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Lys Assia
Lys Assia – born Rosa Mina Schärer in Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland on March
3, 1925 – was a singer best known as the winner of the first Eurovision Song
Contest in 1956. Initially interested in dancing, she took ballet lessons before
studying at the Conservatory and the Academy of Arts in Zurich. The outbreak of
the World War II interrupted her career as a dancer, and she then turned to
singing. After joining Eddie Bruner's orchestra as a singer, she signed her
first recording contract with the record label La Voix de son maître.
Subsequently, she signed with Radio Basel which...
