Margot Eskens

Eskens at the Kurhaus, Scheveningen in 1961

Margot Eskens (12 August 1936 – 29 July 2022)[1] was a German Schlager singer, most popular in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1956 and 1957 she had two #1 hits, "Tiritomba" (which sold over 800,000 copies) and "Cindy, oh Cindy",[2] which was her biggest hit, which stayed for 25 weeks in the German Singles Top 10. Several duets with Silvio Francesco [de], the brother of Caterina Valente,[3] also ensued.

Eskens collaborated with producer/songwriter Kurt Feltz until 1961. She participated in the Deutscher Schlager-Festspiele in 1962, winning third place behind Conny Froboess and Siw Malmkvist. In 1966, she represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest and won tenth place.[4]

At the end of the 1980s she began to record more traditional "Schlagermusik" like her album Mein Traumland am Wörthersee (1990).[5] She continued to be a frequent guest on television programs into the 2000s.

  1. ^ "Margot Eskens: Schlager-Star wird auf Melaten in Köln beerdigt". Express (in German). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. ^ Polydor 841 324-2
  3. ^ Caterina Valente's hit The Breeze And I (Andalucia) reached the Top 10 the USA in 1955; Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955–1993. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research Inc., 1994, pg. 620
  4. ^ Unterlechner, Sebastian (4 August 2022). "German Eurovision Star Margot Eskens Passed Away!".
  5. ^ Frank Laufenberg / Ingrid Hake: Rock- und Pop-Lexikon. Vol. 1: ABBA – Kay Kyser. Düsseldorf and Wien: ECON, 1994, pg. 471