Anna Vissi (Greek: Άννα Βίσση, pronounced [ˈana ˈvisi], locally [ˈanːa ˈviʃːi]; born 20 December 1957), also known as Anna Vishy, is a Greek Cypriot singer, songwriter, actress, television presenter, radio personality, and businesswoman. She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens, in 1973, where she signed with…
Anna Mjöll Ólafsdóttir is an Icelandic jazz singer and songwriter. Early yearsAnna was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, the daughter of Svanhildur Jakobsdóttir, singer and TV and Radio Personality, and Ólafur Gaukur, Jazz guitarist, Film Composer, songwriter, arranger and Producer. Anna’s only sibling, Andri, is a General Surgeon in Arizona. Anna’s parents played six nights a…
Faustino (Fausto) Leali (born 29 October 1944, Nuvolento, Brescia, Italy) is an Italian pop singer. Early lifeLeali began his musical career as a singer in several bands in his native Brescia. His first guitar teacher was Tullio Romano, of the band Los Marcellos Ferial. CareerLeali’s first release was a 1962 promotional single as „Fausto Denis“,…
Anna Hoxha (Albanian: [ˈana ˈhɔdʒa]; born 28 April 1961), known professionally as Anna Oxa (Italian: [ˈanna ˈɔksa]), is an Italian singer, actress, and television presenter. Oxa has received mainstream popularity and recognition within Italy due to her numerous participations in the Sanremo Music Festival. Beginning her career as a teenager, Oxa debuted in the Sanremo…
Anne-Karine Strøm (born 15 October 1951, Oslo) is a Norwegian singer, best known for having taken part in the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest selection, Melodi Grand Prix, in six consecutive years between 1971 and 1976, winning on three occasions (twice as a soloist and once as a member of an ensemble) and representing Norway in…
Annie Palmen (born Anna Maria Palmen; 19 August 1926 – 15 January 2000) was a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest. Early careerPalmen was born in IJmuiden. She started her career singing with dance orchestras around the city of Haarlem, then sang on various radio stations before her…
António Calvário da Paz (born 17 October 1938, in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique) is a Portuguese singer and artist from the late 1950s and 1960s. Life and careerBorn in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, in Africa, still as a child, he settled with his family in Portugal’s southern region of Algarve, in Europe, where he was…
Arlette Zola is a singer who represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982. She was born Arlette Jaquet in the city of Fribourg on 29 April 1949. Her song, „Amour on t’aime„, was an upbeat number. Zola was placed third behind Germany and Israel. She made two further attempts at reaching the Eurovision finals.…
Armando António Capelo Diniz da Gama (1 April 1954 – 17 January 2022) was a Portuguese singer-songwriter and baritone opera singer, whose physical trademark for decades was his shoulder-length jet black hair. Life and careerGama grew up in Portuguese Angola, an overseas territory of Portugal by then, and lived there until the age of 17.…
Peter Maclane is a French singer, who started his career in 1970. Together with Anne-Marie Goddart he represented Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972. After the Contest, Peter released a few more singles. In the beginning of the 1980’s MacLane retired as a singer, to focus completely on digital art