Joe Grech

Joe Grech (aka: Joseph Grech, born February 9, 1934 in Cospicua ) is a Maltese pop singer and composer.

With his own composition Vola uccellino he was the winner of the first music show Malta Song Festival in 1960. 1967 he succeeded there another victory with singer Mary Rose Darmanin and titled Serenata. Finally, he won the first Maltese preselection for the European Song Contest and was therefore entitled to the Euro Vision Song Contest 1971 to travel to Dublin. With the original composition Marija I- Maltija, which he delivered in Maltese, he ended up in last place. In the 1970s, he had still many performances abroad. He appeared in England, Ireland, Canada, the U.S., Italy, and several times in Australia.