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Germany in 1988
Maxi and Chris Garden
Song
Lied für einen Freund
Bernd Meinunger
Composer(s)
Ralph Siegel
More information
Biography
Maxi and Chris Garden, a mother and daughter team, have been active in music for some time. Chris began playing the piano at the age of nine and by 13 had written her first composition. She plays keyboard in a rock group and has just released an album of her best songs. Daughter Max also began piano lessons at nine and plays guitar, flute, drums, accordion and organ.
Ralph Siegel and Dr. Bernd Meinunger, co-writers of the 1982 winning "Ein Bißchen Frieden", collaborated again for "Lied Für Einen Freund". Ralph, whose father Ralph Maria was also a composer (see Germany 1957), began playing the drums at six and subsequently spent time in Paris, Nashville and New York, perfecting his skills. He has already written over 1000 songs. Lyricist Dr. Bernd Meinunger was formerly an economist. He left that field in 1976 to concentrate on song writing and became an overnight success. He has written for most of Germany's top artists.
Michael Thatcher comes from California and worked with Tony Scott and Art Farmer before becoming Musical Director for a Hamburg production of "Godspell". He has arranged and produced records for Donna Summer, Gitte Haenning and Mireille Mathieu. He writes for film and television and tours as an accompanist/conductor for Howard Carpendale, Katja Ebstein and Julia Migenes. [Notes from the Official 1988 Programme by RTÉ]
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All Participations for Germany
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | No Angels | Disappear | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | Roger Cicero | Frauen regieren die Welt | 49 | 19 |
| 2006 | Texas Lightning | No, no, never | 36 | 14 |
| 2005 | Gracia | Run & hide | 4 | 24 |
| 2004 | Max (Maximilian Mutzke) | Can't wait until tonight | 93 | 8 |
| 2003 | Lou | Let’s get happy | 53 | 11 |
| 2002 | Corinna May | I can't live without music | 17 | 21 |
| 2001 | Michelle | Wer Liebe lebt | 66 | 8 |
| 2000 | Stefan Raab | Wadde hadde dudde da | 96 | 5 |
| 1999 | Sürpriz | Reise nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e seyahat | 140 | 3 |
| 1998 | Guildo Horn | Guildo hat euch lieb | 86 | 7 |
| 1997 | Bianca Shomburg | Zeit | 22 | 18 |
| 1995 | Stone and Stone | Verliebt in Dich | 1 | 23 |
| 1994 | MeKaDo | Wir geben 'ne Party | 128 | 3 |
| 1993 | Münchener Freiheit | Viel zu weit | 18 | 18 |
| 1992 | Wind | Träume sind für alle da | 27 | 15 |
| 1991 | Atlantis 2000 | Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben | 10 | 18 |
| 1990 | Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac | Frei zu leben | 60 | 9 |
| 1989 | Nino de Angelo | Flieger | 46 | 14 |
| 1988 | Maxi and Chris Garden | Lied für einen Freund | 48 | 14 |
| 1987 | Wind | Laß die Sonne in dein Herz | 141 | 2 |
| 1986 | Ingrid Peters | Über die Brücke geh'n | 62 | 8 |
| 1985 | Wind | Für alle | 105 | 2 |
| 1984 | Mary Roos | Aufrecht geh'n | 34 | 13 |
| 1983 | Hoffmann und Hoffmann | Rücksicht | 94 | 5 |
| 1982 | Nicole | Ein bißchen Frieden | 161 | 1 |
| 1981 | Lena Valaitis | Johnny Blue | 132 | 2 |
| 1980 | Katja Ebstein | Theater | 128 | 2 |
| 1979 | Dschinghis Khan | Dschinghis Khan | 86 | 4 |
| 1978 | Ireen Sheer | Feuer | 84 | 6 |
| 1977 | Silver Convention | Telegram | 55 | 8 |
| 1976 | Les Humphries Singers | Sing, sang, song | 12 | 15 |
| 1975 | Joy Fleming | Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein | 15 | 17 |
| 1974 | Cindy und Bert | Die Sommermelodie | 3 | 14 |
| 1973 | Gitte | Junger Tag | 85 | 8 |
| 1972 | Mary Roos | Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben | 107 | 3 |
| 1971 | Katja Ebstein | Diese Welt | 100 | 3 |
| 1970 | Katja Ebstein | Wunder gibt es immer wieder | 12 | 3 |
| 1969 | Siw Malmkvist | Primaballerina | 8 | 9 |
| 1968 | Wencke Myhre | Ein Hoch der Liebe | 11 | 6 |
| 1967 | Inge Brück | Anouschka | 7 | 9 |
| 1966 | Margot Eskens | Die Zeiger der Uhr | 7 | 10 |
| 1965 | Ulla Wiesner | Paradies, wo bist du? | 0 | 15 |
| 1964 | Nora Nova | Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne | 0 | 13 |
| 1963 | Heidi Brühl | Marcel | 5 | 9 |
| 1962 | Conny Froboess | Zwei kleine Italiener | 9 | 6 |
| 1961 | Lale Andersen | Einmal sehen wir uns wieder | 3 | 13 |
| 1960 | Wyn Hoop | Bonne nuit, ma chérie! | 11 | 4 |
| 1959 | Alice and Ellen Kessler | Heut' woll'n wir tanzen geh'n | 5 | 8 |
| 1958 | Margot Hielscher | Für zwei Groschen Musik | 5 | 7 |
| 1957 | Margot Hielscher | Telefon, Telefon | 8 | 4 |
| 1956 | Walter Andreas Schwarz | Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | Freddy Quinn | So geht das jede Nacht | 0 | 2 |
