Ulla Wiesner

[[File:Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - Ulla Wiesner.jpg|thumb|Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - Ulla Wiesner]] '''Ulla Wiesner''' (born 12 December 1940) is a German singer who was active from 1963 to 2002.

In 1965, she represented West Germany in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], with "[[Paradies, wo bist du?]]" (''Paradise, where are you?''). The song scored zero points along with three other countries out of the total of eighteen countries that entered the contest. Other than the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], where her zero-point result hurt her solo career before it had even fully begun,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aufrechtgehn.de/2000/01/dann-der-schlag-ins-gesicht |title=DVE 1965: Dann der Schlag ins Gesicht |access-date=29 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003090724/http://www.aufrechtgehn.de/2000/01/dann-der-schlag-ins-gesicht/ |archive-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> she was mainly active with the [[Botho-Lucas-Chor]]us, where she stayed as chorister for 30 years,<ref name="autogenerated1">[[:de:Diskussion:Ulla Wiesner|As stated by Ulla Wiesner]]</ref> notable for their musical accompaniment on the German TV show ''Musik ist Trumpf''.<ref>{{YouTube|ebfZ4DOIVu4|Ulla Wiesner and the Botho-Lucas-Chorus at "Musik ist Trumpf"}}</ref>

Wiesner is also the vocalist on several songs in the Brilliant-Musik<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brillant-musik.de/Archiv/Vocals/UllaWiesner.htm|title=Ulla Wiesner|website=Brillant-musik.de|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> archives, founded by Werner Tautz, who wrote several songs for her together with [[Heinz Kiessling]] and Hans Gerig. Wiesner released an album called ''Twilight Mood'' in 1970 with Addy Flor and his Orchestra. As one of Germany's busiest studio singers, she was assigned as backing vocalist for many popular artists, including [[Triumvirat]]'s album ''[[Illusions on a Double Dimple]]'' in 1974. Since then, notable singles of hers include "Abends kommen die Sterne" ("In the evening the stars appear"), "Wenn dieser Tag zu Ende geht" ("When this day comes to an end") and "Charade".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecgermany.de/archiv/DV1965.htm |title=DV1965 |access-date=11 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524212917/http://www.ecgermany.de/archiv/DV1965.htm |archive-date=24 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=https://germancharts.de/showitem.asp?interpret=Ulla+Wiesner&titel=Abends+kommen+die+Sterne&cat=s |title=germancharts.de - Ulla Wiesner - Abends kommen die Sterne |publisher=Germancharts.com |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life== Wiesner married the German TV producer and personality Alexander Arnz (1932–2004) in 1999.

==Discography== ===Singles=== *1964: "Charade" / "Joe oder Jonny" *1964: "Abends kommen die Sterne" / "Der rote Mohn" *1965: "Paradies, wo bist du?" / "Sag, weißt du denn, was Liebe ist?" (Love Is a Many-splendored Thing) *1965: "Wenn dieser Tag zu Ende geht" / "My Darling, My Love" *1967: "Das Wunder der Liebe" / "Mann der Träume" (Goin’ Out of My Head) *1973: "Blütenfest in Santa Fé" / "Träume von gestern" (reissued in 1980) *1974: "Chico de favella" (Fio Maravilla) / "Tristezza" *1975: "Tanz keinen Tango mit Django" / "Ich bin ein total moderner Typ" (Charleston) *1993: "Haut an Haut" / "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück" / "Geh’ Deinen Weg" / "Die große Freiheit" / "Wiedermal verliebt"

===Other releases=== Album names in parentheses: * 1964: Abends kommen die Sterne (Die große [[Polydor Records|POLYDOR]]-Starparade) * 1970: Vergessen und vorbei / So lang' die Welt sich für uns dreht / Sommer in Paris / Dieses Jahr (Die Orchester Addy Flor und Pete Jacques – Twilight Mood) * Sprich dich mal Aus (Deutsche Schlagerparade) * Niemandsland (Erwin Lehn und sein Südfunk-Orchester) * 1990: Paradies, wo bist du? (Die Sieger des deutschen Grand Prix - 1956 - 1990) * 1999: Dieses Jahr (Snowflakes) * 1999: Die Träume von gestern (25 Schlager Mit Herz Folge 1) * 2000: Vergessen und vorbei (Days of Summer: 27 Sensational Bossa Nova and Easy Tunes from the Brilliant-Musik Archive) * 2001: Paradies, wo bist du? (Alle Sieger des deutschen Grand Prix 1956 - 2000) * 2004: Charade / Joe oder Jonny (Vinyl Raritäten 13) * 2006: Sommer in Paris / Dieses Jahr / Vergessen und vorbei (Days of Summer: 24 Dreamy Vocals & Bossa Nova Pearls) * 2012: Träume von gestern (Träume von gestern)

== Collaboration == * 1974 : ''Illusions on a Double Dimple'' by [[Triumvirat]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book | last = O'Connor | first = John Kennedy | title = The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History | year = 2010 | publisher = Carlton Books | isbn = 978-1-84732-521-1| page = 189 }} *{{cite web| url = http://www.eurovision.de/laender/hamburg1035.html| title = 1965: Deutscher Vorentscheid in Hamburg| publisher = Norddeutscher Rundfunk| language = de| access-date = 29 April 2012}} *{{cite web| url = http://www.eurovision.de/geschichte/neapel101_p-2.html| title = Die Finalteilnehmer 1965| publisher = Norddeutscher Rundfunk| language = de| access-date = 29 April 2012| archive-date = 4 March 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031950/http://www.eurovision.de/geschichte/neapel101_p-2.html| url-status = dead}} {{Refend}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|1489990}}

{{Authority control}} {{Eurovision Song Contest 1965|state=collapsed}} {{Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest|state=collapsed}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiesner, Ulla}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Singers from Munich]] [[Category:Polydor Records artists]] [[Category:German women singers]] [[Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants]]