Leandros was born in Palaiokastritsa , Corfu . Her father wanted to expand his career and went to Germany while she grew up at her grandmother 's house until the age of eight . In 1958 her parents took her to Germany where she stayed with her father permanently after her parents ' divorce . She revealed her talent at a young age while taking guitar , music , dance , ballet and voice lessons . In 1965 Leandros released her first single " Messer , Gabel , Schere , Licht " . This was the beginning of a successful career for her with her father as composer , manager and producer . In 1967 she received an offer to sing for Luxembourg at the '' Eurovision Song Contest '' with the song " L'amour est bleu " . She finished in fourth place but the song became one of the biggest worldwide hits of the year and was covered by other artists . She was shortly singing in eight languages with her albums , singles and EPs being sold all over the world
L'amour est bleu
L'amour est bleu
Vicky Leandros