Vicky Leandros

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Vicky Leandros (born Vassiliki Papathanasiou) is a Greek singer who won Eurovision 1972 for Luxembourg.

She has distinguished herself in the music of varieties of French, German, English, Dutch or Japanese expression. Vicky Leandros is a very popular artist in German-speaking countries, as in Greece or Cyprus.

Biography

Vicky is the daughter of the painter Kyriaki Protopapa and the singer, author, composer, Greek producer Leandros Papathanassiou better known as Leo Leandros (alias Mario Panas). In 1958, 9-year-old Vicky joined his parents in Hamburg, where his father was very successful until he was number 1 in Germany in 1960 with Mustafa. Vicky began his career in 1965 with the single Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht, which is an immediate success in and around Germany. His first song in French Don't think about it anymore, everything is well on his first album Songs und Folklore, released in 1966.

Love is blue, the beginnings of a promising career

Following his participation in the Eurovision Song Competition 1967 in Vienna with the song L'amour est bleu, ranked number 1 in the United States in Paul Mauriat's orchestral version, Vicky offered Luxembourg fourth place and began her career brilliantly in Europe, the rest of the world, and especially in Japan and Canada, particularly in Quebec, where she made albums and tours. In Japan, within a month of its release, Love is blue flows to more copies. After such success, Vicky added a new language to his repertoire and recorded in Japanese. His first titles Machi Kutabireta Nichiyobi and Watashi No Suki Chocolato pulverize the sales records. In support of the albums A Taste Of Vicky, Summertime forever, Ich Glaub An Dich, Vicky und ihre Hits, Ich bin that appear in German, Greek, French and Japanese the successes follow: To Mistiko Sou, Mia Fora Ki Enan Kairo, No it's nothing, Don't tarry, Bunterluftballon, Chameni Agapi, Karussell d'Amour, Klipp und Klar, Open your eyes to the world, Les Moulins de mon coeur, St Tropez, Gitarren bei Nacht, Mon coeur sous les confleurs, Don't leave me, Replies, Mamy Blue, My Sweet Lord.

In 1970, Vicky recorded Ich Bin, her first show for German television where she received Julien Clerc and Deep Purple. The show, broadcast in 13 European countries but also in the United States, was rewarded in 1971 by the Bronze Rose at the Montreux International Festival, the year when its first album appeared in the United Kingdom I am.

After you, planetary recognition

The , once again appointed to defend the colours of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest in Edinburgh, it won this time the victory hand-in-hand, ahead of the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands, with After You composed of the