The No. 1 from the Vienna Woods

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The No. 1 from the Vienna Woods
General information
Genre (s) Austropop
founding 1976
Founding members
Wolfgang Ambros

* 19. March 1952

Peter Koller

* 19. January 1951

Helmut Pichler † (until 2006)

* 29. July 1947
† 6. April 2013

Helmut Nowak (until 1986)
Peter Schleicher † (until 1979)

* 11. May 1945
† 17. January 2015

Current occupation
Wolfgang Ambros

* 19. March 1952

Peter Koller

* 19. January 1951

Günter Dzikowski (since 1979)

* 17th July 1955

Harry Stampfer (since 1986)

* 21. April 1961

Erich Buchebner (since 2006)

* 25. October 1954

Guest musician
Martin Kunz
Hartmut Pfannmüller
Background singers
Gitti Guggenbichler (née Recher) (since 1994)

* 17th December 1970

Ursula Gerstbach (since 2006)

The No. 1 vom Wienerwald (short: No. 1 ) is an Austrian music group that was founded by Wolfgang Ambros .

history

In 1971 Wolfgang Ambros started his career with the song Da Hofa . In 1976, together with Peter Schleicher , Helmut Pichler , Helmut Nowak and Martin Kunz, he founded his backing band Die No. 1 from the Vienna Woods . In 1977 Martin Kunz was replaced by Peter Koller. In 1978 Peter Schleicher left the band for unknown reasons. Günter Dzikowski came as a replacement.

Initially, the band was only active in live performances. Only on the album Never and Nimmer in 1979 appeared for the first time joint recordings. In the 1980s the logo “Wolfgang Ambros and the No. 1 “read.

In 1985 Helmut Nowak had to leave the group due to illness. His successor Hartmut Pfannmüller only appeared on the 1985 album No. 13 , whose name should be a reference to the band, with. In 1986 Harry Stampfer joined the band.

Due to a severe stroke, Helmut Pichler had to leave the group in 2006. Erich Buchebner was hired as the new bass player. On April 6, 2013, the former bassist Helmut Pichler died after a long and serious illness at the age of 65.

Discography

see Wolfgang Ambros / discography

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Ambros - No. 13
  3. ^ Website of Wolfgang Ambros