Helmut Zacharias

b. 27 January 1920, Berlin, Germany, d. 28 Feb 2002. This violinist, arranger, composer and music group leader grew up in Berlin. At age three he was presented with a plaything violin by his dad, himself a specialist violinist. The present was quickly replaced by genuine, and at age six he was around the cabaret stage from the Faun on Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse. At age 11 he performed Mozart’s Violin Concerto In G Main on radio, and was quickly carrying out in concert throughout Germany. When Zacharias was 17, he bought himself a Hammig device using the proceeds of the Fritz Kreisler Honor. In 1941 he documented a swing program in the Odeon Studio room on Schlesische Strasse, but was drafted in to the German military shortly afterwards. Following a war Zacharias loved spells with numerous ensembles before developing his personal orchestra, which became well-known throughout Europe. One of is own biggest strikes, ‘When The White colored Lilacs Bloom Once again’ (a edition from the German track ‘Wenn Der Weisse Flieder Wieder Bluht’), was also released in america in 1956, and nearly made the very best 10. In the past due 50s Zacharias resolved in Ascona, the Italian section of Switzerland, and, shortly afterwards, in the first 60s, started to make a direct effect in the united kingdom with several effective albums. A few of them had been acknowledged ‘with Orchestra’, among others ‘with Magic Violins’. Among the second option was ‘Like IS SIMILAR TO A Violin’, that was enormously effective for Zacharias within the Continent, but was held from the UK graph by a edition from performing comedian Ken Dodd in 1960. Four years later on, Zacharias made the united kingdom Top 10, unopposed, with ‘Tokyo Melody’, which he published with Heinz Hellmer and Lionel Bart. It had been the theme tune for the 1964 Olympic Video games, the first event that they had been kept in Asia. Zacharias continuing to prosper along with his mixture of modern pops and light classics, performed inside a calm, swinging style, using the ever-present fiddle. His Greatest Strikes contained numbers such as for example ‘Cherry Red And Apple Blossom White colored’, ‘Under The Linden Tree’, and something of his personal most appealing compositions, ‘Blue Blues’. Zacharias retired from playing within the 90s, and experienced Alzheimer’s disease within the years preceding his loss of life.