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SOUTH AFRICA
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--- Title ---
"The first kiss
goodnight"
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--- Singers ---
Bles Bridges &
Patricia Lewis
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In 1984 Bles Bridges released his first album.
It was an immediate success and went gold in less than a
month (selling 25,000 copies). Before his second album was
released, the first one went platinum (50,000 copies). Until
this time, all his songs were sung in Afrikaans. His record
company tested the market by releasing an English album and
it was an even bigger success. From that time every year at
least two albums were released, one Afrikaans and one English,
each one going at least platinum and many going on to reach
double platinum.
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Through the efforts of Eurovision South Africa,
Bles started singing ESC entries in Afrikaans and English.
Bles sang "Nina" (Iceland 1991) and it sold
almost 100,000 copies, making it one of the biggest ESC hits
in South Africa. Bles also recorded an English version of
"Frei zu leben" (Germany 1990) titled "Let me love you".
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In 1995 Bles signed to BMG Africa and in February
2000, they decided to team Bles, the biggest male singer
in South Africa with Patricia Lewis, the biggest female
singer in South Africa. Patricia had released 3 CDs, all
going platinum. BMG invited several top songwriters in South
Africa to compose songs exclusively for them. The first one,
"The first kiss goodnight" was written by Dennis East, a
top songwriter and they recorded it on 21 March 2000. Three
days later, Bles died tragically in a car crash on his way
home from a shop. His death sent shockwaves through the music
industry and "The first kiss goodnight" has been very much
in demand reaching gold on advance orders.
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