European female singers of the 1960s

Biographies, recommendations, sound clips, videos and links for pop’s fabbest femmes

May’s pick of the pops

Where the good times are

Beverley

May’s featured singers

Unusually, The Liverbirds weren’t a vocal group – instead the four-piece played all their own instruments.

The British band became a regular fixture at Hamburg’s Star-Club, where they cut two albums and four singles and even enjoyed success in the German charts.

The Liverbirds

Le chant de l'amour

Dean Cooper et les Dinns

Ma chi credi d'essere?

Vanna Scotti

German singer Heidi Franke’s career stalled when she mixed pop with politics and found herself banned from the airwaves.

Heidi Franke

Aside from La, la, la, her famous Eurovision winner, Spain’s Massiel offered a more serious sound than many of her contemporaries.

Massiel

Mein Freund, der Baum

Alexandra

May’s video of the month

Producer Germinal Tenas took this reluctant singer under his wing. To her dismay, the Vogue label snapped her up.

Tenas gave her the stage name Clothilde. A couple of EPs followed, but Clothilde never cared much for the songs she was given and lost heart in the whole entreprise.

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Clothilde
Saperlipopette (bleuet et chiendent)

Over my head

Cilla Black