- Son of an Italian opera singer and a French actress.
- Had in 1957 his first vinyl recording under the pseudonym Yves Boyer.
- Emigrated in 1986 to Spain, and opened a restaurant and a cocktail bar,.
- Awarded in Nice (France) 1962 the World Academy Award for the best schlager music singer in the world.
- He had guest performances in the USA, as well as an appearance in the White House. He was called the "new Maurice Chevalier".
- In 1962 he hosted the Swiss TV show "Rendez-Vous mit Jo". In 1965 he got a new show called "Jo and his Clementine" which was also broadcast by the German television. During this time, Jo Roland has developed from a hit singer to an entertainer.
- Already as a child he played in numerous theater performances.
- With seven chart entries, 1958 was the most successful record year for Jo Roland.
- He was five years older than his record companies said.
- He was a well known Swiss singer, TV entertainer (''Rendez-vous avec Jo'' TV Show) named as Swiss Perry Como.
- In the summer of 1958 he published the title "Himmelblaue Serenade" in a duet with Christa Williams, which stayed in the hit parade for over half a year and reached number two.
- In 1993 he married a Spanish woman, who made him a father in 1994 at the age of 67.
- In 1968 he opened the nightclub "Jo Roland" in Zurich, which he ran until 1975.
- The record companies "made" him five years younger at the time, as he was already over 30 years old when he had his first hit in 1958.
- As early as 1958 he was allowed to sing the original German recording of "Mélodie d'amour". The record sold around 200,000 copies and earned him a top ten spot in the German charts.
- He grew up as the son of an opera singer in Geneva.
- In the 1960s, Jo Roland hosted TV programs such as "Jo and his Clementine" and ran a nightclub in Zurich.
- His last records came out in the 70's. After that he performed in international nightclubs and then in 1986 he opened a restaurant in Denia (Spain).
- In 1957 he became second behind Lys Assia in the Swiss preliminary round for the Grand Prix Eurovision with "Avec vingt Sous". "Avec vingt Sous" became his first single.
- After school he completed an apprenticeship as a hairdresser. He then had his voice trained in Geneva and Paris.
- In 1986 he moved to Spain where he opened a restaurant.
- In 1961 he won the Sopot Schlager Festival.
- His father was an opera singer and his mother an actress, so the artistic career was mapped out early.
- In 1988 his second wife drowned.
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