Gary Lux
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| Born | (1959-01-26) 26 January 1959 (age 65) Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
Musical artist
Gerhard "Gary" Lux (born 26 January 1959) is a Canadian-born Austrian singer, most famous for having represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest on six occasions.
Career
Lux has released solo albums entitled "Dreidimensional" and "City of Angels" inspired by some time he had spent in Los Angeles.
Lux performed for Austria on the following occasions:
- 1983 as a member of Westend performing "Hurricane"
- 1984 providing backing for Anita performing "Einfach weg"
- 1985 as a solo artist performing "Kinder dieser Welt"
- 1987 as a solo artist performing "Nur noch Gefühl"
- 1993 providing backing for Tony Wegas performing "Maria Magdalena"
- 1995 providing backing for Stella Jones performing "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"
As a composer, Lux was placed second in the Austrian national heat for Eurovision in 1994 with the song "Solitaire" performed by Three Girl Madhouse. Gary also sang a duet with Gitti Seuberth at the 1984 Austrian final Komm hoit mi which placed 2nd.
Personal life
He was born in Ontario, Canada but returned to live in Austria with his parents as a young boy. He was married to Marianne (died of cancer on 4 April 2011) and has 2 sons, Benny and Dennis.
Sources
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gary Lux.
- Site about Eurovision Song Contest
- Entries for Gary Lux
| Preceded by Mess | Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 (member of Westend) | Succeeded by Anita |
| Preceded by Anita | Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 | Succeeded by Wilfried |
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- Anita
- Liane Augustin
- Nadine Beiler
- Blue Danube
- Timna Brauer
- Marty Brem
- Vincent Bueno
- Carmela Corren
- Thomas Forstner
- Petra Frey
- Global.Kryner
- Karel Gott
- Ferry Graf
- Peter Horten
- Stella Jones
- Udo Jürgens
- Kaleen
- Natália Kelly
- Lumix
- Gary Lux
- The Makemakes
- Jimmy Makulis
- Pia Maria
- Bob Martin
- Marianne Mendt
- Mess
- The Milestones
- George Nussbaumer
- Manuel Ortega
- Paenda
- Eric Papilaya
- Alf Poier
- The Rounder Girls
- Salena
- Cesár Sampson
- Schmetterlinge
- Eleonore Schwarz
- Christina Simon
- Simone
- Bobbie Singer
- Bettina Soriat
- Springtime
- Teya
- Tie Break
- Trackshittaz
- Nathan Trent
- Waterloo and Robinson
- Tony Wegas
- Westend
- Wilfried
- Harry Winter
- Conchita Wurst
- Zoë
"Alive"- "All to You"
- "Amen"
- "Boom Boom Boomerang"
- "Du bist"
- "Du bist Musik"
- "Du hast mich so fasziniert"
- "Einfach weg"
- "Falter im Wind"
- "Für den Frieden der Welt"
- "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe"
- "Get a Life – Get Alive"
- "Halo"
- "Heute in Jerusalem"
- "Hurricane"
- "I Am Yours"
- "Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien"
- "Keine Mauern mehr"
- "Kinder dieser Welt"
- "Limits"
- "Lisa Mona Lisa"
- "Loin d'ici"
- "Maria Magdalena"
- "Merci, Chérie"
- "Mrs. Caroline Robinson"
- "Musik"
- "My Little World"
- "Nobody but You"
- "Nur ein Lied"
- "Nur in der Wiener Luft"
- "Nur noch Gefühl"
- "One Step"
- "Reflection"
- "Rise Like a Phoenix"
- "Running on Air"
- "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen"
- "Say a Word"
- "The Secret Is Love"
- "Sehnsucht"
- "Shine"
- "Sonntag"
- "Tausend Fenster"
- "Venedig im Regen"
- "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"
- "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"
- "Warum nur, warum?"
- "Weil der Mensch zählt"
- "Weil's dr guat got"
- "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"
- "Wenn du da bist"
- "We Will Rave"
- "Who the Hell Is Edgar?"
- "Wohin, kleines Pony"
- "Woki mit deim Popo"
- "Y así"
- "Die Zeit ist einsam"
- "Zusammen geh'n"
- Note: Entries scored out signify where Austria did not compete
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