Alexander Gordan

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Alexander Gordan is the stage name of Joachim Goroncy (born June 24, 1926 in Berlin ; † May 28, 2008 in Berlin). He used Peter Hameg and Detlev as further pseudonyms . Joachim Goroncy was a lyricist , composer , singer , arranger and music producer .

life and career

Alexander Gordan was born in Berlin as Joachim Goroncy, son of the conductor Anton Goroncy. He received a musical training and studied piano and singing at the Berlin Conservatory until 1949 . He then worked as a répétiteur and wrote his own musical arrangements and songs a little later. He founded his own band and performed with this mainly in French clubs. At that time he took his stage name "Alexander Gordan" because his real name was often mispronounced. He kept the initials of his father A. G. and changed it to Alexander Gordan.

Alexander Gordan was with Ingrid Goroncy, geb. Teske (1942-2001) married with whom he had a daughter. She sang in 1979 for the recording of the single "Our cat - Der liebe Gott". Gordan is buried in the Schöneberg III cemetery in Berlin.

In 1961 he took part in the preliminary decision for the Grand Prix Eurovision . In 1962 he had his greatest success as a copywriter to date ( he wrote the German lyrics for the song Speedy Gonzales for Rex Gildo ). This reached second place in the German charts . In 1969 and 1970 he took part in the German hit competition. Graham Bonney made it into the top 30 of the German charts for the last time in 1970 with the song he composed, "I do an interview with your heart". In the project "Fred & Alex" he publishes some parody singles together with Fred Oldbod.

Alexander Gordan also appeared as a singer under the pseudonym "Detlev", for example in 1975 with the single "So gay can't be a man" (musically based on the hit song by singer Gitte "No man can be so beautiful"). Eight singles and 3 albums were released by 1980.

Alexander Gordan took over the lead of the studio orchestra " Cliff Carpenter " in the late 1970s .

tomb

He is buried in the Friedenau cemetery.

Works (selection)

  • 1956: Maria Mucke - “It doesn't always have to be red roses” (written by Alexander Gordan). "The Ping Pongs" and "The brisk Franz and his Bierbrummer" (Alexander Gordan participation).
  • 1962: Every Happiness in the World ( Peggy Brown & Alexander Gordan); Rex Gildo - Speedy Gonzales / Kleiner Gonzales (German text); Rita Paul - La Luna Romantica (Composition - German preliminary Grand Prix Eurovision)
  • 1963: Gerd Böttcher - Don't have a wedding without me (Schlagerfestspiele Baden-Baden); Caterina Valente - Hawaiiana melody (composition)
  • 1964: Gordan Singers - Honey Girl (label "Golden 12"); Dorthe - the boy has come , the first love
  • 1965: Suzanne Doucet - Oha aha ; Manuela - If you are with me in my dreams (album, producer)
  • 1967: Gerhard Wendland - Don't think about me
  • 1969: Siblings Leismann (Renate and Werner Leismann) - Come to my green side (German Schlager competition Wiesbaden); Mireille Mathieu - The star of our love
  • 1970: Graham Bonney & The Stowaways - I'll do an interview with your heart (final hit competition Mainz)
  • 1972: Ilja Richter - A gold medal for your super waist ; Charles Jérome - Himalaya ; Fred & Alex - cheers! Aunt Anne , The song about the pill , Long live our football team
  • 1972: Bernd Clüver - The boy with the harmonica (arranger of the single)
  • 1975: Gaby Baginsky - A beautiful dream is like a dove
  • 1976–1980 as Detlev - guys, guys, guys , Oh Theo , sauna song , where the guy has only his eyes , nudism and more. (As a studio project "Detlev" - without live performances - travesty singer songs were sold successfully.)
  • 1976: As Peter Norman - Play the Tango , Around the Clock
  • Alexander Gordan worked with Gerhard Hämmerling (pseudonym Charles Gerard). He produces albums for the singer Manuela . and published under the label of "Monopol-Verlag" in the 1980s instrumental recordings under the pseudonym "Orchester Peter Norman". He had other stations with the "Alexander Quartet", as "Alexander Gordon & Die Ping Pongs", "Gordan Choir", "Gordan Duet", "Gordan Trio", "Gordans" or the "Melodia Quartet" . He wrote other songs for Bernhard Brink , Adam & Eve , Tony & David, Jennifer Kemp and Angelika Milster, among others .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alexander Gordan on memoryradio.de, accessed on May 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Joachim Goroncy (artist name: Alexander Gordan) on friedhof-ansichten.de, accessed on May 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ Alexander Gordan - I'm doing an interview with your heart on books.google.de, accessed on May 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ Fred & Alex - Long live our football team on fc45.de, accessed on May 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ Detlev - So Schwul kann kein Mann sein or Detlev on discogs.com, accessed on May 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ Cliff Carpenter And His Orchestra on discogs.com, accessed May 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ Manuela - Lieder aus Dem Märchenland on musik-sammler.de, accessed on May 13, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Gordan, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goroncy, Joachim (real name); Hameg, Peter (pseudonym); Detlev (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lyricist, composer, singer, arranger and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 2008
Place of death Berlin