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German girl singers of the 60s are the poor cousins
of the euro doll scene.
While brit girls and yé-yé mademoiselles have been endlessly
cataloged, compiled and re-released the deutsche Fräuleins
are largely forgotten, even in the home country.
Even if they lacked some of the musical farsightedness or
elegance of the aforementioned, there are still some gems
to be found in this uncharted territory.
Auf geht's!

Jens



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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:01 PM

Inge Brück
A:
O John (The House Of The Rising Sun)
B: Miss Molly Mill
TWR 14 649 AT (1970)

OK, let's start with some basic facts about Inge Brück, born in 1936 she only ever graced the german hitparade once at the very beginning of her career in 1957, with a cover version of Jim Lowe's "Green Door". She represented Germany at the Eurovision song contest in 1967 with "Anouschka" and ended up in 8th place (see her performance in the clip below). In 1970 she starred in the TV series Miss Molly Mill as a crime solving housekeeper. Later in the decade she turned to Christianity and released religious songs with tedious titles like "Sag' Ja zu Jesus" (Say Yes To Jesus). And from what I read she is still busy saving souls from purgatory today, bless her.
So what's she doing here, I hear you ask.
Well first of all Fräulein Brück has quite good singing voice, in a Petula Clark sort of way.
Secondly, she released this rather lovely cover of "The House Of The Rising Sun" in 1970. It doesn't really rock like The Animals version and of course all references to a brothel (which is what the song is about) have been removed by the prim and proper Miss Brück, but it has it's own charme and works quite well.

Inge Brück - O John (House Of The Rising Sun),1970