Little unknown girl duo from Frankfurt, Germany, circa 1965. I realised today while searching for some info on these two lovelies that their great tune “I Get the Message” was featured on Vol 1 of Girls in the Garage!

“Stop that Man”, the single that was intended as the A side, is a fun-yet-creepy plea to save The Interpreters from “that man”, ie the obvious STALKER who follows them around town and keeps making eyes at them. Not only that, but he’s as “mean as he can be”. Who knew sociopaths could be this much fun?

Not much is out there about who Sylvia and Beate were, or how this record ended up on American shores. If anyone has a clue, do tell!

The Interpreters – Stop that Man
The Interpreters – I Get the Message

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