Lena Valaitis, real name Anelė Luise Jüssen, was born on September 7, 1943 in
Memel (now Klaipėda, Lithuania). After the Second World War, she grew up in West
Germany and began her musical career in 1970 with the single "Halt das Glück für
uns fest". In 1971, she achieved her first chart success with "Ob es so oder so
oder anders kommt" (number 26). Further successful titles followed, including
"So wie ein Regenbogen" (1973, number 23) and "Ein schöner Tag" (1976, number
11). She celebrated her greatest success in 1981 with "Johnny Blue", the German
entry for the Eurovision Song ...