Peter Beil

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Peter Beil in 2005
Autograph by Peter Beil

Peter Beil , actually Tom Karrasch (born July 9, 1937 in Hamburg ; † April 13, 2007 there ), was a German pop singer , trumpeter, composer and band leader.

Life

Peter Beil took violin lessons as a 12-year-old . He also played in the trombone choir , where he discovered the trumpet for himself. After finishing school, he first did a commercial apprenticeship. He later worked as an employee at Hamburg Airport . Finally he studied classical trumpet at the State Music Academy. He performed at parties on weekends with a college friend. Over time, the group expanded to six members and called itself "Crazy Combo". The lead singer was Peter Beil. In 1958 the band was able to appear in Peter Frankenfeld's show "Toi, Toi, Toi". Then Peter Beil got a record deal with the Fontana label, a subsidiary of Philips . However, the first recordings were not very successful. His breakthrough came in the spring of 1961 with the German recording of the Ray Peterson hit Corinna, Corinna . This song stayed in the German charts for weeks. At the same time his German version of the Ricky Nelson hit Hello Mary Lou was published under the pseudonym Ricky Boys , in which he himself sang the second voice.

In the following year, Peter Beil was able to qualify for the German Schlager Festival in Baden-Baden with the title An Italian in Love , but only ended up in last place there. The Ricky Boys project was also pursued, this time with Franco Duval as a singing partner. Peter Beil also appeared in two hit films . With his title Carolin-Carolina he appeared in the 1962 film Tanze mit mir in den Morgen and with Tonight (El Cóndor Pasa) he appeared in 1970 in the film Musik, Musik - the penne wobbles with you.

Until well into the 1960s, Beil successfully recorded German cover versions of American songs, including Und dein Zugfahrt durch die Nacht (Original: 500 miles from home ), which in Germany was mainly in the French version J'entends sung by Richard Anthony siffler le train became known. In 1965, Beil took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest . His contribution Nur aus Liebe landed with zero points in one of the last three places among the total of six participants.

In 1966 Peter Beil switched to the record company CBS , where he had another great success with Fremde in der Nacht , the German version of the Frank Sinatra hit Strangers in the Night . Another attempt to participate in the German Schlager Festival in 1966 with I want to go there failed. In 1970 Peter Beil was featured in one of the first editions of the ZDF hit parade with the title The lightning strike and took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest with blue eyes, red lips and auburn hair , but only achieved that with zero points last place of the six participants. Nevertheless, he had many successful singles in the following years with titles like you, me, the two of us , question about love or a girl to fall in love with . By the end of the 1970s, he was also the musical director of the hit parade tour with Dieter Thomas Heck .

Grave of Peter Beil

In addition to his own recordings, he also composed for other artists. In 1984 he finally joined the Hazy Osterwald Sextet as a trumpeter. After that he was occasionally seen and heard as a choir singer with various artists.

Peter Beil is the father of the presenter and actress Caroline Beil , whose mother, Barbara Kalweit, Miss Hamburg 1964, he met at the subsequent Miss Germany elections in Berlin and married in 1966. He died of lung cancer in 2007 and was buried in the Altona cemetery in Hamburg.

Discography

Albums

  • Melodies from West Side Story (1964; Philips)
  • Peter Beil (1966; Philips)
  • You Must Never Be Lonely (1966; CBS)
  • A song sounds (1967; Fontana)
  • The Great Achievements (1993)
  • Two good friends (1997)
  • Corinna, Corinna (2000; Bear Family Records )

Singles

  • Label of the single Sophia , 1960

  • Label of the single I will come again , GDR pressing from 1960

  • Label of the single Corinna, Corinna , 1961

  • Label of the single Hello, Mary-Lou , 1961

  • Label of the single All My Dreams , 1966

  • Label of the single Der Blitz struck , 1969

  • Label of the single Stay Forever, Lydia , 1973

Release title Label
catalog number
12/1958 Torero
O Cara Carolina 		Fontana 269 ​​200 TF
7/1959 I wish something
come back, beautiful Mina 		Fontana 269 213 TF
11/1959 Prima donna in my heart
You already belong to someone else 		Fontana 269 221 TF
2/1960 Sophia
goodbye, my darling 		Fontana 269 236 TF
5/1960 You are the most beautiful
red roses and blue dreams 		Fontana 269 256 TF
11/1960 In Barcelona
I go alone 		Fontana 269 272 TF
11/1960 I'll be back ( O sole mio )
Four little shoes 		Fontana 269 277 TF
5/1961 Goodbye, goodbye
, oh Madlen 		Fontana 269 281 TF
7/1961 Corinna, Corinna
tears in your eyes 		Fontana 269 284 TF
8/1961 Hello, Mary-Lou (as Ricky Boys )
Every day is beautiful (as Ricky Boys ) 		Philips 345 313 ​​PF
9/1961 Faithful like a dog (with Leo Leandros ; as The Good Friends )
The Story of Old Joe (The Horse Ballade) (with Leo Leandros; as The Good Friends ) 		Philips 345 319 PF
11/1961 Thirteen girls
... that's you 		Fontana 269 286 TF
2/1962 An Italian in love.
Your first kiss 		Fontana 269 289 TF
6/1962 Leave the lipstick at home (with Franco Duval ; as Ricky Boys )
A silk dress (with Franco Duval; as Ricky Boys ) 		Philips 345 378 PF
10/1962 Carolin-Carolina
The moon has turned your head 		Fontana 269 297 TF
2/1963 And your train never runs through the night
cry 		Fontana 269 298 TF
4/1963 Little annoyance Monika in
front of your window 		Fontana 269 300 TF
4/1963 Number one in my heart
When will it be like this again 		Fontana 269 301 TF
1963 Go On, Billy (with Franco Duval; as Ricky Boys )
Sweet Rosalie (with Franco Duval; as Ricky Boys ) 		Philips 345 601 PF
1963 Because I love you
too beautiful 		Philips 345 636 PF
1963 Must be (as Ricky Boys )
My Sunny Baby (as Ricky Boys ) 		Philips 345 653 PF
1964 Veronika
Josefin 		Philips 345 729 PF
1964 One blonde, one brown
I'm in love with your mouth 		Philips 345 777 PF
1965 I walk alone through the dark night
My son, be smart 		Philips 345 810 PF
1965 Zorba's dance (from the movie Alexis Sorbas )
If you kiss someone else too 		Philips 345 847 PF
1965 I never believe that of you Who can do that?
 Philips 345 858 PF
1966 Strangers in the night
Don't pass by in great happiness 		CBS 2219
1966 All of my dreams
Who knows what's tomorrow 		CBS 2292
1967 It's only so beautiful because of you A train is leaving
 CBS 2527
1967 The way it used to be at
some point 		CBS 2693
1967 When I'm with you I
don't mind 		CBS 2877
1968 Then parting is not so difficult.
One alone 		CBS 2907
1968 They congratulate me (Congratulations)
It wasn't a game 		CBS 3419
1968 This is my way
A world of sunshine 		Columbia C23 835
1968 Summer
sunshine you shall bear my name 		Columbia C23 971
1969 The lightning struck a
golden hair 		EMI Columbia 1 C006-28719
1969 Summa Summarum
Try, Try, Try Again 		EMI Columbia 1 C006-28745
1970 Tonight ( El Condor Pasa )
The big lot 		EMI Columbia 1 C006-28762
1970 Ask love
you walk next to me 		EMI Columbia 1 C006-28789
1973 Don't cry when you're lonely
Sweet Caroline 		BASF 05 19046
1973 Stay forever, Lydia
Laury 		BASF 05 19 140
1973 You, me, us both
In the garden of lost dreams 		BASF 05 19 149
1973 A girl to fall in love with.
A world for me 		BASF 05 19167
1973 Señorina
The girls with sad eyes 		BASF 05 19198
1974 Julia
you are way too beautiful 		BASF 05 11 141
1975 And your train drives through the night (hit version '75)
I'll see you again once 		BASF 06 19 238
1977 Adieu Adeline ( Ballad pour Adeline )
Prelude pour un enfant 		Philips 6003 659

Chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE
1961 Corinna, Corinna DE6 (44 weeks)
DE
Hello Mary Lou DE1 (28 weeks)
DE
1962 Carolin, Carolina DE20 (8 weeks)
DE
The moon has turned your head DE34 (8 weeks)
DE
Small pain in the ass, Monika DE11 (28 weeks)
DE
1963 And your train goes through the night DE11 (20 weeks)
DE
Number one in my heart DE14 (12 weeks)
DE
Because I love you DE38 (12 weeks)
DE
1966 Strangers in the night DE24 (12 weeks)
DE
All of my dreams DE31 (6 weeks)
DE
1969 Summer sunshine DE30 (4 weeks)
DE
1970 Lightning struck DE33 (4 weeks)
DE

Web links

Commons : Peter Beil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Caroline Beil chooses Miss Germany . In: BZ , January 12, 2002
  2. ^ Farewell to Peter Beil - with balloons . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , April 24, 2007
  3. ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Hatchet, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer, trumpeter, composer and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 2007
Place of death Hamburg