Detlev Lais

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Detlev Lais (center) with Peter Rebhuhn (left) and Bully Buhlan (right), 1946

Detlev Augustus Lais (born June 11, 1911 in Frankfurt am Main , † 1978 in East Sussex , England ) was a German saxophonist and pop singer.

Life

Lais spent his youth in Cologne, where his father worked as a bank director. Here he attended the music college and learned the violin there. From 1934 he played in Eugen Wolff's orchestra in Berlin , since 1938 he was a member of Kurt Hohenberger's orchestra and plays tenor saxophone and clarinet. From 1943 to 1945 he was a tenor saxophonist with the German Dance and Entertainment Orchestra. He was a saxophonist in the big big bands in Berlin, for example with Walter Dobschinski , Kurt Widmann , Willy Berking and Freddie Brocksieper . In the field of jazz he was involved in 133 recording sessions between 1933 and 1952.

Then Lais appeared as a pop singer from 1945 to 1954. He sang as a soloist and in a duo with Anneliese Rothenberger and very often with Renée Franke . "A White Wedding Carriage" (1952) is one of the most famous hits by Detlev Lais and Renée Franke. After 1954 he played the tenor saxophone in various jazz formations. As a saxophonist, he recorded with Kurt Hohenberger, Kurt Henkels , Lutz Templin , the Radio Berlin Tanzorchester , Kurt Widmann ( Symphony ) and Eugen Wolff .

He played in the films At Each Finger Ten (1953), Schlagerparade (1953) and The Legs of Dolores (1957). He also composed the songs Lauter sweet things and Wie ein Praline . Walter Rothenburg wrote the lyrics of these songs .

The title Wenn ich seh dich seh dich was hit of the year 1945. The title La-Le-Lu with Anneliese Rothenberger in a duet was hit of the year 1950. His last recording The Story of Tina was made on January 23, 1957 for Polydor .

Schlager by / with Detlev Lais

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Put your hand in my hand (with Renée Franke)
  DE 19th 05/01/1954 (12 weeks)
  • 1946: The sun will shine again tomorrow
  • 1946: Hello baby
  • 1947: What a pity about the time
  • 1947: Well, you're making love today
  • 1947: On a bench
  • 1947: I kiss your hand, Madame
  • 1947: Ramona
  • 1947: when I see you
  • 1948: Once upon a time there was love
  • 1948: Negro mom's lullaby
  • 1948: Mexican Serenade (South of the Border)
  • 1948: Little love song
  • 1948: Besame Mucho
  • 1948: Gisela (Hello little lady)
  • 1949: Echo
  • 1949: A small ray of sunshine
  • 1949: The lantern lighter
  • 1949: Please don't look at me like that (La Vie en Rose)
  • 1950: Carolina
  • 1950: A wanderer
  • 1950: who knows, who knows, who knows
  • 1950: When the bells ring brightly
  • 1950: Bolero
  • 1950: La-Le-Lu (with Anneliese Rothenberger)
  • 1950: In the Café de La Paix in Paris (with Anneliese Rothenberger)
  • 1950: A white rose (with Renée Franke)
  • 1950: Heimatblocken (with Renée Franke)
  • 1950: Wilhelmina
  • 1951: A white wedding carriage (with Renée Franke)
  • 1951: Only Dolores' legs do that (with Friedel Hensch and the Cyprys)
  • 1951: Love is just a fairy tale
  • 1951: Lost for the whole world (with Renée Franke)
  • 1951: Mona Lisa
  • 1951: The night is full of tenderness (with Renée Franke)
  • 1951: Be nice to each other (with Renée Franke)
  • 1951: Evenings in Santa Lucia (with Renée Franke)
  • 1952: You are love (with Renée Franke)
  • 1952: The old sewing machine (with Renée Franke)
  • 1952: And the grandmother weighs a little (with Renée Franke)
  • 1952: Vis-à-vis, cher ami (with Renée Franke)
  • 1953: Everything will be fine again
  • 1953: Put your hand in my hand (with Renée Franke)
  • 1953: Will you really wait for me (with Renée Franke)
  • 1953: It's so beautiful (with Renée Franke)
  • 1953: Again and again (with Renée Franke)
  • 1953: Two hearts go out into the big wide world (with Renée Franke)
  • 1953: Juanita
  • 1953: Don't leave me alone with my love today
  • 1954: Beautiful Carmen

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 4, 2014)
  2. ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Lais, Detlev
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lais, Detlev Augustus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1978
Place of death East Sussex , England