German Schlager Competition 1969

The second German Schlager Competition took place on Thursday, July 3rd, 1969 in the Rhein-Main-Halle in Wiesbaden and was moderated by Dieter Thomas Heck . The organizer was the “Association for the Promotion of German Dance and Popular Music e. V. ". The program was broadcast live in the evening program of ZDF and in parallel in stereo by Deutschlandfunk . The performers were accompanied by the Max Greger Orchestra and the Rosy Singers.

Numerous titles were submitted for the 1969 Schlager competition. A jury selected 24 titles. They were introduced to the listeners of Deutschlandfunk. An opinion research institute then determined the 12 titles for the final on ZDF. The order of appearance at the final was drawn by lot.

After the title was presented, the final result was determined by juries in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Munich, as well as the listeners of Deutschlandfunk and the audience in the Rhein-Main-Halle Wiesbaden. After adding up all the points, the winner was Roberto Blanco , with the title So today, so tomorrow . The song was written by Gerd Schmidt (music) and Günter Loose (text).

The ZDF broadcast from 1969 was released on a double DVD in 2006 together with the hit competitions in 1968 and 1970.

The participants 1969

space	Start no.	title	Interpreter	Points	music	text
01.	02	So today, so tomorrow	Roberto Blanco	99	Gerd Schmidt	Günter Loose
02.	05	Still waters are deep	Paola	90	Günter Sonneborn	Werner Raschek
03.	01	A little Goethe, a little Bonaparte	France Gall	78	Christian Bruhn	Hans Bradtke
04th	09	Lucky that you can't buy happiness	Pat Simon	72	Kurt Hertha	Rudi Bauer
05.	10	Close your eyes and look into my heart	Bata Illic	71	Joachim Heider	Michael Holm
06th	04th	Texas cowboy horse saddle saleswoman	Tonia	66	Horst-Heinz Henning	Max Mainzel
07th	06th	Come to my green side	Renate & Werner Leismann	50	Alexander Gordan	Charles Gerard
08th.	12	I know that I am not an angel	Bonnie St. Claire	49	Hans Blum	Hans Blum
09.	11	When someone promises you 1000 kisses	Gaby Berger	48	Henry Mayer	Hans Bradtke
10.	03	On the way to Aschaffenburg	Jacob siblings	46	Gerd Schmidt	Rolf Merz; Gerhard Hagen
10.	07th	Everything slips out of my hands	Mary Roos	46	Horst-Heinz Henning	Max Mainzel
12.	08th	Why go all out right away	Daniela	44	Hans Blum	Carl-Ulrich Blecher

The following did not qualify for the finals:

• Who still writes love letters today, Agnetha?
• If your heart rate rises to 110, Ben Cramer
• Hey Mr. Astrologer, Waltraud Dirks
• Do as I do and laugh, Gissy Laine
• Venus girl, Tony Marshall
• Bavaria is not Texas, Beauty Milton
• Thirteen green trees, Nilsen Brothers
• Like a picture book, Peter Orloff
• The moon has done its duty, now it can go, Pompilia
• Go dancing every day, Sandra and Sharon
• Everyone has an equal chance, teen
• Love of my life, Bob Telden

Overview of the final results after the jury evaluation of the 1969 German Schlager Competition

title	Studio Hamburg	Studio Berlin	Studio Munich	Studio Cologne	Deutschlandfunk Cologne listener evaluation	Hall result	total	space
So today, so tomorrow	14th	9	2	9	28	37	99	01.
Still waters are deep	6th	7th	12	12	29	24	90	02.
A little Goethe, a little Bonaparte	8th	5	0	4th	43	18th	78	03.
Lucky that you can't buy happiness	0	1	0	7th	52	12	72	04th
Close your eyes and look into my heart	0	3	0	5	36	27	71	05.
Texas cowboy horse saddle saleswoman	2	1	2	7th	41	13	66	06th
Come to my green side	1	0	0	1	42	6th	50	07th
I know that I am not an angel	4th	3	0	1	38	3	49	08th.
When someone promises you 1000 kisses	0	0	0	1	44	3	48	09.
On the way to Aschaffenburg	0	0	0	3	38	5	46	10.
Everything slips out of my hands	0	0	0	0	29	17th	46	10.
Why go all out right away	1	3	0	2	30th	8th	44	12.

See also

• List of music competitions and prizes