Daisy Door (born 30 January 1944 in
Duisburg, real name Evelyn van Ophuisen) is a German
Schlager music singer.
Biography
As a child, Daisy Door sang on Radio Cologne. Her first recordings were performed with her sister Liane as "Li & Ev (e)"; A solo single was also issued. Later she was a member of the
Botho-Lucas-Chor.
In 1971 she became famous as solo singer with the song Du lebst in deiner Welt (Highlights of My Dreams) composed and produced by
Peter Thomas then with Als die Blumen Trauer trugen of the TV program Der Kommissar where she lent her voice to the unnamed actress
Sylvia Lukan [
de]. More than 500,000 copies of this title were sold within three months.
Daisy Door chose her pseudonym with reference to
Doris Day. Her current name is Evelyn Ericson and she lives in Duisburg.
Singles
as Li & Eve
1964: Bestell ein Taxi, EMI Electrola 22 747
1965: Oh, Mama Mia Mutti, EMI Electrola E 23 036
1965: Darling, Don’t Go, EMI Electrola E 23 097
as Eve
1965: Du bist für mich wie der Sonnenschein, EMI Electrola E 23 117
as Li & Ev
1966: Ben Sidih braucht Soldaten, EMI Electrola E 23 217
1966: Dann kam die Liebe, EMI Electrola E 23 368
as Daisy Door
1967: Curry, EMI Electrola E 23 461
1968: Mein Herz hat geschlossen, Vogue DV 14699
1969: Im Mondschein ist alles anders, Vogue DV 84989