Lys Assia (born March 2, 1924), original name Rosa Mina Schärer, was born in Lenzburg?, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is a rough translation of an article in German. ... Aargau (German Aargau, French Argovie, Italian Argovia, Romansh Argovia, in English sometimes Argovia) is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. ...

As a young girl she was a dancer, but stood in for a female singer in 1940. People who heard her singing liked it, so she changed from dancing to singing. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1956 she was the winner of the very first Eurovision Song Contest, in which she sang for Switzerland. She had also been in the German national final of that year (see: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956); she returned to the contest again for Switzerland in 1957 and 1958. The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first Eurovision and was held on May 24, 1956, in Lugano. ... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ... Germany held a national preselection to choose the two songs that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1956. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the second Eurovision Song Contest and was held on March 3, 1957, in Germany. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third Eurovision and was held on March 12, 1958 in the Netherlands. ...

Songography

• "Oh Mein Papa"
• "Ein kleiner goldner Ring"
• "Refrain"
• "Das alte Karussell"
• "Holland Mädel"
• "Jolie Jacqueline"
• "L'enfant que j'étais"
• "Giorgio"
• "Die Glocken Hell Erklingen"
• "Golodrina"

Filmography

• Ein Mann Vergißt Die Liebe
• Schlager Parade

Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corry Brokken (b. ... Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest every year since it began, except 1995, 1999, 2001, and 2003. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...