Grethe Ingmann

Grethe Ingmann
Grethe Ingmann at the Danish preselection for the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1963
Background information
Birth name Grethe Clemmensen
Born (1938-06-17)17 June 1938
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died 18 August 1990(1990-08-18) (aged 52)
Frederikssund, Denmark
Occupation(s) Singer

Grethe Ingmann (née Clemmensen; 17 June 1938 – 18 August 1990) was a Danish singer.

She started her career at the age of 17, when she temporarily performed as a singer of the Malihini Hawaiians pop quartet. Soon after she sang with the Danish guitarist Jørn Grauengaard and his trio.

In 1955 she met her future husband, guitarist Jørgen Ingmann. The couple married in 1956 and performed as the duet Grethe og Jørgen Ingmann. Together they won the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 representing Denmark with the jazz waltz "Dansevise" (Dancing tune) with music by Otto Francker and lyrics by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen.[1][2] It was the first entry performed by a duo to win the Contest and also the first Scandinavian winner.

In 1965 She entered the German Schlager Contest with the song "Sommerwind". She already dropped out in the preliminaries; nevertheless, the English version of the song written by Johnny Mercer in 1966 and sung by Frank Sinatra became an international hit.

Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann continued their musical career until the couple divorced in 1975. As a solo singer, she again participated in several Danish preselections for the Eurovision Song Contest, however, without success. she died of cancer on August 18, 1990 at age 52.[3]

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Ellen Winther
with "Vuggevise"		 Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest
1963		 Succeeded by
Bjørn Tidmand
with "Sangen om dig"

References

  1. ↑ "Grethe Ingmann". denstoredanske.dk (in Danish). 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  2. ↑ "Grethe Ingmann". gravsted.dk (in Danish). 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Hittebarn i musikken". information.dk (in Danish). February 24, 2003. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
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