Margot Eskens



Margot Eskens ( Düren , 12 August1939 ) is a German schlager singer mainly in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century, achieved successes. In the millennium, she came regularly on television.

She was an assistant to a dentist when they were in 1954 won a talent contest with the song Moulin Rouge, which earned her a record deal with company Polydor . In 1955, she comes with the song "Ich möchte heut ausgehn in 3rd place in the Schlagerparade.

The next two years she had her greatest successes with number 1 hit Tiritomba which 800,000 went over the counter and Cindy Oh Cindy . Her duets with Silvio Francesco be appreciated by the public.

She went with a new writer in the sea but could the successes of the 50s not match, in '62 she had a hit bite with Ein Herz, das kann man nicht kaufen, with this song, she went to theSchlagerfestival but had there Conny Froboess and Siw Malmkvist overrode.

In 1964 she had a hit with Mama to 8th in the charts. Two years later she took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 with the song Die Zeiger der Uhr, Germany was second consecutive year last ended with 0 pts, Eskens had to turn the tide, and did so in part, she earned 10th place.

Then she changed her record company's successes were out in 1977, she had a chart listing of two weeks with the song Think nicht an tomorrow . Yet she is still seen. As one of the biggest schlager stars She is married to her manager Karl-Heinz Münchow.

Since 1956, she has more than 40 million records and CDs sold. ==Successes [ edit] == (Title, year, charts Listing)


 * Ich möcht heut ausgehn, 1955, 3.
 * Tiritomba, 1956, 1.
 * Mamatschi, 1956 9.
 * Cindy Oh Cindy, 1957, 1.
 * Calypso Italiano, 1957 9. (*)
 * Rosamunde, 1957 7. (*)
 * Himmelblaue Serenade, 1958, 8. (*)
 * Mondschein-Partie, 1959, 5. (*)
 * Mama, 1964, 8.
 * Das Leben ist schön, 1975
 * Vom Baum gefallen 2005