Lys Assia
Swiss singer (1924-2018) · Switzerland · Musicians · Died at 94
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Something wrong?She won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, when the whole enterprise was just an experiment - no satellite broadcast, no points drama, just a room in Lugano and a Swiss singer who happened to make history before anyone knew there'd be history to make.
A life in dates
Refrain des LebensAlbum2007Sag mir wo wohnen die EngelAlbum2005Lady in BlueAlbum2003
Sehnsucht nach dirAlbum1963Lys AssiaAlbum1956First prize of the Eurovision Song ContestAward1955SongsAlbum1953La Voix du cœurAlbum1924Born3 March 1924Also in Deutsch
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Aankomst Lys Assia (Zwitserland) op Schiphol voor het Eurovisie Songfestival 195, Bestanddeelnr 909-3954
Aankomst zangeressen op Schiphol voor Grand Gala . Liz Assia, Bestanddeelnr 912-9898
Aankomst zangeressen op Schiphol voor Grand Gala . Liz Assia, Bestanddeelnr 912-9899
Andre Claveau en Lys Assia, Bestanddeelnr 909-4018
Apollo Cinerama Com L09-0086-0002-0014
De Zwitserse zangeres Lys Assia op Schiphol, Bestanddeelnr 908-4010Listen
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About this person
Rosa Mina Schärer was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, in 1924 and started out as a dancer before switching to singing in 1940. Her first major hit came a decade later with "O mein Papa" in 1950, which set her up for the moment that would define her career: winning the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 under her stage name, Lys Assia. She died in March 2018, having outlived nearly every other contestant from that first awkward, earnest contest by decades.
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