A New playlist Top 20 - as the Electro duo's take over !

PLAYLIST -2nd September 2011.

1 Boom -Lo Fi Fnk - NEW

2 You came to me - Anne Marie David

3 Hearts in the Air- Eric Saade Feat J-Son

4 Eaten alive- Man Meadow

5 I'm In Love (Soundfactory Mix)- Sanna Neilsen
6 Yes Man -Bjorn Johan Muri
7 Smile (T.A.N.Y.A Mix) - Jamala

8 Running Scared (Niclas Kings in Air Mix) - Ell & Nikki
9 Pusti Me U San- Luka Nizetic (Nora-2007) - NEW
10 Fantasy Island (2010 Mix) -Tight Fit

11 Magic (Peachy & Murphy Remix)-Olivia Newton John

12 Gimme (Key Mix) - One (cyprus 2000)

13 Bad Behaviour -Jedward -NEW

14 Maya Showtime -Alexander Panoyotov

15 Sold it for a song -Dream Express

16 Popular (SoundFactory Radio Mix) -Eric Saade

17 So much in Love (SF 2001) - Ebonique -Re ENTRY

18 Save Tonight -E M D

19 My heart is refusing me -Loreen

20 Wake up (Ola Salo Jens Anderson Mix) -Lo Fi Fnk - NEW

- Here is my latest playlist: we can see lots of new electro-pop duo's with the new

Lo Fi Fnk (not a eurovis' act- yet we think they are ready could be ideal-) & Man Meadow with a fab new single - this duo have competed twice to sing for Poland- Lo Fi Fnk's new album as a follow up to 'Boylife' has just come out we luv it alot very summery electro

Schlager Pop: 3- Dschinghis Khan -or Genghis Khan

Dschinghis Khan- are a german pop-group formed by schlager guru Herr Ralph Siegel back in Eurovision 1979 in Jerulsam.

A perfect example how a 6-piece band could find great success based on one-tune in Eurovision Song Contest. The song also titled 'Dschinghis Khan' sung in german - a-tribute to the historical leader, a tune in the style of Boney M- of the same times.

The group built on this Eurovision success having not even won the contest- in fact 'Dschinghis Khan' finished in 4th place for some reason. They found success in many european countries as well as Australia & Japan selling in the region of 20 million records during their whole career. One of the biggest hits being 'Moscow' that stayed at No:1 in Australia for an impressive 6-week run in 1980.

Over the group's histroy their has been many line-up changes, however back in 79 the original members were:

Edina Pop: from Hungary and no stranger to eurovis-hits she had a hit already singing 'knock knock who's there?' in german in 1971.

Wolfgang & Henriette Heichel: a married couple that were both former dentistry students no less- who had turned to singing, composing & producing music.

Lesley Mandoki: from Hungary a jazz musician who went over to schlager-pop

Louis Potgieter: from South Africa- dressed in a crown & cape with a long beard was the 'dancing Khan' of the band -he returned back to South Africa in the 90's and

later died of HIV at only 43- he remains the iconic Khan of the group and remembered as such.

Steve Bender: the bald guy in the group- his daughter Melanie sang with Mekado who sang for Germay in 1994 "Wir geben ne Party" he died in 2006 from cancer and is sadly missed in the band.

Louis- Genghis Khan

Dschinghis Khan never returned to the Eurovision stage - during their career except in 1986

they did try in the Germany Pre-selection with another Ralph Siegel tune 'Wir gehor'n zusammen' called 'Dschinghis Khan Family' they finished runner up to Ingrid Peters. A very dsifferent line-up & sound from the hits 'Hadschi Haref Omar' 'Moskow' 'Rom' & 'Loreley'

of the early 80's.

Schlager Pop History part two - Jürgen Marcus

Jürgen Marcus- became a popular Schlager artist of the 70's & 80's - who had over 23 hit schlager hits in Germany alone - and became a regular singer on ZDF Tv music shows.

He was born in Herne, and started out as a locksmith no-less - however thankfully today he lives in Munchen, Germany with his partner Nikolaus.

Jürgen's main Eurovision claim-to-fame was infact singing in french for Luxembourg back in Eurovision Song Contest 1976

at Deen Haag. The song 'Chansons pour ceux qui S'Aiment' was perfect for Jürgen- he

only managed a low 14th place.

In the charts he had much greater success the year before in the German Pre-selection. This song was on the german charts for 26 weeks and made No: 3 - placed only 9th in the German Pre-selection- the song was 'Ein Lied zieht hinaus in die welt' ( we much prefer his haircut as well that year!)

In 1975 Joy Fleming won the place to sing for Germany. Yet the artists in the '75 lead-up to Eurovision featured Severine (1971 Monaco winner) Peggy March(2nd) Katja Ebstein (5th) Mary Roos & Marianne Rosenberg singing the now legenary song 'Er gehort zu mir' (10th place)

After a break from Eurovision Jurgen came back to sing in the Pre-selection of 1982- another tough year to find success as Nicole won the honour that year However the song 'Ich Wurde Gerne bei sein' came 5th this time, certainly over these years Jurgen has made his

own mark in schlager-history.

Playlist chart this week- August 2011 with a Norsk MGP invasion

1 Yes Man -Bjorn Johan Muri

2 Hearts in the Air- Eric Saade

Ft J-Son

3 You came to me (NRG Mix) Anne Marie David -NEW

4 Smile - Jamala (Ukraine NF 2011)

5 Magic (Peachy & Murphy Mix) -Olivia Newton John

6 Running Scared (Niclas Kings in Air Mix) - Ell & Nikki

7 Karma Karma-Same Difference/Alcazar

8 Eaten Alive- Man Meadow -NEW

9 Beatiful Life -Jose Galisteo (Spain 2010)

10 Sold it for a song -Dream Express (Belguim 1977) -NEW

11 When we were Young (Club Mix)- Bucks Fizz

12 Popular (SoundFactory Radio Mix) -Eric Saade

13 Maya Showtime -Alexander Panayotov

14 Gimme (Key Mix) - One(cyprus 2000)

15 Fantasy Island (New Version 2010) -Tight Fit

16 Can't stop this feeling (Soundshakerz Club Mix) -Sophie Ellis-Bextor

17 Save Tonight -E M D

18 My heart is refusing me -Loreen

19 Little Lies -Tone Damli Aaberge -NEW

20 Something in your eyes -Jenny Silver

The One's that got away- part 3-Valeria Tarasova, Moldova

Just when we thought we'd heard all the great tunes in the run up to Eurovision Dusseldorf 2011 The National Pre-selection of Moldova. featured a wonderful new talent of Valeria Tarasova who only finished in 7th place! The song 'This is my life' wrote by none other than German Schlager legend Herr Ralph Siegel

( who gave us so many Eurovision songs in the past- 19 in all ) It is the second time in Moldova's National Final for this great talent. And the perfect Eurovis' tune.

Check out a great Video for 'This is my Life' here- this song's Live performance the tune so should have been in the Eurovision 2011 Final-

no gimmicks- oh well- there is always 2012 Valeria hope to see you then.

Schlager-Pop in Eurovision: Peter Sue & Marc- Part one

It's time to look at some Eurovision History from that ole Book on the shelf ( -always repeating it's self ? )

Schlager today and here on schlagertunes is so often associated with the scandinavian countries, however its orgins do come from the Germanic parts of Europe- Germany, Austria & Switzerland. A good place to start..

The Swiss vocal band that formed back as far as 1968 in Bern. In the style of New Seekers with a German folk style the group was made up of Peter Reber (the songwriter of many Eurovision hits during the 70s & 80s), Sue Schell and Marcel Dietrich.

In europe long before Sweden's Abba set the blue-print for 70's European Pop. Peter Sue & Marc had a string of hits and represented Switzerland an amazing 4-times

In 1971, Switzerland was one of the first Countries to submit a pop-group for Eurovision Song Contest, in Dublin they sung Illusions of us vingt ans (The illusion of our twenty years) in this year only Sweden submitted a vocal group with Family Four singing 'Vita Vidder' Sweden finished 6th & Peter Sue & Marc came only 12th. The formal commentary of these Eurovision times - often refered to these groups with a title of..

'The Family Four- group' or 'The Peter Sue & marc -group' and seemed to highlight how out of place they were in a contest of solo vocal performers - with the odd -normally male/female -duo.

However this song scored a hit for Peter, Sue & Marc not just in Switzerland also in the charts of Germany, Austria, and even Japan, where they performed several concerts. The song was sung in French and a German version called Keiner hat gesagt (No one has said). No english version that we know of was recorded.

Meanwhile The New Seekers from UK proved Vocal pop could be winning force in Eurovision in Edinburgh in 1972- 'Beg Steal or borrow' came 2nd to the winner Vicky Leandros.

In 1975 the Peter Sue & Marc released the singles Ein neuer Tag and Zigeuner. As well as submitting a unsuccesful new tune for the Swiss Pre-selection for Eurovision 1975 with a song called Mild-toi, soleil.

The three-some returned in 1976 with Djambo, Djambo a song penned once again by Peter sung in english -all about a lovable clown that was also part of the act in Eurovision Song Contest 1976 In fact the clown accompanied them on stage. As Brotherhood of Man took the trophy home for UK -Peter Sue & Marc came 4th.

In 1977, Peter wrote Swiss Lady for the Pepe Lienhard Band who sung for Switzerland. This fun swiss-folk tune did well & came in 6th place with 71 points.

In 1978, Peter Sue & Marc switched teams and tried out in Germany at Pre-Selection with the song Charlie Chaplin, this pop tune and tribute finished in 3rd place in the Germany. Strangely Greece in 1978 had a song also titled Charlie Chaplin, which presumably would have left some confusion in the final back then.

In 1979 Peter Sue & Marc took their third Eurovision entry sung in german and called 'Trodler & Co' to Jerusalem- for Switzerland. At this stage the group had gained an even larger success in europe, so it could have been 3rd time lucky! however this new tune seemed to be all about a scrape-metal 2nd hand merchant! something like 'Steptoe & Son' they came 10th -this was the very same year UK sent Black Lace 'Mary-ann'- who got a 7th placing somehow! crazzy times indeed!

Thankfully in 1981 Peter Sue & Marc came back for Switzerland with 'Io senza te' (Without You), a beautiful melodic song that seems to be the favorite song in the history of Peter Sue & Marc this came

in 4th place for the Swiss- and become a Euro-classic featuring the bands famous pan-pipes intro-

As a songwriter Peter had another entry for switzerland back in 1980 Paola's 'Cinema' it was co-wrote by Veronique Muller (she sang for Switzerland in 1972) Peter conducted the orchester that year as well

the song finished .... yes again- 4th.

Danes A Friend from London- release a video for New Tomorrow-

Rock bands in Eurovision can be very much make or break- however danish band A Freind from London- certainly did Denmark proud. Apart from winners Azerbaijan, Denmark managed to retain a Top 5 placing at Eurovision 2-years running. With 'New Tomorrow'- this may not be all the band will be remembered for either at Dusseldorf 2011 when the cute lead singer Tim Schou shouted out

"You know baby, I want to...I want to f**k you" to the camera during voting -amied at the 12 points from Netherlands. It was simply an excited reaction to Mandy Hudts the announcer for Netherlands votes. (see NL voting clip)

However this may go down in history as the only time bad language has taken place during the LiveESC voting!

Hey but wait there is more- strangely 2 months following all promo & buzz of Eurovision

A Freind from London have only just done the video for 'New Tomorrow' single!

had they used this clip at the time- who know how much further they could have gone to a top placing in Dusseldorf? check it out the vid here-

'New Tomorrow' 2011 Video

Playlist chart this week--

Jamala- we think she should have been the smiling face of Ukraine!

PLAYLIST 17th July 2011.

1 Hearts in the Air- Eric Saade

Ft J-Son

2 Yes Man -Bjorn Johan Muri

3 Magic (Peachy & Murphy Mix) -Olivia Newton John

4 Can't stop this feeling (Soundshakerz Club Mix) -Sophie Ellis-Bextor

5 When we were Young (Club Mix)- Bucks Fizz
6 Running Scared (Niclas Kings in Air Mix) - Ell & Nikki

7 Karma Karma-Same Difference/Alcazar

8 Gimme (Key Mix) - One (cyprus 2000)

9 I Wanna be alive (Remix)-English vers Om du forlater mig- Mf 2000-Date

10 Smile - Jamala (Ukraine 2011) -NEW

11 Beatiful Life -Jose Galisteo(Spain 2010)

12 Maya Showtime -Alexander Panayotov

13 Fantasy Island (New Version 2010) -Tight Fit

14 Popular (SoundFactory Radio Mix) -Eric Saade

15 Save Tonight -E M D

16 My heart is refusing me (Amarillo & Finer Remix Radio version)

-Loreen

17 Don't tell it- Fabrizio Faniello (Malta 2005)

18 Vagar Du Vagar Jag (Soundfactory Remix)- Sanna Nielsen

19 When We're Together -Josan Catalin

20 Feel You -Magnus Carlsson

Anne Marie Da-vid the Diva is back at last

-One of historically the most famous french singers from Eurovision Song Contest's 50 year past is Anne Marie Da-vid. She sung for Luxembourg in 1973 with 'Tu Te Reconnaitras' in the times B.A (before Abba) Anne Marie managed to bring Luxembourg it's

2nd in a row victory- after Vicky Leandros big winner the year before with 'Apres Toi' Anne Marie

was discovered while performing in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' -and while no country

had at this stage had really won 2-years running ( if you don't count 1969 as 4 countries tied for first place) . Anne Marie was very confident she could break this record of a double-win with 'Wonderful dream' (english title )

In fact historically only Isreal repeated this feat in 1978-79, Ireland managed 3 in a row during the 90's. Anne Marie returned in Eurovision 1979 singing for France with 'Je Suis L'enfant soleil' another powerful

ballad that put France in a close run 3rd place that year.

Since then Anne Marie David - had a succesful career in Europe mainly due to her concerts, then she went to live & have a big career in Turkey for many years- Finally choosing to settle in Norway- Then although being very quiet for so many years Anne Marie David released an album of french material in 2010 'Rencontres'

Then this year saw the release of a power-dance ballad

called 'You came to me'

wrote by non other Tony Power for an 80's inspired dance album called

'Diva-Power' (check out more details here--)

on a new release featuring

Three Degrees,

Sonja, Niamh Kavanagh & Tina Charles the vocal-power

coupled with Hi-Energy beats

promise to breath-taking.

We are overjoyed with this dance comeback track from

Anne Marie David who gave us for sure one of Eurovision greatest moments..

Anne Marie David's recent interview

A New playlist Top 25 - plus a new No;1

PLAYLIST 8th July 2011.

1 Can't stop this feeling (Soundshakerz Club Mix) -Sophie Ellis-Bextor -NEW

2 I Wanna be alive (Remix)-English vers Om du forlater mig- Mf 2000-Date

3 Popular (SoundFactory Radio Mix) -Eric Saade

4 Maya Showtime -Alexander Panayotov

5 Magic (Peachy & Murphy Mix) -Olivia Newton John

6 Gimme (Key Mix) - One (cyprus 2000)

7 Feel You -Magnus Carlsson

8 When we were Young (Club Mix)- Bucks Fizz

9 When We're Together - Josan Catalin

10 Yes Man -Bjorn Johan Muri -NEW

11 Running Scared (Niclas Kings in Air Mix) - Ell & Nikki

12 Karma Karma-Same Difference/Alcazar

13 Hearts in the Air- Eric Saade

Ft J-Son

-NEW

14 Beatiful Life -Jose Galisteo (Spain 2010) -NEW

15 My heart is refusing me (Amarillo & Finer Remix Radio version)

-Loreen

16 Your Song - Didrik Solli-Tangen

17 Never let me go (DJ Pierre Mix)- Human League

18 Save Tonight -E M D

19 Fantasy Island (New Version 2010) -Tight Fit

20 Don't tell it- Fabrizio Faniello (Malta Nf.2005)

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has never signed up for Eurovision in the UK yet we think she would be just perfect with her dancefloor grooves. Which have been rather delightful recently like the new track straight in at No:1 in our chart. In fact her latest album is full of treats like this. Recommend very highly its called

Another debut artist Bjorn Johan Muri who for Norsk MGP 2010 scored the biggest hit- being great fans of Didrik Solli- Rangen last year to begin with we did ignore young Bjorn- Now we think he would be a good choice for Norway in 2011. (with a follow up to 'Yes Man' ) Another re-discovery from last year is Jose Galistreo with the bril' Dance track 'Beatiful Life' - in fact it's all rather dancey our top playlist at the moment.

State of SAADE - Vol 1 - As Eric takes on the World

The Eurovision Contest has been a spring board for many artists over the

past 50 -odd years. However today in 2011 its become more common place, that you don't need to win this European extravaganza to find international success. Remember Baccara, Gina G, Tomas Ledin, Anna Vishy & Sakis Rouvaas from Greece they all found huge success after Eurovision. Most artists who gain a Top 5 placeing can be assured today- they are sure to gain at the least a large new fan base, and not just back at home.

Eric Saade is one such name, he came on a mission to put Sweden back in the Eurovision Top league of countries for 2011. This he achived puting Sweden in third place in Dusseldorf- just what Dr.Kempe (song writer) ordered in Melodifestivalen 11. After missing out with 'Manboy' last year- Eric Saade worked hard on making him a domestic pop sensation in Sweden- so now he has matured & moved from boy to man.

Eric is so full of talent, he is just ready to go-pop! & this he has done with the digital release of

'Eric Saade Vol 1'

Now Eric Saade has released his 2nd studio album -It's called Vol 1 -And will be followed by Vol 2 a follow up of 10 more tracks from Eric before Christmas. An idea that worked well recently for Robyn with her recent international release in 2 parts.
the lead single is 'Hearts in the Air' this is for me even better than Eric Saade's offering than Eurovision' Popular' single- It's interesting to note 'Hearts in the air' feat J-Son rapper- is also a 3 min song that suggests it may have been wrote with Melodifestivalen in mind- I am not sure
it's amazing to find out that Eric has been getting only some luke warm reviews to the album in Sweden -could this may have something to do with the very international-feel to the new tunes And certainly the 'Hearts in the Air' vid has a very American feel as well for a Eric Saade Video.
This album for me is a worthy follow up to ' Masquerade' his debut album. That I have been playing to death.. other great news is...

As a follow on from the brilliant interview with Danny 2weeks back on Melbourne's Joy Fm show Cafe Latte- will have an interview Alan Ross did with Eric Saade all bout his new album & songs- stay tuned for more info on that I will be listening that sunday for certain. In next 2 weeks (17th July)