Wencke!

Look at this cutie & Marisa Tomei lookalike!

Wencke Myhre was a Norwegian singing and acting star. If you look up her name you’ll see she is still out there and has her own website.

She sang the song Ein Hoch der Liebe for Germany at Eurovision in 1968 and had a fulfilling career singing in Norwegian, Danish, German and Swedish. This album is from 1966 and was recorded with James Last’s orchestra; some of the songs on here are just spectacular, with full sound orchestra. Some people would call these Shlager but, damn you world, I call this purdy music.

Manana, Manana is catchy as all hell; Ola Ola, min eigne ugne is a beautiful traditional Scandinavian ballad and very Lee Hazlewood-ish; and finally, Vergessen und Vergeben is a fantastic, emotionally packed high drama ballad, just like I love’em.

Wencke Myhre – Manana, Manana
Wencke Myrhe – Ola Ola, min eigen unge
Wencke Myrhe – Vergessen und Vergeben