Ireen Sheer (born 25 February 1949 in Basildon, England) is a German-British pop singer who has competed in several Eurovision Song Contests over the past four decades. She married another musician, Gavin du Porter, in the late 1970s or early 1980s.Contents [hide]
1 Life and career
2 Awards
3 Hit songs
4 Other titles
5 Discography
6 External links

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Life and career

Sheer was discovered at the beginning of the 1960s through a talent competition, but still took time to graduate from a bank apprenticeship in spite of her early success. She sang for several pop groups, such as The Family Dogg, before she devoted herself from 1970 onwards to her solo career, focused mainly in Germany. She was marked an official success when "Goodbye Mama" became a Top 5 hit on the German charts in 1973. After that, she published numerous records, almost every one going on to become a hit in its own right. Sheer became a guest on several different television music-shows, including several appearances on the ZDF Hit Parade, one of Germany's most popular music programs.

In 1974 she represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest, whose title Bye Bye, I Love You achieved 4th place. Four years later, in 1978, she sang for Germany and won 6th place. In 1985 Ireen Sheer sang together with Annemieke Verdoorn, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Diane Solomon and Malcolm Roberts once more for Luxembourg. However, their title Children, Kinder, Enfants reached only 13th place. She took part in the contest two other times in which she didn't progress beyond the German preliminaries or finals: In 1976 with Einmal Wasser, einmal Wein ("Once Water, Once Wine") and in a 2002 duet with Bernhard Brink singing Es ist niemals zu spät ("It is never too late").

Besides her solo performances, Sheer also sang a number of duets with her ex-husband Gavin du Porter and her colleague Bernhard Brink. Over 30 years after her first hit, Sheer is still a well-known member of the pop-music establishment in Germany, continuing to appear on music shows and publish new albums and singles.
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Awards

Ireen Sheer has received several golden records for her work, and has twice received the highly-prestigious German music award [1] the Golden Tuning Fork, in 1981 as well as in 1993.
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Hit songs
1973 Goodbye Mama
1974 Bye Bye I Love You
1975 Ach lass mich noch einmal in Deine Augen seh'n
1977 Mach die Augen zu
1978 Hey, Junge, sag das noch einmal
1978 Feuer
1979 Hey, Mr. Musicman
1979 Das Lied der schönen Helena
1979 Wo soll denn die Liebe bleiben?
1980 Xanadu
1980 Spiel das nochmal
1982 Geh wenn du willst
1982 Erst wenn die Sonne nicht mehr scheint
1983 Ich hab Gefühle
1985 Hab ich dich heut nacht verloren
1986 Wenn du eine Frau wärst und ich wär ein Mann
1988 Ich bin da
1989 Die Frau, die bleibt
1990 Fantasy Island
1991 Seit du fort bist
1991 Heut Abend hab ich Kopfweh
1992 Du gehst fort (with Bernhard Brink)
1993 Wahnsinn
1993 Komm ich mach das schon
1994 Schöner Mann
1994 Das gewisse Etwas
1995 African Blue
1995 Zwei Herzen ein Gedanke (with Gavin du Porter)
1996 Prima Ballerina
1996 Nina Bobo
1996 Genau wie du
1997 Ich vermisse dich
1997 Solange tanz ich allein
1997 Heute nacht bist du da
1998 Männer wie du-REMIX
1998 Tennessee Waltz
1999 Manchmal in der Nacht
1999 Lüg, wenn du kannst
2000 Ein Kuss von dir
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Other titles
2000 Ich kann für nichts garantiern
2001 Farewell and Goodbye
2001 Jede Nacht mit dir ist Wahnsinn
2002 Es ist niemals zu spät (Duet with Bernhard Brink)
2002 Wenn du den Mond siehst
2003 Ich bin stark
2003 Music is my Life
2004 Ich komm wieder
2004 A domani Amore
2004 Ich hab den Himmel gesehn
2005 I do love you
2005 Bin wieder verliebt
2005 Heut verkauf ich meinen Mann
2006 Bitte geh
2006 Du bist heut nacht nicht allein - REMIX
2006 La bella bella Musica
2006 Du und ich
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Discography
1989 Star Portrait
1991 Ireen Sheer
1993 Das gewisse Etwas
1995 Tanz mit mir
1996 Star Collection
1997 Ich vermisse dich
1998 Weil Du mein Leben bist
2000 Ein Kuss ...
2001 Zeitlos
2002 Es ist niemals zu spät
2003 Lieben heißt leben
2004 Land der Liebe
2005 Frauen ab 40 sind der Hit
2005 Bin wieder verliebt

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Most searched Ireen Sheer lyrics 1)  Feuer ( Eurovision 1978 )   2)  Bye