Éva Mikes
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Éva Mikes was a Hungarian pop
singer, who rose to fame during the 1960s.
She was also popular in other Eastern countries, such as the Sovietunion and Poland
(appearing on the Sopot International Song Festival
).
After the local succes of beat music
classical pop lost popularity, and she decided to retire. In 1973 - after her daughter born - she left the stage and worked as a music teacher. Éva Mikes died in 1986 after battling with cancer
.
Traditional pop music
Traditional pop or classic pop or standards music denotes, in general, Western popular music that either wholly predates the advent of rock and roll in the mid-1950s, or to any popular music which exists concurrently to rock and roll but originated in a time before the appearance of rock and roll,...
singer, who rose to fame during the 1960s.
Biograpghy
Mikes started her music career at the late 50's at the studio of the Magyar Rádió. Her characteristic voice and tender style made her quickly known troughout the country, along with singers like János Koós or Katalin Sárosi. Best known for her lyrical, romantic songs, she scored the first place in the very first Hungarian Top Hit Chart - published in Ifjúsági Magazin (Magazine for the Young People) in 1965 with her song Te szeress legalább.She was also popular in other Eastern countries, such as the Sovietunion and Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(appearing on the Sopot International Song Festival
Sopot International Song Festival
The Sopot International Song Festival is an international song contest held in Sopot, Poland. It was the biggest Polish music festival altogether with the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, and one of the biggest annual song contest in Europe...
).
After the local succes of beat music
Beat music
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a pop and rock music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll, doo wop, skiffle, R&B and soul...
classical pop lost popularity, and she decided to retire. In 1973 - after her daughter born - she left the stage and worked as a music teacher. Éva Mikes died in 1986 after battling with cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
.
Notable singles
- Ahogy mentem az utcán (1961)
- Ami szívemen a számon (1964)
- Egy kicsi szerencse (1965)
- Első szerelem (1965)
- Engem nem lehet elfelejteni (1965)
- Esős vasárnap délután (1965)
- Jó az álmodozás (1962)
- Nem fogok szomorkodni érted (1967)
- Te szeress legalább (1965)
Sources
- http://mek.niif.hu/00300/00355/html/ABC09732/10517.htm - Éva Mikes in the Hungarian Biographical Lexicon (Ágnes Kenyeres. Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994. 9789630524971), freely available on mek.niif.hu