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Luxembourg in 1989
Park Café
Song
Monsieur
Maggie Parke, Bernard Loncheval, Yves Lacomblez
Composer(s)
Maggie Parke, Gast Waltzing
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Biography
PARK CAFÉ was founded and released their first maxi-single in 1986. They produced their first album in 1987 and performed in France at the 1988 festival "Le Printemps de Bourges", receiving excellent reviews. They are currently recording a new LP co-produced with Jean Trenchant. PARK CAFÉ's members: Gast Waltzing (trumpet, keyboards), Maggie Parke (vocals), Rom Heck (bass, background vocals). Additional musicians: Ander Schmit (keyboards, background vocals), Serge Vesque (guitar), Rainer Kind (drums), Jerome Goldschmidt (percussion).
Gast Waltzing studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique of Paris. Since 1986, has been professor of trumpet at the jazz department of the Conservatory of Luxembourg. Founder of PARK CAFÉ, he remains the band's driving force.
U.S.-born Maggie Parke came to Luxembourg in 1980, as Administrative Director of the Echternach International Music Festival. Gast Waltzing suggested composing pop-rock music together They have since composed the PARK CAFÉ repertoire.
Yves Lacomblez was from an early age rocked by African rhythms. With Belgium's "Two Man Sound" he recorded hits "Charlie Brown", "So Fla Fla" and "Disco Samba".
Bernard Loncheval won song-writing prominence with "Tout petit la planète" and "Hulla Hop" sung by Plastic Bertrand He is also a jazz saxophonist, session musician and music producer.
Eurovision Song Contest Musical Director, Benoît Kaufman, will conduct "Monsieur" by PARK CAFÉ. [Notes from the Official 1989 programme]
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All Participations for Luxembourg
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Modern Times | Donne-moi une chance | 11 | 20 |
| 1992 | Marion Welter and Kontinent | Sou fräi | 10 | 20 |
| 1991 | Sarah Bray | Un baiser volé | 29 | 14 |
| 1990 | Céline Carzo | Quand je te rêve | 38 | 13 |
| 1989 | Park Café | Monsieur | 8 | 20 |
| 1988 | Lara Fabian | Croire | 90 | 4 |
| 1987 | Plastic Bertrand | Amour amour | 4 | 21 |
| 1986 | Sherisse Laurence | L'amour de ma vie | 117 | 3 |
| 1985 | Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts | Children, Kinder, enfants | 37 | 13 |
| 1984 | Sophie Carle | 100\% d'amour | 39 | 10 |
| 1983 | Corinne Hermès | Si la vie est cadeau | 142 | 1 |
| 1982 | 78 | 6 | ||
| 1981 | Jean-Claude Pascal | C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique | 41 | 11 |
| 1980 | Sophie and Magaly | Papa pingouin | 56 | 9 |
| 1979 | Jeane Manson | J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux | 44 | 13 |
| 1978 | Baccara | Parlez-vous français? | 73 | 7 |
| 1977 | Anne Marie B. | Frère Jacques | 17 | 16 |
| 1976 | Jürgen Marcus | Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment | 17 | 14 |
| 1975 | Géraldine | Toi | 84 | 5 |
| 1974 | Ireen Sheer | Bye, bye, I love you | 14 | 4 |
| 1973 | Anne-Marie David | Tu te reconnaîtras | 129 | 1 |
| 1972 | Vicky Leandros | Après toi | 128 | 1 |
| 1971 | Monique Melsen | Pomme, pomme, pomme | 70 | 13 |
| 1970 | David-Alexandre Winter | Je suis tombé du ciel | 0 | 12 |
| 1969 | Romuald | Cathérine | 7 | 11 |
| 1968 | Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel | Nous vivrons d'amour | 5 | 11 |
| 1967 | Vicky | L'amour est bleu | 17 | 4 |
| 1966 | Michèle Torr | Ce soir je t'attendais | 7 | 10 |
| 1965 | France Gall | Poupée de cire, poupée de son | 32 | 1 |
| 1964 | Hugues Aufray | Dès que le printemps revient | 14 | 4 |
| 1963 | Nana Mouskouri | A force de prier | 13 | 8 |
| 1962 | Camillo Felgen | Petit bonhomme | 11 | 3 |
| 1961 | Jean-Claude Pascal | Nous les amoureux | 31 | 1 |
| 1960 | Camillo Felgen | So laang we's du do bast | 1 | 13 |
| 1958 | Solange Berry | Un grand amour | 1 | 10 |
| 1957 | Danièle Dupré | Tant de peine | 8 | 5 |
| 1956 | Michèle Arnaud | Ne crois pas | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | Michèle Arnaud | Les amants de minuit | 0 | 2 |