She was natural Vassiliki Papathanasiou within Paleokastritsa, a resort on the island of Corfu, in the Ionian Sea. When her father wanted to expand his career, he attend Germany while Vicky grew up at her grannie's home until a age of 5. Within 1957 her parents took her with the children. It sleep in Hamburg, where she attend the German school. Whilst her parents divorced she stayed by having her father. Vicky Leandros has been sleep in Germany ever since.

She revealed her talent at the super immature age & while she was Xiii she freed her number 1 individual, "Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht", which was an quick profits.

Within 1967, she received an offer to sing for Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "L'amour est bleu". She finished within 4th place. This was the beginning of a unique career for her & her father: She was singing inside eight languages, by owning her albums existence sold a lot above the world.

Within 1972, she received a 2nd offer to represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision. She accepted & won a contest by owning a song "Après toi". Translated into English as "Come What May", it was too the large hit in the UK. A amount sales of the album as much as present keep around far exceeded 10 million copies. Inside 1974 she recorded "Theo" the song that was the immense hit chiefly within Gerseveral however that besides offered her many golden records in Europe.

In the period of her career Leandros worked by using several easily-known composers & producers, like Kim Fowley, Brad Shapiro and Michel Legrand, and besides by owning conductors like Herbert von Karajan and C. Denjean. She has been awarded among others by having a "Bronze Statue of Montreaux", "Golden Europa", "Record Award of USA", "Bronze Statue" (Japan) & numbers of others.

Around 1981 she recorded a album "Love is Alive" including duets sustaining Demis Roussos, Johnny Hallyday & United states-star David Soul for the United Nations Profit. The album brought her with success to the 80ies patch her French individual "A L'Est D'Eden" saw the immense profits selling to a higher degree 1,5 million albums around France.

Prior to giving to her personal life within 1986 to raise her Three youngsters she mass produced an album dedicated to her united states, Greece. It saw gold to the Benelux & German speaking countries.

She processed a immense comeback withwithin Greece in 1989 by having the album "Piretos tou erota" & around Europe around 1994 sustaining a duet by having Tony Christie "We are gonna stay together". Since so she has been toured super with success & gained for once more international plaudits.

Inside 2000 she started producing her have records. A album "Jetzt" / "Now" wwhen a large profits & her have compositions were praised as a better ballads she has sung above the survive decade. Her due by having Chris De Burgh was one of a highlights of that album.

In the meanwhile she understands once again herself on the stock & index charts of numerous countries like Canada, China, Japan, Belgium, South Africa and others due to the many Greatest hits collections that many corporations freed.

Inside 2003 she recorded a freshly album by owning songs by Mikis Theodorakis with the Camerata Orchestra under Theodorakis's superintendence. the album became a large profits around Germany & central Europe & inside Greece, as well ("Tragoudi alliotiko"). TV stations & tabloid newspaper reviewers celebrated her comeback, when more publications & reviewers questioned a principle behind Leandros' performance of left-wing political protest songs that based on data from the children she may never possibly start out to read. Leandros has appeared around several TV shows in German & Greek television, including the jamboree for Jose Carreras.The album manufactured it to the One c better selling records of 2003.

Vicky Leandros has received innumerous awards, including gold and platinum records from a lot around the world for albums that use sold further than 100 million copies.

From either 1982 till 1986 Leandros was married to Greek entrepreneur Ivan Zissiades; he is the father of her son, Leo. Within 2005, Leandros and her 2nd married man, Enno von Ruffin, separated after Xix years of marriage. A few has deuce girl, Milana & Sandra.

Her Jubilee Globe Tour 2006 may run from either Austria, Switzerl& & Germany and countries like Greece, France, Canada, Australia, UK, Belgium, Holland may watch. the tour is followed by a recently album by owning her better songs recently intended & sung.

DISCOGRAPHY (SELECTED) 1960's

Germany Songs und Folklore Canada Songs & Folklore Germany The Taste Of Vicky/international Japan The Taste Of Vicky/L'involvement Est Bleu Canada Love Is Blue Canada Fifty'liaison Est Bleu United states The Taste Of Vicky Germany Summer Forever Greece Vicky (To mystiko sou) Germany Ich Glaub' An Dich Japan Kleiner Prinz Greece I personally Mikri Mas Istoria

1970's

Japan By Request America I personally Mikri Mas Istoria (8-track) Canada Les Grands Succes De Vicky Germany Ich Bin England I Am Japan The Sweetly Lord Greece Pes Mou pos Bories America Vicky (8-track) Japan The Sweetly Lord (club edition) France Apres Toi Japan Apres Toi Canada Apres Toi Greece Single-channel Esi England Vicky Leandros Israel Vicky Leandros Japan Came What May/Vicky Sings around English America Are What May S-Africa Vicky Leandros/Come What May Holland The Favorite Songs Inside Greek Germany Meine Freunde Sind Die Traume Greece Itan Mia Vradia England Dreams Come Skillful Friends France Ceux Que J'aime S-Africa Simply Vicky! Canada A love For your Eyes Korea People Were A Days Germany Mein Lied Fur Dich England Our Song For You Greece Your computers Globe - The World Canada Ma Chanson Pour Toi Colombia Apres Toi Europe Through A Water America Through A Water Japan Through A Water Portugal Greatest Hits Germany Ich Liebe Das Leben Belgium J'aime La Vie France J'aime La Vie Greece Ine Zoi Ine Oreia Germany V.L. France Vicky Leandros Greece V.L. Greece Omorfa Chronia Germany Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen Bolivia El Disco De oro De Vicky Leandros Greece Poso S'agapo Germany Ich bin ein Maedchen America Vicky Leandros (Kim Fowley) Spain Oh Mi Mama

1980's

Germany Ich Gehe Neue Wege Europe Love Is Alive (U.North. Profit) Japan/ Love is Alive Greece Irhta Yia Sena Greece Vicky Leandros & Demis Roussos/Sing Greek Songs Germany Verlorenes Paradies Holland Verloren Zijn You Niet Germany/Holland/France Vicky Canada Vicky S-Africa A Greatest Gift Of Vicky Leandros (Two albums) Holland Eine Nacht Inside Griechenland S-Africa Sixteen Greatest Love Songs Germany Ich Bin Ich Japan Tripple Best/Le Temporary worker Des Fleurs Greece Piretos Tou Erota

1990's

Germany Starkes Gefuhl Germany Nur Einen Augenblick Greece Prósehe! Greece Andres Germany Lieben Und Leben Germany Gefuele Germany Weil Mein Herz Dich Nie Mehr Vergisst Netherlands Coney Beste Netherlands A Hitsingles Japan Vicky South Africa Greatest Hits

2000's

Germany Jetzt! Polland Jetzt! Greece Today! Germany Mit Offenen Armen Canada L'Amour Est Bleu vol.1 Japan Better Collection Netherlands/Europe A Singles+ Germany/Central Europe ...Singt Mikis Theodorakis Greece Tragouthi Alliotiko Germany ..Singt Mikis Theodorakis (Olympia Edition/2004) France Processed Around France South Africa An Evening By using Vicky Leandros China/Taiwan Vicky- Club Edition Germany Ich Bin Wie Ich Bin

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