Lolita (Austrian singer)
Lolita, actually Edith Einzinger, born Zuser (born 17 January 1931 in St. Pölten, † June 30, 2010 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian pop singer, actress and television presenter.
Life
The daughter of a federal officials attended a trade school and worked as a clerk in a spinning mill, with a diploma in nursery teacher and dental assistant. She performed as a singer on at local events and represented in 1956 during an entertainment evening the diseased Gerhard Wendland. After test shots in the ORF studio Linz, she devoted herself from now on all of her career as a singer.
With her first hit White elderberry 1957 she was also seen in the eponymous film and was in the same year with the white moon of Maratonga take second place on the German charts. In 1960 it had a great success with sailor ( your home is the sea ) (written by Werner Scharfenberg and Fini Busch), which they reached in the German charts and number two in the U.S. under the title Sailor fifth place. This was the first mainly German -language single, which managed this. Overall, more than two million records of this title were sold, which came in on the Japanese charts. She was awarded a gold disc. All of their plates, most of wanderlust / homesickness had to content, she took on the record label Polydor. Several times she was also seen in movies where they recited their songs.
In 1965, Lolita had a big hit single with the hit men, masts and sailors, who became an Evergreen over the decades.
From the mid- 1960s, she turned to more popular music to and moderated since 1967 when the Saarland Radio over fifty times the television program In the pitcher to the green wreath. In the 1970s, she hosted along with Maxie Count the music program Funny Musicians of ZDF. In 1976 she was awarded the Hermann- Lons Medal. Until her death Lolita had sold more than 20 million records. She was married twice, but divorced both times. Had a child, a grandchild and last lived in Großgmain in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung. She died of cancer at the age of 79 years. The urn with the remains of Lolita was buried in Großgmain.