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Lale Andersen
12+ albums
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Lale Anderson (born March 23, 1905 in Bremerhaven, Germany – died August 29, 1972 in Vienna, Austria) was a German singer and songwriter, who is best known for being the first ever artist to record the song "Lili Marleen" on August 1, 1939 (originally titled "Lied Eines Jungen Wachtpostens"). Anderson initially only sold 700 copies of her recording. The song became tremendously popular on both sides of the front during World War II, when it was frequently played by Radio Belgrad in the then-occupied Yugoslavia. Albeit Anderson was initially prohibited to perform by the Nazis, the song "Lili Marleen" in particular, she was later ordered by Joseph Goebbels to record Nazi propaganda songs, in both German and English. Anderson maintained to have a successful career in music, until the late 1960s. She entered the Eurovision Song Contest for Germany in 1961, with "Einmal Sehen Wir Uns Wieder", only reaching #13 with just three points and thus becoming one of Germany's lowest scoring entries. The 1967 farewell tour was followed by two best-selling books, including her chart-topping biography in 1972. Shortly after its release, Anderson died from a heart attack. Full biography She was born in Leheb and baptized Liese-Lotte Helene Berta Bunnenberg. In 1922, at the age of 17c, she married Paul Ernst Wilke (1894 – 1971), a local painter.d They had three children together: Björn, Carmen-Litta, and Michael. Shortly after the birth of the third child, the family broke up: leaving the ch
top songs
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Lili Marleen
12,3422Ein Schiff wird kommen
9,8133Blaue Nacht am Hafen
4,3364Es geht alles vorüber, es geht alles vorbei
3,0335Lili Marleen (Das Lied Eines Wachtposten)
2,6786Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli
2,2397Einmal sehen wir uns wieder
2,1598Lili Marlene
1,9729Unter einem Regenschirm am Abend
1,82310Der Junge an der Reeling
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