1959 - Germany
Performed by: Alice & Ellen Kessler
Music by: Helmut Zander
Lyrics by: Astrid Voltmann
Conductor: Franck Pourcel
Language: German
Placing: 8th (5 points)
Other versions: French
Alice and Ellen Kessler (born 20 August 1936), usually credited as the Kessler Twins (German: die Kessler-Zwillinge), are German twin sisters who as singers, dancers and actresses were popular in Europe, especially Germany and Italy, during the 1950s and 1960s.
The Kessler sisters enjoyed a significant degree of popularity in the US as well, making their American television debut on the CBS variety show The Red Skelton Hour and appearing on national television programs such as The Ed Sullivan Show. They also appeared in the 1963 film Sodom and Gomorrah as dancers and were featured on the cover of Life Magazine that same year.
Twin sisters Alice and Ellen Kessler were born in Nerchau, Saxony to parents Paul and Elsa Kessler. The girls started ballet classes at the age of six, and they joined the Leipzig Opera's child ballet program at age 11. When the twins were 18, their parents used a visitor's visa for the family to escape East Germany.
After they reached Düsseldorf, the sisters performed at the Palladium. Between 1955 and 1960, they performed at The Lido in Paris. There they met American singer Elvis Presley, who was on leave from the army on 17 June 1959. The twins represented West Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, finishing in 8th place with "Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n" ("Tonight we want to go dancing").
In 1960, the twins moved to Italy, where they gradually worked into more serious roles. They became very popular through the RAI television variety show Studio Uno (1961–1966).
At the age of 40, they agreed to pose on the cover of the Italian edition of Playboy. That issue became the fastest-selling Italian Playboy to that date. The Kessler twins moved back to Germany in 1986 and live in Grünwald, Bavaria. They have received awards from both the German and Italian governments for promoting German-Italian cooperation through their work in show business.
Lyrics:
Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n
Hallo, Boy, heute Abend wollen wir tanzen gehn
Hallo, Boy, heute wollen wir uns im Rhythmus drehn
Hast du Zeit? Dann komm mit, sag nicht nein
Heute wollen wir glücklich sein
Hallo, Boy, heute Abend ist die Band so gut
Hallo, Boy, und wir haben doch Musik im Blut
Hast du Zeit? Dann komm mit, sag nicht nein
Schön ist doch die Welt zu zwein
Und darum wolln wir tanzen, tanzen
Ohne Pause bis morgen früh
Immer tanzen, tanzen nach dieser Melodie
Hallo, Boy, alle Sorgen lassen wir zuhaus
Hallo, Boy, und wir tanzen uns mal richtig aus
Hast du Zeit? Dann komm mit, sag nicht nein
Heute wollen wir glücklich sein
Was die Teenager begeistert
Und was allen Twens gefällt
Ja, was jeder immer gerne hört
Das ist Musik aus aller Welt
Und darum wolln wir tanzen, tanzen
Ohne Pause bis morgen früh
Immer tanzen, tanzen nach dieser Melodie
Hallo, Boy, alle Sorgen lassen wir zuhaus
Hallo, Boy, und wir tanzen uns mal richtig aus
Hast du Zeit? Dann komm mit, sag nicht nein
Heute wollen wir beide glücklich sein
ENGLISH:
Tonight we want to go dancing
Hello, boy, tonight we want to go dancing
Hello, boy, tonight we want to move to the rhythm
Have you got some time? Then come along, don't say no
Today we want to be happy
Hello, boy, tonight the band is really good
Hello, boy, and we've got music in our blood
Have you got some time? Then come along, don't say no
The world is wonderful with the two of us
And that's why we want to dance, dance
Without any break till tomorrow morning
Always dancing, dancing to this melody
Hello, boy, we'll leave all our worries at home
Hello, boy, and we'll have a really good dance
Have you got some time? Then come along, don't say no
Today we want to be happy
What the teenager goes mad for
And what all twenties like
Yes, what everyone always likes to hear
Is music from all over the world
And that's why we want to dance, dance
Without any break till tomorrow morning
Always dancing, dancing to this melody
Hello, boy, we'll leave all our worries at home
Hello, boy, and we'll have a really good dance
Have you got some time? Then come along, don't say no
Today we both want to be happy
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