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Udo Jürgens
Born: 30th September 1934, Klagenfurt, Austria
Died: 21st December 2014, Munsterlingen, Switzerland
Nationality: Austrian
Jürgen Udo Bockelmann generally known as Udo Jürgens, was an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over 50 years. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close to 1,000 songs, and sold over 104 million records. In 2007, he additionally obtained Swiss citizenship. In 2010, he legally changed his name to Udo Jürgens Bockelmann.
He is credited with broadening German-language pop music beyond the traditional post-war "schlager" (hit song) in the 1950s by infusing it with a modern pop appeal and French chanson style.
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