Union. Retrieved May 14, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Marc Dietrich - Children of Light. Retrieved May 14, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE CH
7. ↑ Awards for music sales: CH

Web links

• Official website of band member Peter Reber
• Musical Io Senza Te on bernerzeitung.ch