Brigitt Petry

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Brigitte "Brigitt" Petry (born March 14, 1943 in Berlin ; † April 28, 1971 in Dortmund ) was a German singer , actress and composer . She was best known as a pop singer in the 1960s .

Due to a misprint on the Polydor single 52691 (1966), “Brigitte Petry” became “Brigitt Petry”.

Life

Brigitt grew up in Berlin. After school she attended the conservatory in Halle (Saale) and Berlin. Then she became known as a jazz and pop singer in the former GDR . Concerts have taken her to Warsaw , Moscow and Bucharest . In 1965 she came to the Federal Republic of Germany via Yugoslavia and Austria and initially worked as a composer and lyricist.

In 1966 she took part in the German Schlager Festival in Baden-Baden and achieved a remarkable 4th place with the song As old as the world . Afterwards Brigitt was also seen as a singer in numerous television programs and in two feature films. She also performed as a duo with Jack White . In 1970 she sang at the EXPO in Osaka .

On April 28, 1971, she drove her car into a concrete pole on Bundesstrasse 1 near Dortmund and succumbed to her injuries.

Discography

  • then love becomes love / Teddy, Teddy, Teddy (Amiga, 1962)
  • I Saw Linda Yesterday / Chattanooga Choo Choo / Queen For To-Night / Shimmy Baby (Pronit 1962)
  • When The Saints Go Marshing In / Swinging School (Pronit 1962)
  • What You ... Gone To Do / I'll Try To Sing The Blues / Blues For Me / O What A Wonderful Feeling (Polskie Nagrania Muza 1963)
  • Blue Beat / The House in the West / Shake It Easy Baby / Down Town (Electrecord Romania, 1965)
  • Everyone walks the path to happiness once / Sunny-Honey-Boy (Polydor 1965)
  • Brigitte Petry Și Formația Richard Oschanitzky - Seria Jazz Nr.2, 10 "LP, (Electrecord 1966)
  • Forgotten / Then came the other man (Polydor 1966)
  • As old as the world / This is how the beautiful years pass (Polydor 1966)
  • Lonely Moon / You're Just Like Us (Polydor 1966)
  • When the bells ring / can you forgive? (Polydor 1967)
  • I Love You (What can I do for it) / Das goldene Band (with Jack White, Polydor 1967)
  • Hey, Hey Boy / Dreamland (Polydor 1968)
  • Leave the hands of Bill Bailey / a goldfish bites (EMI 1968)
  • A goldfish bites , a cover on Aynsley Dunbar's retaliation "Watch 'n' Chain", was the soundtrack for the German comedy " Beware of People " by Arne Feldhusen.
  • Babuschka / I lost my wings tonight (EMI 1969)
  • Come here and love me / It hurts me (EMI 1969)
  • Lovebutton / Hey Little Girl (EMI 1970)

Success titles are in bold.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Pilz: Pop: Chris Isaak is never accepted as a man . In: THE WORLD . February 20, 2012 ( welt.de [accessed July 25, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Petry, Brigitt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petry, Brigitte (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1971
Place of death Dortmund