The man at the piano

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under The man at the piano (disambiguation) .

The man at the piano is a hit that was composed by Horst Heinz Henning . Henning wrote the text under his alias Heinz Therningsohn . The song was recorded by Paul Kuhn in 1954 and published by Elektrola .

background

Kuhn, who saw himself more as a jazz musician and was fond of swing, recorded the song Der Mann am Klavier at the insistence of his record company. The song was extremely successful, selling over 250,000 copies. Over time, the title has become synonymous with Paul Kuhn.

See also

• The man at the piano (1985) , TV film by Ekkehard Böhmer with Paul Kuhn among others
• Paul Kuhn - The man at the piano (2012), documentary by Christoph Simon about Paul Kuhn

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paul Kuhn - The man at the piano | Entry of the title at Hitparade.ch. Retrieved March 7, 2013 .  
2. ↑ Paul Kuhn, the man at the piano, turns 80. Accessed March 7, 2013 .