Udo Jürgens (born
Udo Jürgen Bockelmann; 30 September 1934 – 21 December 2014) was an
Austrian-
Swiss composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over fifty years. He won the
Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close to 1,000 songs, and sold over 100 million records. In 2007 he additionally obtained Swiss citizenship.