Tina York

Tina York née Monika Schwab (April 29, 1954, Bingen) is a German pop singer. She had her greatest success in 1974 with Wir lassen uns das Singen nicht verbieten.

Career

She initially worked as a paralegal after school. In 1969, at the age of 14, she recorded her first, unsuccessful single under the stage name Monia. In 1970, she was discovered by Rudi Wolpert at her sister Mary Roos's wedding. Her first single, Oh Mama Good Bye, a German version of the Tremeloes hit Me and My Life, was released in the same year under the stage name Tina York. The singer was under contract with the record company CBS from 1970 to 1976 and worked with producers such as Peter Orloff and Jack White.

York was a guest on numerous music programs on television, including a total of 17 times on the ZDF-Hitparade from 1970 to 1981, where she took first place in 1974 with the song Wir lassen uns das Singen nicht verbieten, written by White and Fred Jay. York placed in the top three with Wo die Sonne scheint, Liechtensteiner Polka (both 1974) and Ein Adler kann nicht fliegen (1977). In 1976, York took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Das alte Haus and finished in last place. The song, which was based on the disco style popular at the time, was probably not initially released as a single or on an album because of this result. It was not until 2001 that Das alte Haus was released on the comprehensive compilation Stationen: Von heute bis morgen released in 2001.