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Csepregi Éva born 22.10.1956 vocals 1969-1972 - Stereo 1972-1973 - Kócbabák 1973-1976 - Neoton & Kócbabák 1977-1990 - Neoton Família 1990-1992 - Éva-Neoton |
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![]() ![]() After a mediocre performance on "Ki Mit Tud?" the future of "Kócbabák" was uncertain. Marcella Babics left the trio, joining "Apostol" band. Éva Fábián, who set her hopes on the trio, started looking for someone to replace Marcella, and in Autumn Éva Pál became a new member of "Kócbabák". Éva Csepregi graduated school and got a secretary job in Chinoin company engineering department with a help of her classmate Judith Écsy's father. She still occasionally joined "Stereo" on stage. Nevertheless, in early 1973 "Kócbabák" was contacted by Hungarian TV, which was making a music show for Sweden to introduce recent Hungarian pop to Swedes. ![]() In 1976 the band drew attention of a bureaucrat named Péter Erdős who began supervising them; soon the band was reformed under the name "Neoton Família". In 1979 the band got a Grand Prix at international MIDEM event in Cannes with a song titled "Santa Maria", gaining wordwide renown. Some time later Éva agreed to become Péter Erdős's partner; their relationship lasted for several years. 30 years later, in 2009, she'll write a book titled "Napraforgó", detailing her relationship with Peter and the important role he played in her life. Eva went to become "Neoton Família"'s lead singer; her voice could be heard in such songs as "A Várunk rád" (1976), "Egy vidám dal" (1976), "Over the rainbow" (1978), "Szédult napraforgó" (1979), "Smile again" (1980), "Nézz rá!" (1980), "Vadvirág" (1981), "Game of chance" (1981), "Monte Carlo" (1982), "Nem szállunk ki a hajóból" (1982), "Atra" (1982), "Hosszú az a nap" (1982, cover version of a classic Hungarian hit song originally sung by Erzsi Kovács in 1958) and so on. In 1983 a duo of Éva Csepregi and "Neoton Família" guitar player Ádám Végvári got a Grand Prix at YAMAHA festival in Tokio with a song titled "Time goes by". ![]() Éva became largely famous in Asia where she was known as Eva Sun. A number of her albums and compilations combining her most outstanding solo songs and "Neoton Família" songs popular in Asia sung in English and Korean was released in Korea. In 1986 Éva also got a Most Outstanding Performance ![]() During the 1980s tension between "Neoton Família" members grew, and in the late 1989 the band broke up. Shortly before that Éva wrote and published a book detailing her life and music career titled "Éva vagyok a Neoton Famíliából" ("I'm Eva from Neoton Family", 1988), pointing out that she hates alcohol and dislikes punks among other things. After the band's breakup Éva became a managing director of a new Neoton-Pro record company in 1990, assembling a band named "Éva-Neoton" which included some of the former "family" members (Ádám Végvári, János Baracs, Edina Schäffer) and a new singer Renáta Rajcs. During 1990-1992 "Éva-Neoton" released several LPs and two compilations of Hungarian cover versions, first of "ABBA" songs (1992), second of "Boney'M" songs (1993). In 1992 David, Éva Csepregi and Bob Heatlie's son, was born, so Éva left the world of music for a while to care for him. After David gor older, she returned to her solo career, becoming also an actress of Éva Ruttkai Theater during 1996-1999. Her husband broke up with her though, so she had to raise her child alone. ![]() In 2002 Éva, celebrating a 30th anniversary of her singing career, released an album titled "Jubileum", a collection of her favorite "Neoton Família" hits in English with up-to-date arrangements. This album got a warm reception by her fans. Discography: 1985 - Midnight (in English) ![]() 1987 - Kék korszak 1988 - A sárkány éve 1989 - Éva (compilation in English) 1989 - Így vagy úgy 1989 - Intim percek (collection) 1989 - Runaway (collection in English) 1991 - I believe (collection in English) 1993 - Fura világ 1995 - Atlantisz 1996 - Pillantás a hídról (collection) 1999 - Ha változik a világ (collection) 2002 - Jubileum (compilation) 2007 - Szeress tovább (compilation) 2007 - Abrakadabra (collection) 2008 - Párizsi Lány (compilation) 2013 - Neoton swing (collection) By Mikhail Badanin Translated into English by Andrey Sinelnikov |