5 dops

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5 Dops or The Five Dops was mostly the backing band of pop star Manuela in the 1960s .

history

Her successful career began in 1963 - in the legendary "Cafe Schindler" in Innsbruck. The Offenbach band Tornados was there for a long time. One evening the entourage of pop star Manuela was having fun in the “Cafe Schindler”, Toni Sailer was also there. The pop singer was enthusiastic about the sound, stage outfit and appearance of the musicians. Her manager and life partner, Werner Fey, made the "Tornados" an almost inconceivable offer: Manuela wanted to engage the young men as her companion band. The fee was 1,800 DM per man per month, a fortune for the time. The artist's management concluded individual contracts with the musicians and not a single contract applicable to the entire band. In addition, the formation had to adopt the name "5 Dops". That was the name of the pop star's first backing band, named after their leader Dobberstein. The Berlin-based “6 Dops” recorded in 1963 with the artist Mama / Horch, What comes from outside ' . The record was placed in the German charts for 13 weeks.

The 5 Dops are made up as follows:

  • Drums: Ted Malaky
  • Bass: Bodo Fickelscher
  • Piano / singer: Joachim Salg
  • Guitar: Walter Hotz / Jay Marshall
  • Rhythm guitar: Kalle Reith

Manuela's new backing band soon became one of the big names in German show business and was a celebrated “live act” on German-speaking stages at home and abroad. The artist's vocal "live quality" improved suddenly because Joachim Salg "doubled" her voice. One hit after the other (the record cover said: "Manuela and the 5 Dops"), one tour after the other followed (including to the GDR ). At the height of her career, Manuela signed the Scottish "Fleets", a second band in addition to the 5 Dops, which also had to do part of the live performances.

But there was more and more falling out, especially with Werner Fey, who led the management in an authoritarian manner (and often enough beyond Manuela), and the 5 Dops. Since there were only individual employment contracts, the musicians could easily be changed. Walter Hotz was the first to go. He was replaced by the Scot Jay Marshall. Kalle Reith followed, and Joachim Salg was dismissed in 1966. Ted Malaky and Bodo Fickelscher stayed until the end.

At the beginning of 1967 the band and Manuela finally separated because the tour times no longer wanted to go as planned.

Joachim Salg met Ralph Siegel in Munich and he became Buddy Caine. Right from his first song "Tears in the Face" / "Baby, that's love" (at Philips) was a considerable success. The German version of A Whiter Shade of Pale was a great song for Buddy. There was no better German singer for this song with a slightly negroid voice. Shortly before her death, Manuela was planning a comeback with Buddy Caine and his band. Nothing more came of that, Manuela died of a serious illness.

Discography

Singles

  • Donna / Lonely Tears (1965)
  • It was last year / She's out of Mind (1966)

Singles with Manuela

  • In my calendar / learn to swim in the lake (1964)
  • Love and Kisses / Nothing but Worries (1965)
  • Kisses under the rainbow / Two shadows on your window (1965)
  • Give me your heart as a talisman / snowman (1965)
  • Stupid Never Die / I'm Sorry (1966)
  • Make You Cry / Never Throw Your Love Away (1966)
  • Lord Leicester of Manchester / An Island for the Two of Us (1967)
  • The Bossa Nova was to blame (1964)

LP

  • Manuela The Great Successes (1965)

Filmography

  • Paris is worth the trip (1966) TV

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.offenbachrockt.de/bandlexikon/ef/5-dops/
  2. ↑ http://www.was-wurde-aus.at/pl_buddy-caine.htm
  3. ↑ Buddycaine.de ( Memento from March 6, 2005 in the Internet Archive )