Alf Ekberg

Alf Ekberg It was most beautiful at home / Back, back to my loved one [record cover]
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Alf Ekberg (born September 24, 1928 in Ufhoven ) is a German pop singer who was under contract with Polydor and Philips from the late 1950s to the early 1960s .

life and career

Ekberg was born the son of a civil servant. After graduating from school, he went to the merchant marine for three years , where he taught himself to play the guitar and banjo .

From 1946 to 1955 he played and sang in smaller bands and orchestras, and from 1951 to 1955 he studied singing and music ( violin and viola ).

In 1956 he went to West Germany, toured as a singer and received his first record deal in 1957. During his career, Ekberg had musical collaborations with Johnny Dane, Heinz Lips, Die Sieben Raben (comedy quartet, also comedians), Charles Nowa, the Trocadero dance orchestra, Adalbert Luczkowski and his orchestra, as well as Kurt Edelhagen and his orchestra.

After 1960 there is no further evidence of a singing career.

Discography

• Home Star / Cowboy Girl, Don't Cry (1958, Polydor 23 590)
• The Last Ship / A Rocking Corridor (1958, Polydor 23 704)
• I walk the street to Farway (Tschitschio Bamba) / Raunchy (He-ho-ho, do-di, do-di-do) (1958, Polydor 23 688)
• There is nothing left (only the old birch) / Above the clouds (1959, Philips 345 198 PF)
• It was nicest at home / back, back to the loved one (1960, Philips 345 208 PF)

Ekberg's hits were later published again in thematic music compilations (cowboy and sailor romance, golden fifties, etc.).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The biographical data come from the autograph card issued by Phillips for plates 345 198 PF and 345 208 PF by Alf Ekberg from 1960.