Emly Starr (born 5 September 1957 in
Laarne
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,
Belgium
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; birth name Marie-Christine Mareels) is a Belgian disco singer. She also appeared in the documentary film ''Santiago Lovers'' by
Romano Ferrari.
She has participated in several dance and song contests. In the
World Popular Song Festival
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at
Tokyo
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in 1980 with the entry "Mary Brown", she was finalist as Emly Starr Explosion.
Starr entered the
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
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, where she performed "
Samson
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" and finished in 13th place.
In 1985, she appeared in the role of Erika in the film ''Jumping'' (Dutch: ''Springen'') directed by
Jean-Pierre De Decker
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, a film which was
submitted to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film but not nominated, where she sang the song "Jump in the Dark", that was in the film's soundtrack.
Discography
Singles
* "Tears of Gold" / idem instr. (1976)
* "Back to the Beatles" / "I'll risk it" (1977)
* "Cha Cha D'Amore" / idem instr. (1977)
* "Dance of love" / "My Time (is your time)" (1977)
* "No No Sheriff" / idem instr. (1978)
* "Santiago Lover" / idem instr. (1978)
* "Baby love me" / idem instr. (1979)
* "Hey Aloha (Honolulu)" / "Baby love me" (1979)
* "Do Svidaanja" / "Bee bop boogie" (1980)
* "Get Up" / "Music in the air" (1980)
* "Mary Brown" / "Rock 'n' Roll Woman" (1980, Japão)
* "Sweet Lips" / "Hang On" (1981)
* "Let Me Sing" / "Baby I need your loving" (1981)
* "Samson" (''Samson & Delilah'') (1981, in
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* "Dynamite" / idem instr. (1982)
* "Key To Your Heart" / "The Letter" (1983)
* "Jump in the Dark" / "I know (how to love you)" (1986)
* "Rock and roll woman" / "I need help" (1980–1981)
Albums
* 1980: ''Emly Starr''
* 1980: ''The Best of Emly Starr Explosion''
* 1981: ''Emly Starr Explosion''
* 1982: ''Greatest Hits''
* 1984: ''The Letter''
* 2008: ''Greatest Hits (CD)''
External links
* in Dutch, French and English
Tokio's contest*
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1957 births
Living people
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Belgium
Belgian women singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1981
People from Laarne