She was known primarily monomously (without a surname) in Europe. She moved to Sweden in 1958. Her first hit in Swedish was "Tror du jag ljuger" from 1961. As a teenager, Gitte sang popular hits in German, English, Italian (4 songs: "Amo Johnny", "Parla", "La mela", and "Il ricordo", recorded on two singles), and Danish. She had five different number one hits in three countries: one in Denmark, two in Sweden, and two in Germany. Her first German number one song was "Ich will 'nen Cowboy als Mann".
In 1973, she competed for Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Junger Tag". Her success continued after famous duets with Rex Gildo as 'Gitte & Rex' in a number of popular films.[3] Gitte made an attempt to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1978 with the song "Rien qu'une femme" but she lost out to the group Baccara. In the 1960s she also starred in several music and drama movies and on TV in Germany, Denmark, and Sweden.
Through ensuing decades her singles still reached the German charts, but never with the same success she enjoyed in the 1960s. In the 1980s, she changed her image and performed more adult-oriented music. She won some awards as a singer/entertainer. Her chart entries ended in the mid 1980s, but she has continued to be a successful live performer to the present day. A number of compilation albums have been recently released in Germany, among them a biographical DVD.
From 2004 to 2006 she starred with two other Scandinavian entertainers, Wenche Myhre and Siw Malmkvist, in a huge stage and tour success. The live CD recording of their show entered the German charts. In 2010, she presented a new CD, which also had a German chart entry. She had her first chart entry in 1960 in Sweden and her last in 2010 in Germany.
gitte, hænning, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, especially, poten. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Gitte Haenning news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Gitte Haenning born 29 June 1946 1 is a Danish singer and film actress who rose to fame as a child star in the 1950s 2 Gitte HaenningHaenning in 2005Born 1946 06 29 29 June 1946 age 76 Arhus DenmarkOccupationSinger actorShe was known primarily monomously without a surname in Europe She moved to Sweden in 1958 Her first hit in Swedish was Tror du jag ljuger from 1961 As a teenager Gitte sang popular hits in German English Italian 4 songs Amo Johnny Parla La mela and Il ricordo recorded on two singles and Danish She had five different number one hits in three countries one in Denmark two in Sweden and two in Germany Her first German number one song was Ich will nen Cowboy als Mann This recording sold 1 05 million copies by mid 1965 earning Gitte a gold disc 1 In 1962 she attempted to compete for Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest with Jeg Snakker med mig Selv but was disqualified because the composer Sejr Volmer Sorensen had whistled the song in the canteen of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation In 1973 she competed for Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Junger Tag Her success continued after famous duets with Rex Gildo as Gitte amp Rex in a number of popular films 3 Gitte made an attempt to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1978 with the song Rien qu une femme but she lost out to the group Baccara In the 1960s she also starred in several music and drama movies and on TV in Germany Denmark and Sweden Gitte was among the most popular Schlager hit music singers of the post war era and continued to be popular in Germany and Denmark even as American music increasingly dominated the airwaves in the 1970s She recorded a jazz album with The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band in 1968 Through ensuing decades her singles still reached the German charts but never with the same success she enjoyed in the 1960s In the 1980s she changed her image and performed more adult oriented music She won some awards as a singer entertainer Her chart entries ended in the mid 1980s but she has continued to be a successful live performer to the present day A number of compilation albums have been recently released in Germany among them a biographical DVD From 2004 to 2006 she starred with two other Scandinavian entertainers Wenche Myhre and Siw Malmkvist in a huge stage and tour success The live CD recording of their show entered the German charts In 2010 she presented a new CD which also had a German chart entry She had her first chart entry in 1960 in Sweden and her last in 2010 in Germany Selected filmography EditThe World Revolves Around You 1964 In Bed by Eight 1965 as Prinzessin Margaret The Pipes 1966 as Mary Randy Hagbard and Signe 1967 as SigneReferences Edit a b Murrells Joseph 1978 The Book of Golden Discs 2nd ed London Barrie and Jenkins Ltd p 159 ISBN 0 214 20512 6 Morten Piil 2006 Danske filmskuespillere in Danish Copenhagen Denmark Gyldendal p 190 ISBN 978 87 02 02104 2 Gitte Haenning IMDb Retrieved 27 October 2017 External links EditVideo about Gitte s disqualified 1962 entry on YouTubePreceded byMary Rooswith Nur die Liebe lasst uns leben Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest1973 Succeeded byCindy amp Bertwith Die Sommermelodie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gitte Haenning amp oldid 1120953905, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
