Peter , Sue and Marc were a Swiss music group from Bern . The members were Peter Reber ( born 1949 , vocals / piano / guitar ) , Sue Schell ( born 1950 in New York , vocals ) , and Marc Dietrich ( born 1948 , vocals / guitar ) . They represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest four times ( and in four different languages , French in ESC 1971 with " Les illusions de nos vingt ans " , English in 1976 with " Djambo , Djambo " , German in 1979 with " Trödler und Co " , Italian in 1981 with " Io senza te " ) and sold over 2 million records in Switzerland . They held concerts in many countries including Germany , Austria , and Japan . Their greatest hit was " Cindy " in 1976 ( it was released in South Africa in 1978 , where it became a hit , peaking at number 3 on the charts in November of that year ) . The song " Birds of paradise " became a hit in Slovakia in 2006 . Initially the song was played at the funeral of 42 military plane crash victims . Following that people flooded radio stations across the country with requests for this song
42 military plane crash victims
2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash
Peter, Sue and Marc