Wenche Myhre
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Wenche Synnøve Myhre (born August 15, 1947, in Kjelsås, Oslo) is a Norwegian singer and actress who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, German as well as the Swedish markets and languages.
She got her first recording contract with composer and producer Arne Bendiksen at an age of 13, when she won a talent contest in Oslo in 1960.
In 1974 she had the first in a long series of TV shows on the German channel ZDF. The show was called Das ist meine Welt and was a muscial journey through many countries with Wenche as guide.
In Sweden, she has worked together with Povel Ramel, and has become very popular with a wide audience. She has starred in movies both in Norway and Sweden.
She currently lives in Nesøya in Asker, Norway.
[edit] Major hits in Germany
- Ich will 'nen Cowboy als Mann (1964)
- Hey, kennt Ihr schon meinen Peter (1964)
- Geht ein Boy vorbei (1965)
- Beiß nicht gleich in jeden Apfel (1966) # 1
- Komm allein (1967) # 9
- Ein Hoch der Liebe (1968) #18
- Flower Power Kleid (1968) #17
- Abendstunde hat Gold im Munde (1969) #36
- Er steht Im Tor (1969) # 4
- Er hat ein knallrotes Gummiboot (1970) #21
- Eine Mark für Charlie (1977) # 9
- Lass mein Knie, Joe (1978) # 5
