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notice of music lovers as part of the pop band Arabesque which had tremendous success in Japan. Her first hit as Sandra was Maria Magdalena in 1985, written by her soon-to-be husband Michael Cretu and performed with keyboard player Frank Peterson. Later that year Sandra's debut album The Long Play was released, with successive albums put out at yearly intervals: Mirrors (1986), Ten On One (1987) and Into A Secret Land in 1988. A string of hits followed including "In the Heat of the Night," "Hi! Hi! Hi!," "Heaven Can Wait" and "Midnight Man." Many of these tracks were co-composed by Hubert Kemmler of Hubert KaH fame. For over five years Sandra ruled the airwaves and took Europe by storm.



Over the years, Frank Peterson began to take a more active role in the arranging Sandra's albums with Cretu, culminating in their joint work for Paintings In Yellow. Peterson co-composed such popular tracks as "Johnny Wanna Live" a gentle ballad about the mistreatment of animals, "The Skin I'm In" and the mysterious epic "The Journey" which many have cited as the precursor to their future Enigma project. In 1992 Sandra came out with the Michael Cretu composed and produced album Close To Seven which featured many Enigma-traits. The album was well-received primarily because of all the new fans Enigma had brought. Sandra sang on the second Enigma album and completed another solo album in 1995 entitled Fading Shades. This very upbeat, pop-dance album did not fair as well as her previous outings, and was primarily composed by Jens Gad who had started collaborating with Cretu. Sandra retired to raise a family after her 2-CD 'best-of' compilation My Favourites in 1999, but not before she had won the hearts of millions. Indeed, in 2002 she started her comeback with the album The Wheel of Time.