Marisa

Marisa Stoch (born 1946, Salzburg) is a Brunanter singer-songwriter famous in the 1960s through the 1980s. She has recorded music in English, Dutch, German and Spanish.

Biography
Marisa was born in Salzburg to a father of Slovak origin and a Brunanter mother. Marisa was an up-and-coming singer performing at clubs in the early-mid 1960s. In 1964, Lyons/Bergstein Philip Bergstein saw Marisa perform at a Koningstad club. Amazed by her singing talent, he immediately hired her to the label.

In 1965, she was paired with American singer Jeannie Hunter to form the group Marisa and Hunter. She was then formally signed for five years. Throughout the sixties they became a popular group and achieved widespread successes at home and abroad. Albums like How I Love You (1965) and Driving Me Crazy (1967) were critically and commercially successful. In 1966, Marisa became engaged to 23-year-old singer Michael Verkamp, but they split up after two months engaged. By the late 1960s, Marisa began disagreeing with Hunter on how the group should continue and became unwilling to continue longer in the group. A stubborn girl, she was able to convince Lyons to produce a solo album. Released in 1968, Rebel and Other Songs became a successful song and became known for the lead single Rebel. That year, she became involved romantically with producer Jeffrey Lyons and they were married in the spring of 1969.

After an initial solo success, Marisa further wanted to continue producing solo works, but the record executives wanted her to continue with Marisa and Hunter. She dragged on the recording for the next album, In Love with You, and though set to be released in 1969 was delayed by six months. By then, she was having near-constant fights with her record label, which often failed to pay her for royalties and other fees. She also got a separation from husband Jeffrey, though they did not divorce. Eventually when her contract expired she left to sign with Stereophone Records (this became one of the big factors in Lyons/Bergstein's demise).

At Stereophone she had a number of top hits but she was unhappy personally. She married winemaking businessman Jeremy Morels in 1971 and Marisa moved to Grijzestad, where he lived.

Albums
Marisa and Hunter Marisa
 * How I Love You (1965)
 * Everyday/Alledaags (1966)
 * Driving Me Crazy/Tegen een Muur (1967)
 * In Love with You/In Liefde met U (1970)
 * Rebel and Other Songs (1968)
 * Waanzinnig Verliefd/Madly in Love (1970 EP)
 * Huilen/Crying (1971)
 * Gone/Weg (1972)
 * Ein kleiner Narr/A Little Fool (1973 EP)