Gitte Hænning

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Gitte Hænning (born on 29 June 1946 in Århus, Denmark) is a Danish singer and film actress, who rose to fame as a child star in the 1950's.

Because her name was relatively unique, she was known primarily without a surname in Europe. As a teenager, Gitte sang popular hits in German, English, and Danish, going on to top the Danish and Swedish charts in the 1960's, and eventually in Germany with the single Ich will 'nen Cowboy als Mann. Her success continued after famous duets with Rex Gildo as "Gitte & Rex" in a number of popular films.^[1]

Gitte was among the most popular Schlager (hit music) singers of the post-war era, and continued to be popular in Germany and Denmark even as American music increasingly dominated the airwaves in the 1970's. Through the ensuing decades her singles still reach the German charts, but never with the same success she enjoyed in the 1960's. A number of compilations have been recently released in Germany, among them a biographical DVD, all to commemorate one of the most famous singers of the German and Danish languages.