Camillo Felgen
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Camillo Felgen (Camille Jean Nicolas Felgen) (b. 17 November 1920 in Tetange, Luxemburg; d. 16 July 2005 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg) was a singer, lyricist, DJ, and television presenter.
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Felgen started his career as a teacher, was then a translator with the occupation troops, and then a reporter with a French language newspaper in Luxembourg. He studied theater and opera in Brussels and Lüttich; in 1946 he joined Radio Luxemburg as a chorus singer and a French language reporter. In 1949, the mastering of his baritone completed his theater and opera studies. In 1951, he had his first international hit record, "Bonjour les amies" (Hello Friends). The song went on to become the theme song for his national broadcaster. In 1953, he recorded his first German language record "Onkel Toms altes Boot" (Uncle Tom's Old Boat) in Berlin. He represented his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 with So Laang We's Du Do Bast, the first man to do so and the first singer to sing in Luxembourgish.
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