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Friedel Hensch & Die Cyprys

A hybrid singing band of types, Friedel Hensch & Pass away Cyprys were a massively popular quartet in Germany from 1946 before end from the 1960s. Hensch was created on July 7, 1906, in the German city of Landsberg/Warthe (right now a part of Poland and known as Gorzow Wielkopolski) …

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Joseph Schmidt

Schmidt’s all too short life and profession are among the tragedies from the music globe. He was therefore brief (under five foot) that he was basically shut from the operatic profession that his tone of voice was created and qualified for, and after fleeing the Nazis (he was of Jewish …

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Marlene Dietrich

Probably the most exotic actress from the 1930s and ’40s, Marlene Dietrich performed her cabaret act all over the world and recorded for Decca, Columbia and Capitol in the post-war period, after her film career had slowed. A solid German highlight and her unusual sung-spoken vocal design proved no hurdle …

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Comedian Harmonists

With three tenors, a baritone, a bass, and pianist Erwin Bootz, the Comedian Harmonists took early 20th century American vocal harmony music and gave it a Western european, almost Teutonic sensibility. With an eclectic repertoire that got in jazz, pop, film, opera, and cabaret music, they were well-known in Germany …

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Ivan Rebroff

Bigger-than-life German singer Ivan Rebroff was created prematurely on the train system in Berlin in 1931. The internationally acclaimed vocalist is usually interested in Russian folk tunes (his parents had been both Russian immigrants), is fairly fond of burgandy or merlot wine, and includes a range that spans four . …

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Anton Karas

By some reckoning, Anton Karas was the quintessential one-hit question, a guy associated around the world with one tune, and one tune only, “THE 3RD Man Theme” (also called “The Harry Lime Theme.”) Couple of musicians, nevertheless, ever do even more to insinuate the sound of an individual, relatively obscure …

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Florian Silbereisen

Blessed August 4, 1981, in Passau, Bavaria, Germany, popular tv personality and vocalist Florian Silbereisen received his 1st accordion at age three. It wasn’t a long time before the achieved musician discovered himself playing in ale halls and on tv. He offers since released several information and hosts his personal …

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