Pepe Lienhard Band

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Pepe Lienhard (born Peter Rudolf Lienhard; 23 March 1946 in Lenzburg) is a Swiss bandleader and musician.


Already in school, Lienhard had begun a band with the name "The College Stompers". In university, he studied law, but broke off his studies in 1969 and founded a professional big band sextet, Pepe Lienhard Band, with which he released numerous albums. Their first success came with "Sheila Baby". The group won sixth place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 with the song "Swiss Lady".

The band accompanied Udo Jürgens in his tours after 1982 and made several appearances with other stars like Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra.

In addition to his continued performances, Lienhard composes arrangements in a variety of styles.

Successful songs
"Sheila Baby"
"Swiss Lady"
"My Honeybee"

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Swiss Lady" was the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, performed in German by Pepe Lienhard Band. It remains the only Swiss entry to have reached no. 1 on the official Swiss Single Chart.

The song is about a man from the mountains who plays the alphorn and considers this instrument his "Swiss Lady". The song was performed twelfth on the night, following Israel's Ilanit with "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim" and preceding Sweden's Forbes with "Beatles". At the close of voting, it had received 71 points, placing 6th in a field of 18.

It was succeeded as Swiss representative at the 1978 Contest by Carole Vinci with "Vivre".