Helga Wille and the Nicolets
Helga Wille and the Nicolets | |
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General information | |
origin | Germany |
Genre (s) | Vowel , hit |
resolution | Early 1950s |
Founding members | |
Helga Wille | |
Last occupation | |
singing |
Helga Wille |
singing |
Henny Kraus |
singing |
Helga Kordes |
singing |
Gisela Hildebrand |
former members | |
singing |
Gretel Ratajczek |
Helga Wille and the Nicolets was a singing ensemble . It existed from 1945 until the early 1950s.
history
Members of the vocal ensemble were the front woman Helga Wille as well as Henny Kraus, Gretel Ratajczak and Gisela Hildebrand. After the death of Gretel Ratajczak, Helga Kordes joined them. One of the group's big hits is “Mr. Moneymaker ”, recorded in 1949 together with the Helmut Zacharias Quintet by Polydor (published by Amiga ). The song was used for the film "Artist's Blood" (1949). With Zacharias, the group also recorded "My Mother's Music Box". Other hits of the group are "Oh, Mr. Crosby", "Meine Mama knows Bescheid" and "Die Zeit mit Dir" (recorded in 1948 for the film The apple is off ). The ensemble had several appearances in the DEFA film “ And again 48 ”. Despite the musical quality of the group, it has largely been forgotten today.
Web links
- http://helgawille.blogspot.com/
- The Mirror on the Nicolets (March 12, 1949)
- Photography by Helga Wille
- Photograph of the Nicolets ( Memento from August 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )