Liane Augustin
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Liane Augustin was a German
/Austrian
singer and actress.
, Germany
in 1928. Her postwar successes as a nightclub singer in the Viennese Boheme Bar led to numerous recordings, mostly for the Vanguard
label; she was often joined by her regular accompanists, the Boheme Bar Trio, which included Michael Danzinger as pianist, Laszlo Gati on guitar, and Willi Fantel as bassist. She also made frequent radio broadcasts and a number of international live performances.
She was chosen to represent Austria
at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958
with the song "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe
" (The Whole World Needs Love). The song finished 5th out of 10 songs, and gained a total of 8 points.
She died in 1978, in Vienna
, and was memorialized on 26 May 2009 as a co-namesake with Marx Augustin
of the Augustinplatz in Vienna, a public square bounded by the Neustiftgasse, Kirchengasse and Kellermanngasse.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
/Austrian
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
singer and actress.
Biography
Liane Augustin was born in BerlinBerlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in 1928. Her postwar successes as a nightclub singer in the Viennese Boheme Bar led to numerous recordings, mostly for the Vanguard
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...
label; she was often joined by her regular accompanists, the Boheme Bar Trio, which included Michael Danzinger as pianist, Laszlo Gati on guitar, and Willi Fantel as bassist. She also made frequent radio broadcasts and a number of international live performances.
She was chosen to represent Austria
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
Austria has appeared frequently at the Eurovision Song Contest. The country has won once, in 1966, with the song "Merci Chérie".In recent years, Austria's entries have tended towards the humorous, in contrast with the dance-pop achieving success. 2003 saw comedian and personality Alf Poier perform...
at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958
Eurovision Song Contest 1958
The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third Eurovision Song Contest. The convention that the winning country from a year hosted the following year's contest was introduced in this year. France's win was their first. It was the last time to date that the United Kingdom did not enter the contest...
with the song "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe
Die Ganze Welt Braucht Liebe
"Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, performed in German by Liane Augustin....
" (The Whole World Needs Love). The song finished 5th out of 10 songs, and gained a total of 8 points.
She died in 1978, in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, and was memorialized on 26 May 2009 as a co-namesake with Marx Augustin
Marx Augustin
Marx Augustin was an Austrian minstrel, bagpiper, and improvisatory poet most famous for the song, O du lieber Augustin, which is attributed to him.-References:*Marx Augustin . Accessed June 10, 2009.*. Accessed June 11, 2009....
of the Augustinplatz in Vienna, a public square bounded by the Neustiftgasse, Kirchengasse and Kellermanngasse.
Filmography
- Die Fiakermilli (1953)
- Lavendel (1953)
- Der rote Prinz (1954)
- ...und wer küßt mich? (1956)
- Liebe, die den Kopf verliert (1956)
- Licht auf der Piazza (1962)