Emly Starr is a Belgian singer in the Dutch language

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

. She also appeared in the documentary film Santiago Lovers by Romano Ferrari.

She has participated in several dance and song contests. In the World Popular Song Festival at Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 in 1980 with the entry "Mary Brown", she was finalist as Emly Starr Explosion.

Starr entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981

The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 April 1981 at the Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin. The presenter was Doireann Ní Bhriain...

 where she performed "Samson

Samson (song)

"Samson" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, performed in Dutch by Emly Starr.The song was performed sixteenth on the night, following Portugal's Carlos Paião with "Playback" and preceding Greece's Yiannis Dimitras with "Feggari Kalokerino"...

" and finished in 13th place.

In 1985, she appeared in the role of Erika in the film Jumping (Dutch: Springen) directed by Jean-Pierre De Decker, a film which was submitted to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film but not nominated, where she sang the song "Jump in the Dark", that was in the film's soundtrack.

Singles

• "Tears Of Gold" / idem instr. (1976)
• "Back to the Beatles" / "I'll risk it" (1977)
• "Cha Cha D'Amore" / idem instr. (1977)
• "Dance of love" / "My Time (is your time)" (1977)
• "No No Sheriff" / idem instr. (1978)
• "Santiago Lover" / idem instr. (1978)
• "Baby love me" / idem instr. (1979)
• "Hey Aloha (Honolulu)" / "Baby love me" (1979)
• "Do Svidaanja" / "Bee bop boogie" (1980)
• "Get Up" / "Music in the air" (1980)
• "Mary Brown" / "Rock 'n' Roll Woman" (1980, Japão)
• "Sweet Lips" / "Hang On" (1981)
• "Let Me Sing" / "Baby I need your loving" (1981)
• "Samson" (Samson & Delilah) (1981, in Dutch
  Dutch language
  Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
  
   and English
  English language
  English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
  
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• "Dynamite" / idem instr. (1982)
• "Key To Your Heart" / "The Letter" (1983)
• "Jump in the Dark" / "I know (how to love you)" (1986)
• "Rock and roll woman" / "I need help" (jaartal?)

Albums

• 1980: Emly Starr
• 1980: The Best of Emly Starr Explosion
• 1981: Emly Starr Explosion
• 1982: Greatest Hits
• 1984: The Letter

External links

• Official page of the singer in Dutch, French and English
• Tokio's contest