12 Facts About Ireen Sheer

Ireen Sheer was born on 25 February 1949 and is a German-English singer.

Ireen Sheer had her first major hit in 1970 with Hey Pleasure Man.

Ireen Sheer had a top five hit on the German singles chart with "Goodbye Mama" in 1973.

Ireen Sheer went on to finish fourth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 representing Luxembourg, sixth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 representing Germany, and thirteenth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 representing Luxembourg again.

Ireen Sheer was discovered at the beginning of the 1960s through a talent competition, but still took time to graduate from a bank apprenticeship in spite of her early success.

Ireen Sheer sang for several pop groups, such as The Family Dogg was a member of Gulivers People a resident band at Tiffany's in Londons west end, before she devoted herself from 1970 onwards to her solo career, focusing mainly on Germany.

Ireen Sheer became a guest on several different television music-shows, including several appearances on ZDF Hitparade, one of Germany's most popular music programs.

In 1985, Ireen Sheer sang together with Annemieke Verdoorn, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Diane Solomon and Malcolm Roberts, once more representing Luxembourg.

Ireen Sheer took part in the contest two other times, in which she did not progress beyond the German preliminaries or finals: in 1976 with "Einmal Wasser, einmal Wein" and in a 2002 duet with Bernhard Brink, singing "Es ist niemals zu spat".

Besides her solo performances, Ireen Sheer sang a number of duets with her ex-husband Gavin du Porter, and her colleague, Bernhard Brink.

Over thirty years after her first hit, Ireen Sheer is still a well-known member of the pop music establishment in Germany, continuing to appear on music shows and release new albums and singles.

Ireen Sheer has received several gold records for her work, and has twice received the German music award the Golden Tuning Fork, both in 1981 and 1993.