Peter Horton

Peter Horton was the stage name of Austrian singer, composer and writer Peter Müller. Throughout his career he released dozens of studio albums and singles.

He was best known for representing his country on home soil in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 in Vienna with the song "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt", which finished in joint 14th place with 2 points alongside the ent ries from The Netherlands and Norway respectively.

He died on 22 September 2023 at the age of 82 following his battle with Parkinson's disease, just three days after celebrating his birthday.

Eurovision Song Contest 1967

Songs

"Puppet on a String" • "If I Could Choose" • "Il doit faire beau là-bas" • "L'amour est bleu" • "Boum-Badaboum" • "Hablemos del amor" • "Ik heb zorgen" • "Som en dröm" • "Anouschka" • "Vse rože sveta" • "Non andare più lontano" • "O vento mudou" • "Varjoon – suojaan" • "Ring-dinge-ding" • "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt" • "Dukkemann" • "Quel cœur vas-tu briser?"

Performers

Sandie Shaw • Sean Dunphy • Noëlle Cordier • Vicky Leandros • Minouche Barelli • Raphael • Louis Neefs • Östen Warnerbring • Inge Brück • Lado Leskovar • Claudio Villa • Eduardo Nascimento • Fredi • Thérèse Steinmetz • Peter Horton • Kirsti Sparboe • Géraldine