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Harry Winter (born Horst Winter) was a German-Austrian singer, musician, and band director.

Born in Beuthen, Upper Silesia (present-day Bytom, Poland), his family moved to Berlin after the Silesian Uprisings in 1921. He studied violin and clarinet at the Academy of Music and played in jazz and swing dance orchestras to earn a living, later becoming a bandleader. During the Nazi era, Winter adjusted to the regulations given by the Reichsmusikkammer and concentrated on singing and light dance music. As a Wehrmacht soldier, he was taken prisoner by American forces in late World War II. After the war ended, he began a new life in Vienna.

Winter participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960. Representing Austria with the song Du hast mich so fasziniert. It was performed seventh, and finished in seventh place, collecting six points.

He died in Vienna, Austria on 3 December, 2001, at the age of 87.

Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Participants
Flag of United KingdomBryan JohnsonFlag of SwedenSiw MalmkvistFlag of LuxembourgCamillo FelgenFlag of DenmarkKaty BødtgerFlag of BelgiumFud LeclercFlag of NorwayNora BrockstedtFlag of AustriaHarry WinterFlag of MonacoFrançois DegueltFlag of SwitzerlandAnita TraversiFlag of The NetherlandsRudi CarrellFlag of GermanyWyn HoopFlag of ItalyRenato RascelFlag of FranceJacqueline Boyer
Songs
Flag of United KingdomLooking High, High, HighFlag of SwedenAlla andra får varannFlag of LuxembourgSo laang we's du do bastFlag of DenmarkDet var en yndig tidFlag of BelgiumMon amour pour toiFlag of NorwayVoi VoiFlag of AustriaDu hast mich so fasziniertFlag of MonacoCe soir-làFlag of SwitzerlandCielo e terraFlag of The NetherlandsWat een gelukFlag of GermanyBonne nuit ma chérieFlag of ItalyRomanticaFlag of FranceTom Pillibi
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