Franzl Lang

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Franzl Lang , real name Franz Lang , (born December 28, 1930 in Obersendling , Munich , † December 6, 2015 in Munich) was a German singer, yodeler , guitarist and accordion player .

Life

Franz Lang grew up in Munich and learned to be a toolmaker after finishing school . As a 9-year-old he was given an accordion, which later became one of his trademarks. The popular actor Ludwig Schmid-Wildy brought him to Münchner Platzl , where he had his first stage experience. This was followed by test recordings and soon the first record deal came. His recording of the Kuckucksjodler made him famous. Numerous appearances on radio and television followed, in which he sang and, above all, yodeled.

Directed by Kurt Hoffmann , he appeared with a title in the film Salzburg Stories in 1956; in 1961 he took on a supporting role in the homeland film Der Orgelbauer von St. Marien , in which he sang the king yodel among other things . In the following year he was seen with the laughing yodel at the side of Kurt Großkurth in the hit film Tanze mit mir in den Morgen and appeared with Franz a Gstanzl in Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol .

In 1968 he had his greatest success with the Kufstein song . The popular folk song about the small Tyrolean town of Kufstein , which has won multiple awards , has become an evergreen in folk music. The song was also recorded by numerous other artists, such as Heino , Maria and Margot Hellwig and Marianne and Michael .

In the 1970s he was a permanent guest on the Lustige Musikanten on ZDF and on other popular programs. He has also been heard and seen on numerous concert tours. With over 500 songs sung, more than 10 million records sold, 20 gold records and one platinum record, he is one of the most successful singers in the folk music industry.

Since 1954 he was married to his wife Johanna. The couple had a son and a daughter. Franzl Lang died on December 6, 2015 at the age of 84 in a Munich hospital of multiple organ failure. He most recently suffered from diabetes and cataracts . Lang's body was cremated and his urn was buried in the Munich forest cemetery.

Honors

Success title

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Seasons yodelers
  DE 22nd 09/01/1956 (4 weeks)
The king yodel
  DE 43 03/01/1962 (4 weeks)
  • Cuckoo yodeler
  • The Königsjodler 1961
  • Mountain Vagabonds 1962
  • Archduke Johann Jodler 1964
  • The Kufsteinlied (The Pearl of Tyrol) 1968
  • When I stand on high mountains 1968
  • Zillertal, you are my Freud 1969
  • The echo yodel from Königsee 1970
  • I would like to go to Biersee 1970
  • Mei Vata is a Appenzeller 1973
  • I would like a yodel bride 1974
  • On the dance floor with the hostess zum Stern 1979
  • Up and down with lust for life 1988

Discography (albums)

  • 1970: Mountain Christmas (LP: Philips 63 883, recording: 1970)
  • 1977: Vacation in the mountains
  • 1979: Music from the mountains
  • 1987: It's beautiful in the world
  • 1991: I'm fine
  • 1996: joy in life
  • Alpine echo
  • The original Kufstein song
  • The king yodel
  • The most beautiful folk songs
  • The most beautiful yodelers in the world
  • Echo of the mountains
  • Friends of the mountains
  • Golden sun, golden mountains
  • Heaven, harsh and firn with the Imperial Bohemian
  • Holladaratata
  • In Upper Carniola
  • Yodeler king
  • Comrades of the mountains
  • Come with me to the mountains
  • Campfire in the mountains
  • Ski Heil
  • Beer mood
  • Mood at the yodelling host
  • We come from the mountains
  • Zillertal, you are my Freud
  • Tyrol home of the mountains
  • 10 year anniversary at the Jodlerwirt
  • In the wild west
  • Hello to Bavaria
  • Hearty pounds cross fidel
  • Bayernland
  • The white and blue hammer

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Kufsteinlied" interpreter Franzl Lang is dead. In: merkur.de. December 17, 2015, accessed December 17, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Last yodel for Franzl Lang († 84) In: Abendzeitung
  3. ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Lang, Franzl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lang, Franz (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer, yodeler, guitarist, accordion player and actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Obersendling , Munich , Bavaria , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 2015
Place of death Munich , Bavaria , Germany