Ireen Sheer

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Ireen Sheer (born February 25, 1949 in Basildon, England) is a German-British pop singer who has competed in several Eurovision Song Contests over the past four decades. She married another musician, Gavin du Porter, in the late 1970s or early 1980s.

Ireen Sheer

Background information
Birth name Ireen Wooldridge
Born February 25, 1949
Genre(s) Pop
Instrument(s) Vocalist
Years active 30+
Website http://ireensheer.de/

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[edit] Life and career

Sheer was discovered at the beginning of the 1960s through a talent competition, but still took time to graduate from a bank apprenticeship in spite of her early success. She sang for several pop groups, such as Family Dogg, before she devoted herself from 1970 onwards to her solo career, focused mainly in Germany. She was marked an official success when "Goodbye Mama" became a Top 5 hit on the German charts in 1973. After that, she published numerous records, almost every one going on to become a hit in its own right. Sheer became a guest on several different television music-shows, including several appearances on the ZDF Hit Parade, one of Germany's most popular music programs.

In 1974 she represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest, whose title Bye Bye, I Love You achieved 4th place. Four years later, in 1978, she sang for Germany and won 6th place. In 1985 Ireen Sheer sang together with Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Diane Solomon and Malcolm Roberts once more for Luxembourg. However, their title Children, Kinder, Enfants reached only 13th place. She took part in the contest two other times in which she didn't progress beyond the German preliminaries or finals: In 1976 with Einmal Wasser, einmal Wein ("Once Water, Once Wine") and in a 2002 duet with Bernhard Brink singing Es ist niemals zu spät ("It is never too late").

Besides her solo performances, Sheer also sang a number of duets with her husband Gavin du Porter and her colleague Bernhard Brink. Over 30 years after her first hit, Sheer is still a well-known member of the pop-music establishment in Germany, continuing to appear on music shows and publish new albums and singles.

[edit] Awards

Ireen Sheer has received several golden records for her work, and has twice received the highly-prestigious German music award[1] the Golden Tuning Fork, in 1981 as well as in 1993.

[edit] Hit songs

  • 1973 Goodbye Mama
  • 1974 Bye Bye I Love You
  • 1975 Ach lass mich noch einmal in Deine Augen seh'n
  • 1977 Mach die Augen zu
  • 1978 Hey, Junge, sag das noch einmal
  • 1978 Feuer
  • 1979 Hey, Mr. Musicman
  • 1979 Das Lied der schönen Helena
  • 1979 Wo soll denn die Liebe bleiben?
  • 1980 Xanadu
  • 1980 Spiel das nochmal
  • 1982 Geh wenn du willst
  • 1982 Erst wenn die Sonne nicht mehr scheint
  • 1983 Ich hab Gefühle
  • 1985 Hab ich dich heut nacht verloren
  • 1986 Wenn du eine Frau wärst und ich wär ein Mann
  • 1988 Ich bin da
  • 1989 Die Frau, die bleibt
  • 1990 Fantasy Island
  • 1991 Seit du fort bist
  • 1991 Heut Abend hab ich Kopfweh
  • 1992 Du gehst fort (with Bernhard Brink)
  • 1993 Wahnsinn
  • 1993 Komm ich mach das schon
  • 1994 Schöner Mann
  • 1994 Das gewisse Etwas
  • 1995 African Blue
  • 1995 Zwei Herzen ein Gedanke (with Gavin du Porter)
  • 1996 Prima Ballerina
  • 1996 Nina Bobo
  • 1996 Genau wie du
  • 1997 Ich vermisse dich
  • 1997 Solange tanz ich allein
  • 1997 Heute nacht bist du da
  • 1998 Männer wie du-REMIX
  • 1998 Tennessee Waltz
  • 1999 Manchmal in der Nacht
  • 1999 Lüg, wenn du kannst
  • 2000 Ein Kuss von dir

[edit] Other titles

  • 2000 Ich kann für nichts garantiern
  • 2001 Farewell and Goodbye
  • 2001 Jede Nacht mit dir ist Wahnsinn
  • 2002 Es ist niemals zu spät (Duet with Bernhard Brink)
  • 2002 Wenn du den Mond siehst
  • 2003 Ich bin stark
  • 2003 Music is my Life
  • 2004 Ich komm wieder
  • 2004 A domani Amore
  • 2004 Ich hab den Himmel gesehn
  • 2005 I do love you
  • 2005 Bin wieder verliebt
  • 2005 Heut verkauf ich meinen Mann
  • 2006 Bitte geh
  • 2006 Du bist heut nacht nicht allein - REMIX
  • 2006 La bella bella Musica
  • 2006 Du und ich

[edit] Discography

  • 1989 Star Portrait
  • 1991 Ireen Sheer
  • 1993 Das gewisse Etwas
  • 1995 Tanz mit mir
  • 1996 Star Collection
  • 1997 Ich vermisse dich
  • 1998 Weil Du mein Leben bist
  • 2000 Ein Kuss ...
  • 2001 Zeitlos
  • 2002 Es ist niemals zu spät
  • 2003 Lieben heißt leben
  • 2004 Land der Liebe
  • 2005 Frauen ab 40 sind der Hit
  • 2005 Bin wieder verliebt

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