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German/American Marlene Dietrich's La Vie en Rose
Long, Long ago - in a Chicago hi-rise, Far, Far away - I once made love to a Lithuanian-American Chicago girl at her parent's 55th floor hi-rise apartment, which beautifully overlooked Lake...
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Our Last Summer: ABBA
Most people don't think that Americans are romantics.But we are.Here is the American 1st FamilyGood Bye, Lisa.Our Last Summer.Auf Wiedersehen.Here is the Swedish International Supergroup, ABBA with...
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Jackie Evancho: Some Enchanted Evening
Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho is an American classical crossover singer, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who gained wide recognition at an early age and, since 2009, has issued a platinum-selling EP...
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Great German/Americans: The Carpenters 70s Pop Superstars
Well with 38% of the American population being of German ethnicity, it should come as no surprise that the 70s American pop-superstars, The Carpenters, were German/Americans.The CarpentersThey smashed...
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Good Bye 2018 - Time to Say Goodbye with England's Sarah Brightman, Andrea...
Andrea Bocelli and Sarah BrightmanHappy New Year from the Chicago Schlager Music Review.Here is a juxtaposition, of the brilliant English classical soprano, Sarah Brightman - singing with Italian blind...
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Peruvian Girls Dig Helene Fischer
If German schlager/pop star Helene Fischer ever decides to tour the Western Hemisphere, we know of at least one country where she is bound to do well.Peru.That Andean country, also host to a long...
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Helene Fischer back when she was cute: Maya the Bee
Our contributor from Sacramento, California - Joe Sebastian - is a big fan of the pre-glitzy, schlager-era, Helene Fischer.Helene Fischer doing classic Euro kids' song, "Maya the Bee" He recently sent...
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GO CUBS GO!!!
In the qunitessential American comeback success story, the Chicago Cubs, after losing 6 of their 7 first games, this season, came back to sweep Los Angeles, Arizona, Seattle and the 1st place St. Louis...
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Hollywood Legend Doris Day (b. Mary Anne Kappelhoff) dies at 97
Legendary German/American Hollywood star and recording artist, Doris Day died today at her home in Carmel Valley, California. She was 97.Doris DayShe was the Ohio-born granddaughter of 19th century...
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Monagasque Princesses Grace Kelly and Stephanie de Monaco in song
You'd have to search long and hard to find pop music gold record pop performers from the miniscule European municipality of Monaco, but we did just that and we found them - Princess Grace Kelly and her...
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Schlager Star Beatrice Egli Rolling Like an Alpine Avalanche
We first covered Switzerland's Beatrice Egli 5 years ago.Beatrice Egli in 2019Back then she was essentially unknown and won a German TV pop music competition, Deutschland Suche Den Superstar, with,...
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Swiss Schlager Superstar Francine Jordi Back Up - Better Than Ever
Francine Jordi really put Swiss schlager music on the map. And we are proud to have covered this cute and astoundingly talented girl from Worb, Switzerland since way back in 2011.Swiss superstar...
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Belinda Carlisle in Norway
The Southern Californian, Belinda Carlisle, is best remembered for her role as the lead singer for the 1980s sensation - the Go-Gos. It was the first truly successful all-girl band and a mainstay of...
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