Pepe Lienhard

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Pepe Lienhard (born Peter Rudolf Lienhard; March 23, 1946 in Lenzburg) is a Swiss bandleader and musician.

Life

Already in school, Lienhard had begun a band with the name "The College Stompers". In university, he studied law, but broke off his studies in 1969 and founded a professional sextet with which he released numerous albums. Their first success came with "Sheila Baby". In 1977, the group won sixth place at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Swiss Lady".^[1]

In 1980 he formed a big band, the Pepe-Lienhard-Band, which accompanied Udo Jürgens in his tours after 1982. They had several appearances with other stars like Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra.

In addition to his continued performances, Lienhard composes arrangements in a variety of styles.

Successful titles

Sheila Baby
Swiss Lady^[2]
My Honeybee

Discography

Saxy LiebesTraum

References

↑ 1977 Pepe Lienhard Band Swiss Lady wn.com
↑ Swiss Lady lyrics 4lyrics.kwivia.co.uk

External links

Official website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Peter, Sue and Marc with "Djambo, Djambo"	Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977	Succeeded by Carole Vinci with "Vivre"

Persondata
Name	Lienhard, Pepe
Alternative names
Short description	Swiss musician
Date of birth	March 23, 1946
Place of birth	Lenzburg, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death

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