Silvio Francesco, Jürgens and Harald Juhnke in 1962

Udo Jürgens (born September 30, 1934 as Udo Jürgen Bockelmann in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria), is a composer and singer who, although he has been very successful for four decades, is hardly known outside the German-speaking world as almost all of his lyrics are in German. His rise to fame began in 1966 when he won the Eurovision Song Contest for Austria with his song "Merci Cherie". Harald Juhnke ( June 10, 1929 in Wedding, Berlin - April 1, 2005 in Rüdersdorf near Berlin), actually Harry Heinz Herbert Juhnke, was a well-known German actor, comedian and entertainer. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Klagenfurt (Slovenian Celovec) is the capital of the federal state of Austrian Carinthia (German Kärnten, Slovenian Avstrijska Koroška) in Austria, on the Glan River. ... Carinthia ( German Kärnten, Slovenian Koroška) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the south of Austria. ... The Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... -1... The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the eleventh Eurovision and was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg. ...

In 2000, Jürgens celebrated his 66th birthday, proving that the title of his 1977 song "Mit 66 Jahren" ("Mit 66 Jahren, da fängt das Leben an" -- "At 66, that's when life begins") also holds true for his own person. Jürgens still goes on tour and regularly appears on television, both in shows and made-for-TV films. For many years now, the tabloid press have cast him as a womanizer, and several women have claimed that he is the father of their children. In September 2003 Bild revealed that Jürgens had secretly married his long-term companion Corinna in New York on July 4, 1999. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An American family watching television in the 1950s. ... A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... The Bild-Zeitung (lit. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Jürgens's brother Manfred Bockelmann (born 1943) is a painter; his daughter by his first marriage, Jenny Jürgens (born 1967), is an actress. His uncle Werner Bockelmann was mayor of Frankfurt am Main. 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ...

External links

Udo Jürgens today

• Jürgens's songs in English (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/joancs/#English) (from a fan page)
• Excerpts from a thesis on Jürgens (2002) (http://www.udofan.de/diplom/diplom) by Christian Mädler (in German)