Jump to content

Pepe Lienhard

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by KasparBot (talk | contribs) at 10:56, 24 February 2016 (migrating Persondata to Wikidata, please help, see challenges for this article). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Pepe Lienhard (born Peter Rudolf Lienhard; 23 March 1946 in Lenzburg) is a Swiss bandleader and musician.

Life

Already in school, Lienhard had begun a band with the name "The College Stompers". In university, he studied law, but broke off his studies in 1969 and founded a professional big band sextet, Pepe Lienhard Band, with which he released numerous albums. Their first success came with "Sheila Baby". The group won sixth place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 with the song "Swiss Lady".[1]

The band accompanied Udo Jürgens in his tours after 1982 and made several appearances with other stars like Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra.

In addition to his continued performances, Lienhard composes arrangements in a variety of styles.

Successful songs

  • "Sheila Baby"
  • "Swiss Lady"
  • "My Honeybee"

Discography

  • Saxy LiebesTraum

References

  1. ^ "About Pepe Lienhard Band". Eurovision. Retrieved 2 May 2014.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
1977 		Succeeded by
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pepe_Lienhard&oldid=706628064"