Nora Nova
Nora Nova ( born May 8, 1928 in Sofia as Ahinora Kumanova ) is a German - Bulgarian pop singer.
Biography and artistic work
She studied four years at the Theatre Academy in Sofia and took singing lessons in parallel. In 1960 she moved to West Berlin, where she performed with the SFB. In the same year she was discovered by producer Nile Nobah and receives a recording contract with Electrola. The first single is great chance / I 'll stay with you, but as the following plates did not come in the charts. First public attention was given to her when she on June 4, 1961 4th place at the 1st German Schlager- Festival with You're so sweet when you smile, Cherie won. She then moved with Nobah to Ariola, where the third single men out there 's a dime a dozen / Nora ( phone from St. Tropez) in January 1963 rank 20 of the charts reached.
On January 11, 1964, she won the preliminary round of the Grand Prix Euro Vision Song Contest in Great Sendesaal the Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt and was allowed on March 21, 1964 at the Euro Vision Song Contest 1964 in Tivoli Koncertsal participate in Copenhagen. She took with her by Nils Nobah written, chanson similar title you get used to so quickly to the beautiful 13th and last place, without - to have a single point of the juries received - as three more posts in the competition. She was thus the / the first artist / artist, a zero -point result ersang for Germany. Previously, she had prevailed during the German pre against Gitta Lind and Cc Catch.
After the singing competition, it was quiet around the singer. In 1964 she married the nightclub owner Tony Otto and lived at that time in Wuppertal- Elberfeld, later in Dusseldorf. She entertained several catering establishments, after the early 1980s in Munich- Schwabing in the Hohenzollern street fashion boutique. Most recently, she was until 1997 the owner of a antique shop in Munich Türkenstraße. She lives since 1989 back in her hometown of Sofia. 2007 Nora Nova presented after decades of absence as a talk show guest of the public.
Their only hit men 's dime a dozen in 1980 was covered by the pop group Berlin Ideal during the German New Wave.
Discography
- The big chance / I 'll stay with you (# 21735 ), 1960
- Ti -Pi -Tin / You're so sweet when you smile (# 21803 ), 1960
- Clouds, waves and wind / Siesta (# 21916 ), 1961
- Che vera / on the white beach of Santorini (# 45222 ), 1961
- Raffle Lola / Incorrect string of beads (# 45330 ), 1961
- Men 's penny / Nora ( phone from St. Tropez ) (# 45444 ), December 1962
- I'm no angel - I'm a Beast / Jose Jose (# 10174 ), 1963
- Always, always the same old way / Do not turn around for other Frau'n (# 10346 ), 1963
- You get used so quickly to the Beautiful / Handsome men have a hard place (# 10588 ), 1964
- With emotions must not play / Papa Gallo ( # 18246 ), 1965