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Posted: Mar 11 2007, 12:35 AM

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Cretu

Sandra Cretu is a popular German singer/songwriter, currently living in Ibiza (Spain). She was lead singer of the disco trio Arabesque, but is most known for her work under her own name Sandra, enjoying a massive following in Europe (especially during the 1980s); she can also be heard on her husband Michael Cretu's project Enigma, as the mysterious female voice.

Sandra Ann Lauer was born on May 18th, 1962 in the German town of Saarbr�cken, close to the French border. Sandra�s father, Robert Lauer, is French and her mother, Karin Lauer, is German. Sandra also had an older brother, Gaston (who died in 1995), who was paraplegic. Her father owned a wine shop in Saarbr�cken and her mother worked in a shoe shop. Very early it was clear that Sandra was interested in music and dancing.

She started to learn classical ballet dancing at the age of five and continued doing so for 10 years. At the age of 10, she got her own guitar. A school teacher, who lived in the same street, used to give her lessons. In 1975 at the age of 13, Sandra was visiting a competition in Saarbr�cken, called "Young Star Festival", where new talents for the music industry were scouted. She was not actually taking part in the competition, but only in the audience. When all the nominated young hopefuls had finished their parts and the jury was discussing the results, she told her mother that she had to go to the bathroom, stood up, walked onto the stage, talked to the DJ to put on the German cover version of a song from Olivia Newton-John, grabbed the microphone and started singing. Aided by newfound recognition, she released the single "Andy Mein Freund", a song about a pet dog. The single performed poorly on the charts and she went back to school after the summer holidays. Sandra withdrew from the music scene for a few years.

Main discography:
* The Long Play (Album, 1985)
* Mirrors (Album, 1986)
* Ten On One (The Singles) (Collection + VHS, 1987)
* Into a Secret Land (Album, 1988)
* Everlasting Love (Collection, UK-Release, 1988)
* Paintings In Yellow (1990)
* Close To Seven (1992)
* 18 Greatest Hits (collection + VHS, 1992)
* Sandra Box Collection (1994)
* Fading Shades (1995)
* My Favourites (Favourites & Remixes, 1999)
* The Wheel Of Time (2002)
* The Complete History (DVD, 2003)
* Essential Sandra (2003, same as 18 Greatest Hits)
* Secrets Of Love (duet single with DJ Bobo, 2006)
* Reflections (the reproduced hits, 2006)
* The Art Of Love (2007)
* The Way I Am (2007)

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