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Alexandra was the stage name of German singer ''Doris Nefedov, maiden name Treitz'' (May 19, 1942 – July 31, 1969). ==Biography== Doris Treitz was born in Heydekrug, Memelland (today: Šilutė, Lithuania). Due to Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after WWII, her mother had to take her and her two elder sisters to the West. While the father wanted his daughters to aim for office jobs, the mother supported artistic aspirations, and the interest in foreign languages. At age 17, she left school in Kiel to become a fashion designer and actor in Hamburg, studying at ''Margot-Höpfner-Schauspielschule'', working in several jobs to earn the money. At age 19, Doris Treitz took part in the Miss Germany pageant, enjoying being in the spotlight while still living with her mother in a small cheap apartment in Hamburg's Rothenburgsort. In order to pay the rent, they had to lease a room, to a Russian, Nikolai Nefedov, who was 49 years old and en route to emigration into the US. Doris fell in love, they married. After their boy Alexander ("Sascha") was born when she was 20, the couple got a divorce and Mr. Nefedov went to America alone. Alexandra has two grandchildren, Dennis Nefedov, born May 1, 1993 and George Nefedov, born September 23, 2008, currently living in Boston, Massachusetts. As she did not consider her legal name Doris Nefedov as helpful for a career, she chose Alexandra instead, after her son. Before a concert of singer Salvatore Adamo, the crowd booed other new female talents away, until Alexandra won them over with her rather melancholic style. Hans R. Beierlein, the well known German music manager of Udo Jürgens, became her manager, friend and lover. Alexandra's first hit single, ''Zigeunerjunge'' ("gypsy boy"), was released in 1967; several more releases followed, including, ''Schwarze Balalaika'' ("black balalaika") and ''Mein Freund, der Baum'' ("my friend, the tree"). Most of the songs became no big hits, according to producer Fred Weyrich because they "were ahead of their time". She was forced to record a song not written by herself, ''Sehnsucht'' ("yearning") and vowed not to sing it again, yet it became a hit.〔''Sehnsucht'' reached number 12 in the German charts, ''Zigeunerjunge'' number 22. In summer 1969 her third and last hit was ''Erstes Morgenrot'' ("First red sunrise") which topped at number 17. Ehnert, Günter (ed.): ''Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956-1980''. Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, p. 15〕 In her international career, she performed songs in several other languages besides German as well, including French, English, Russian and Hebrew. In 1968, she performed in Rio de Janeiro, and spent a holiday there, meeting a new lover. In spring of 1969, she was awarded the ''Golden Europa'' award for best newcomer. Soon, she had to take a time-out in Davos due to the stress of her career which soon resumed after a move to Munich. She met Pierre Lafaire, and they intended to marry even though her sisters disagreed, suspecting fraud. They split up. Following phone calls, she sleeps in the same room with her son fearing that her son might get abducted, and writes her last will in favour of her son and mother. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexandra (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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