Milestones, also referred as The Milestones (per the Eurovision official web site), were an
Austria
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band
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, active between 1968 and 1975. They are known for their participation in the 1972
Eurovision Song Contest.
1968-1972
The band's original line up was Beatrix Neundlinger, Günter Grosslercher, Robert Unterweger and Rudi Tinsobin. Their first self-titled album was released in 1970. In 1972, Unterweger and Tinsobin left the band and were replaced by Norbert Niedermeyer and Christian Kolonovits.
Eurovision Song Contest
In 1972, Milestones were selected internally by broadcaster
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as the Austrian representatives for the
17th Eurovision Song Contest with the song "
Falter im Wind
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Established in 1977, ''Falter'' is published weekly on Wednesdays. The magazine was founded by Walter Martin Kienreich. The pu ...
" ("Butterfly In the Wind"), which was a very contemporary and atypical song for Eurovision at the time. At the contest, held in
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on 25 March, "Falter im Wind" proved unexpectedly popular with the jurors, finishing in fifth place of 18 entries. It remains one of Austria's most successful Eurovision entries, as only four songs have placed higher.
1973-1975
The band's second album, ''Emigration'', was released in 1973. They split up in 1975; Neundlinger and Grosslercher joined the group
Schmetterlinge
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, with which they would make another Eurovision appearance in 1977, while Niedermeyer became a member of
Springtime who became Austria's Eurovision entrants in 1978. Kolonovits moved into music production.
Discography
Singles
*1969: "Einmal"
*1970: "An diesem Freitag"
*1971: "Paul"
*1971: "20 Uhr 02"
*1972: "Falter im Wind"
*1973: "Apfelbaum"
*1974: "Schade"
Albums
*1970: ''Milestones''
*1973: ''Emigration''
Austrian Charts database
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References
External links
(German)
Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1972
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Austrian rock music groups
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Austria
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1972