Belina - Jeder träumt seine eigenen Träume (1963)

Belina was born on February 6, 1925 in Treblinka, Poland as Lea-Nina Rodzynek. As a young woman, Lea-Nina fled to Germany, where she found work in a factory with fake documents and under a false name. When the fraud was discovered she was arrested and deported to a concentration camp, from which she escaped. She managed to be hidden until the end of the Third Reich. Paris was the first station in the freedom. There she traveled as a singer through the many taverns where the people called her "the Black Angel from Montparnasse".

She spoke six languages: Polish, English, Yiddish, Russian and German. Yet, she was also able to express herself and sing in another dozen foreign languages.

Belina performed in 1964/65 in more than 120 countries - a triumphant series of concerts which met with one rave review after another.
During her world tour with guitarist Siegfried Behrend, she was once given the score of a Korean folksong at noon with the request that she sing it the same evening. Belina sang it and the following day the concert reviews spoke of her rendition of the song in Korean as being a natural part of her - so convincing and immediate was the quality of her singing.

In 1981 she made a final, very beautiful, but unfortunately unacknowledged LP recording with guitarist Ladi Geisler. After this project, Belina retired from show business.

She was also an actress, known for "Treffpunkt Baden-Baden" (1964), "Rhythmus der Nationen" (1962) "Das gefällt auch morgen noch" (1963) and "Hoheit liebt nur dufte Puppen" (1965).

Belina died on December 12, 2006 in Hamburg, Germany.

The album "Jeder träumt seine eigenen Träume" features original recordings from a TV show in March 1963 called "Belina - Porträt einer Sängerin".


Tracklist:

A1 Exodus (Ein Land Ist Mein)
A2 Hava Naghila
A3 Dreh' Dich Nicht Um Nach Fremden Schatten (Le Grisbi)
A4 A Yiddische Momme
A5 Le Bonheur
A6 Blue Balalaika
B1 Jeder Träumt Seine Eigenen Träume
B2 Ich Weiß, Es Wird Einmal Ein Wunder Gescheh'n
B3 Tamburine
B4 Man Hat Uns Nicht Gefragt
B5 Einsamkeit (Blue Melody)
B6 Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (Nein, Es Tut Mir Nicht Leid)

Belina - Jeder träumt seine eigenen Träume (1963)

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