Charly Niessen

Charly Niessen (born August 22, 1923 in Vienna ; † February 21, 1990 in Prien am Chiemsee ; actually Carl Niessen ) was an Austrian composer and songwriter .

Life

He studied music and theater studies in Vienna, Weimar and Jena. After the end of the war Niessen began as a lyricist and composer for Viennese cabarets. From 1952 he worked in Berlin for the cabaret Die Stachelschweine .

Here he was discovered by Heino Gaze for the German hit . His first commercially released songs included Die Damenwelt von Chile , which appeared as the B-side on one of Caterina Valente's first singles ( Malaguena ) in 1954. Niessen was one of the most successful lyricists and composers in the heyday of pop music at the end of the 50s and beginning of the 60s. In total he wrote over 1000 titles. At the Eurovision Song Contest in 1963 , Heidi Brühl competed with his song Marcel and took 9th place.

He also wrote the German version of the lyrics for the musical Promises, Promises . In 1965 he wrote the musical Wonderful Chicago himself . He wrote the film music for several hit films and films of other kinds, and some of his hit titles are performed in other films. Niessen was temporarily married to the actress Claudia Wedekind . His grave is located in the Prien am Chiemsee cemetery .

Hit titles (selection)

1955: A greeting, a kiss, a bouquet of flowers 1958: Blue Jean Boy 1959: Banjo Boy 1961: The man in the moon 1962: I'd rather buy a Tyrolean hat

1963: Marcel 1963: One and one, that makes two 1963: But it was nice (Hildegard Knef) 1965: In this city (Hildegard Knef) 1965: Am i Radi, i am King 1969: I was born on Rose Monday 1973: Hello, neighbor 1974: Shalom Jerusalem 1976: Come over here

Filmography

1958: The laughing vagabond 1959: Guitars sound softly through the night 1959: If only my big brother only knew 1959: The blue sea and you 1959: The night club for the silver moon 1959: Hula-Hopp, Conny 1960: the hero of my dreams 1960: My niece doesn't 1960: I always want to be yours 1960: Conny and Peter make music 1961: Bank robbery on Rue Latour 1962: When the music plays on Lake Wörthersee

1963: The great love game 1964: The last ride to Santa Cruz 1965: Shots every 3/4 1968: freckles 1969: Head in the water, tail in the heights 1970: August the Strong - A whole people call him papa 1970: bite me darling 1974: The most beautiful man on the Reeperbahn 1980: All good things come in threes . Serenade for music box, cello and organ 1982: My son, the minister

Web links

• Media from and about Charly Niessen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Charly Niessen in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Date of birth August 22nd according to IMDb, Filmportal and others. Jürgen Wölfer: The large lexicon of popular music (2000) names August 28, 1923 as the birthday.
2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/artist/601452-Charly-Niessen?filter_anv=0&subtype=Writing-Arrangement&type=Credits