Daniela Simmons - Shout Back (2018)

One can not forget the dizzying success of Daniela Simmons' career after winning the second place at the Concours Eurovision de la Chanson in Bergen with the song "Pas pour moi". With this song, she succeeded in lightning fast in the European charts and ascend. Not only did she interpret this song in five languages, but she also appeared on the world's biggest stages, including Australia, where she contributed to the country's 200th anniversary celebrations.

This was soon followed by performances such as in the Empire State Building in New York, for the Unicef ​​concert with Harry Belafonte and Tina Turner; then the appearance in Wembley Stadium in front of 86000 spectators on the occasion of the European Championship opening in 1996 on the side of Simply Red; in the "Olympia" Concert Hall in Paris, together with Jeane Mason, Rika Zarai, Richard Claydermann and at the festivals of the Francophone song, where Daniela, together with Véronique Sanson is on stage (Daniela had already been with the producers of Véronique Sansons in Paris worked together). Performances include Patricia Kaas, Claude Maurane, Maxime Leforestier, Noir Desir, Jean Luc Lahaye, and many more. Then Daniela signs a contract with Polygram International, where she meets the producer of Shakatak and Nigel Wright. This is her first, released in London album. At this time she is together with the then biggest stars. Shakatak's singer Jill Saward is her backing vocalist when she sings the song "Day by Day" in a duet with Al Jarreau.

Titles such as "Shout Back" and "Found You Out" are heard on the Anglo-Saxon waves and Daniela can be seen at many festivals and television appearances. David Knopfler (the brother of Mark Knopfler of the Dire Straits) proposes to her a year later a new reprise of "To Love Somebody". Daniela's career begins on the stages of London. In the 80s and 90s, she is the Swiss star who receives the most attention from the media.

In a film that is shot in Prague with Otto Simanek, (Panthau), Daniela also works with. On her return to her native Italy, she embarks on a new production "Un altra Donna". With Enrico Ruggieri, Fiorella Mannoia, Toto Cutugno, Lucio Dalla and Loredana Berte, a tour throughout Italy. However, she often returns to France because she works with many stars in France and her collaborations are, so to speak, "limitless". Her performance, along with four pianos, starring Daniel Balavoine, Pascal Reynaud (son of comedian Fernand Reynaud) Gilbert Montagné and Claude Bolling, opens the door for Eddy Barclay, who takes her under his wing. This is the moment of the birth of the first French-language album, "Pour Qui", an album that gives her the opportunity to present her talents as a composer and author. At this time she contributes to the first album of Michael von der Heide her composition "Prière".

Tracklist:

1. Treading on Ice
2. Start Over Again
3. I Don't Know
4. If You Don't Wand My Body
5. Found You Out
6. Shout Back
7. Hot Nights
8. Schoolin' Me
9. Loving Somebody