Berry Lipman

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Berry Lipman ; actually Friedel Berlipp (born January 11, 1921 in Burgdorf ; † August 21, 2016 in Bergheim ) was a German band leader , composer , arranger and music producer .

life and work

Lipman began his career with classical violin lessons and was stationed with the Air Force Music Corps in Celle and Oldenburg from 1940 during the Second World War. As a soldier in World War II , he lost two fingers, so he switched to the guitar. In 1945 he got his first engagement as a musician with a guest contract at the Staatstheater Oldenburg , in 1947 he went to the Wuppertaler Bühnen as a composer and came into contact with rhythm & blues as an arranger, composer and instrumentalist at NWDR and SWF Koblenz . From 1952 he played as a guitarist and percussionist with Harald Banter , with whom he also appeared in 1955 at the German Jazz Festival.

He became the orchestra leader and composer for the EMI record label in 1955 and has worked for Gitte , Conny Froboess , Chris Howland , Lale Andersen , Cliff Richard , Charles Aznavour , Dalida , Zarah Leander and many others. In 1959 he wrote the arrangements for the music film Hula-Hopp, Conny (director: Heinz Paul ). In the same year the music arrangements for the film The Blue Sea and You followed .

In 1964 the record company Deutsche Vogue brought him in as chief producer; he produced u. a. Petula Clark , Pat Boone , Billy Vaughn , Dionne Warwick and Jonny Teupen . In 1967 he became a freelance music producer. His first global success was Keep on Smiling, sung by James Lloyd . He founded the Berry Lipman Orchestra , which stood out for playing many evergreens in the easy-listening style typical of the time . The orchestra's two biggest hits were The Girls From Paramaribo and La Parranda , which Berry Lipman composed himself.

He was also active as a film composer: From 1976 he wrote the music for the British-German television series The Girls from Space (Star Maidens). In 1978 he set the film SexWorld by director Anthony Spinelli to music . He also wrote the music for the children's musical Oh, Mister Mock , which was performed in 1983 at the Wuppertal Opera .

Berry Lipman's musical legacy is in the German Composers' Archive .

Trivia

Lipman's interpretation of Lady Rose , a piece by Mungo Jerry , was a well-known opening credits on radio: Monika Jetter opened the morning program NDR 2 with this version in the 1980s . The women's choir at the beginning seems to be singing “Jettata” and calling the moderator. The piece by the Berry-Lipman-Band can be heard on the double LP Super-Party - 48 Top-Hits for Dancing from 1971.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary
  2. ↑ WDR4 broadcast Schallplattenbar , September 11, 2016.
  3. ^ E. Dieter Fränzel / Jazz AGe Wuppertal (ed.): Sounds Like Whoopataal. Wuppertal in the world of jazz. Essen 2006, ISBN 3-89861-466-2 , p. 73 and Harald Banter Tentett (1955)
  4. ^ E. Dieter Fränzel / Jazz AGe Wuppertal (ed.): Sounds Like Whoopataal. Essen 2006, p. 73.
  5. ^ Berry Lipman in the German Composers Archives
personal data
SURNAME Lipman, Berry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berlipp, Friedel (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German band leader, composer, arranger and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgdorf
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 2016
Place of death Bergheim