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{{short description|German singer}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name = Joy Fleming
| name = Joy Fleming
| background = solo_singer
| background = solo_singer
| image = Joy fleming 20050901.jpg
| image = Joy fleming 20050901.jpg
| caption = Fleming in 2005.
| caption = Fleming in 2005
| birth_name = Erna Raad
| birth_name = Erna Raad
| alias = Erna Libenow
| alias = Erna Libenow
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1944|11|15}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1944|11|15}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|9|27|1944|11|15}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|9|27|1944|11|15}}
| origin = [[Rockenhausen]], Germany
| birth_place = [[Rockenhausen]], Germany<ref name=":0" />
| genre = {{hlist|[[Schlager]]|[[soul music|soul]]}}
| death_place = [[Sinsheim]], Germany<ref name=":1" />
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| genre = {{hlist|[[Schlager]]|[[soul music|soul]]}}
| years_active =
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
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'''Joy Fleming''' (born '''Erna Raad''', 15 November 1944 – 27 September 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/im-alter-von-72-jahren-saengerin-joy-fleming-ist-tot_id_7651410.html|title=Sängerin Joy Fleming ist tot|website=Focus.de|accessdate=30 September 2017}}</ref>) was a German singer. She is best known for her performance in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in 1975. She performed the song "[[Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein]]"<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p76503|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Joy Fleming|last=Monger|first=James Christopher|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=21 May 2010}}</ref> and was placed seventeenth out of nineteen countries. Despite its relatively low placing, the song has become popular amongst many Eurovision fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/joy-fleming-dies-aged-72|title=Eurovision fan favourite Joy Fleming dies|publisher=eurovision.tv|accessdate=6 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2017/09/30/memoriam-joy-fleming-passed-away-aged-72/197137/|title=In memoriam: German Eurovision legend Joy Fleming has passed away, aged 72|publisher=[[Wiwibloggs]]|accessdate=6 April 2020}}</ref>
'''Joy Fleming''' (born '''Erna Raad''', 15 November 1944 – 27 September 2017)<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/im-alter-von-72-jahren-saengerin-joy-fleming-ist-tot_id_7651410.html|title=Sängerin Joy Fleming ist tot|website=Focus.de|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref> was a German singer. She is best known for her performance in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in 1975. She performed the song "[[Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein]]"<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p76503|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Joy Fleming|last=Monger|first=James Christopher|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=21 May 2010}}</ref> and was placed seventeenth out of nineteen countries. Despite its relatively low placing, the song has become popular amongst many Eurovision fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/joy-fleming-dies-aged-72|title=Eurovision fan favourite Joy Fleming dies|date=28 September 2017|publisher=eurovision.tv|access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2017/09/30/memoriam-joy-fleming-passed-away-aged-72/197137/|title=In memoriam: German Eurovision legend Joy Fleming has passed away, aged 72|date=30 September 2017|publisher=[[Wiwibloggs]]|access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref>


She had a hit Disco record with the song and album "The Final Thing" in 1978 on Atlantic Records in the U.S. This was a covered song by the
She had a hit Disco record with the song and album "The Final Thing" in 1978 on Atlantic Records in the U.S. This was a covered song by the original artist Steve Bender (a member of the German Disco Group Dschinghis Khan) who also did the first version in 1976.
original artist Steve Bender (a member of the German Disco Group Dschinghis Khan) who also did the first version in 1976.


She made a further Eurovision bid in 1986, participating in the German national contest with the song "Miteinander". Her next involvement with Eurovision came in 2001 when, under a somewhat confusing arrangement with Swiss television she co-sang their contribution to the German final. The song, "Power of Trust" was performed with two other singers, [[Lesley Bogaert]] and [[Brigitte Oelke]], and was placed second. Fleming made another attempt in 2002 and finished as runner-up yet again, this time performing "[[Joy to the World]]" with the group Jambalaya.
She made a further Eurovision bid in 1986, participating in the German national contest with the song "Miteinander". Her next involvement with Eurovision came in 2001 when, under a somewhat confusing arrangement with Swiss television she co-sang their contribution to the German final. The song, "Power of Trust" was performed with two other singers, [[Lesley Bogaert]] and [[Brigitte Oelke]], and was placed second. Fleming made another attempt in 2002 and finished as runner-up yet again, this time performing "[[Joy to the World]]" with the group Jambalaya.

She died in her sleep in her home in [[Sinsheim]] on 27 September 2017.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2017-09-28 |title=Todesursache: Woran starb Joy Fleming (†72)? |url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/promis/todesursache-woran-starb-joy-fleming-72-art-416427 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de |language=de}}</ref>


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[[Category:German women singers]]
[[Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1975]]
[[Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1975]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg]]
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Revision as of 14:14, 19 October 2023

Joy Fleming
Fleming in 2005
Fleming in 2005
Background information
Birth nameErna Raad
Also known asErna Libenow
Born(1944-11-15)15 November 1944
Rockenhausen, Germany[1]
Died27 September 2017(2017-09-27) (aged 72)
Sinsheim, Germany[2]
Genres
OccupationSinger-songwriter

Joy Fleming (born Erna Raad, 15 November 1944 – 27 September 2017)[1] was a German singer. She is best known for her performance in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975. She performed the song "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"[3] and was placed seventeenth out of nineteen countries. Despite its relatively low placing, the song has become popular amongst many Eurovision fans.[4][5]

She had a hit Disco record with the song and album "The Final Thing" in 1978 on Atlantic Records in the U.S. This was a covered song by the original artist Steve Bender (a member of the German Disco Group Dschinghis Khan) who also did the first version in 1976.

She made a further Eurovision bid in 1986, participating in the German national contest with the song "Miteinander". Her next involvement with Eurovision came in 2001 when, under a somewhat confusing arrangement with Swiss television she co-sang their contribution to the German final. The song, "Power of Trust" was performed with two other singers, Lesley Bogaert and Brigitte Oelke, and was placed second. Fleming made another attempt in 2002 and finished as runner-up yet again, this time performing "Joy to the World" with the group Jambalaya.

She died in her sleep in her home in Sinsheim on 27 September 2017.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sängerin Joy Fleming ist tot". Focus.de. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Todesursache: Woran starb Joy Fleming (†72)?". www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de (in German). 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  3. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Biography: Joy Fleming". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Eurovision fan favourite Joy Fleming dies". eurovision.tv. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. ^ "In memoriam: German Eurovision legend Joy Fleming has passed away, aged 72". Wiwibloggs. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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