Maria Rosa Marco Poquet (; born 21 June 1939 in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

), better known by her stage name Salomé (, ), is a Spanish singer. She was one of the four winners of the

Eurovision Song Contest 1969 The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was the 14th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Madrid, Spain, following the country's victory at the with the song " La La La" by Massiel. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU ...

with the song " Vivo cantando".

Biography

She began her career in Radio Barcelona. Since then, she has continued her musical career combining it with television appearances as hostess. She has performed as opening act for

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. By 1963 she had recorded more than forty songs for record companies Iberofón and Zafiro. In 1963 she won the 5th music contest with her song in Catalan, "". Four years later, in 1967, she won the second prize on the 9th with her song in Catalan "". She also competed in the Festival de Valencia and Festival del Duero where she won the best singer prize. In 1969 se married Sebastián García. She recorded many songs in both Catalan and Spanish, the most popular ones being "Quinientas millas", "L'arbre", "Bésame mucho", "Com el vent", "L'emigrant", "Puedo morir mañana", "Isla del amor", and "Esperaré". She at the

in Madrid with the song "", composed by María José Cerato with lyrics by Aniano Alcalde. She shared the first prize with

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(), Frida Boccara (), and Lenny Kuhr (), the only time in the history of the contest when the prize was won by more than one contestant. She received the prize from the previous Eurovision winner, Spanish singer

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. Her dress was designed by Manuel Pertegaz, it weighed and it was made of small chalk blue porcelain cylinders wearing also three necklaces. Salomé recorded "" in eight languages (Spanish, Catalan, Basque, French, German, Italian, English, and Serbo-Croatian).

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Lyrics: "Vivo Cantando"
(as performed in the contest) 1939 births Living people Spanish women singers Eurovision Song Contest winners Singers from Barcelona Spanish television presenters {{Spain-singer-stub