The 3 Travelers

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The 3 Travelers was a German trio that existed from 1946 to the 1970s (later also known under the shortened name Die Travelers ). It consisted of the three musicians Fred Oldbod ( bandoneon , vocals ), Eddie Rothé (civil: Eduard Roth) ( guitar , vocals) and Mischa Andrejew ( double bass , vocals), and is rated as "probably the most successful German bar trio" (according to Wölfer ).

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The three musicians came together in 1946 in the old Funkhaus in Berlin when the Radio Berlin Dance Orchestra was looking for a bandoneon player for tango recordings. Fred Oldbod was the only one in Berlin at the time. He made friends with the guitarist Eddie Rothé and the bassist Mischa Andrejew. Together they came up with the idea for The 3 Travelers . They studied some common songs and created a completely new sound through the unique combination of the three instruments . The formation , founded as a jazz trio, was initially based on the accordion group of Joe Mooney or the trio of Nat King Cole . It increasingly turned to hits , often interspersed with comic elements, but also presented hit parodies.

Her top hits were Zement-Mixer (a German version of Cement Mixer by Slim Gaillard , from whose repertoire they covered a few songs) and Hallo Kleines Fräulein (Gisela) (1947) and Kleiner Bär von Berlin . The titles A bag of air from Berlin , Fly home with me , I still have a suitcase in Berlin (1949), Homesick for Kurfürstendamm (1950) and Slip Tango were also part of the well-known repertoire . In 1971 they had one last success with Der Pleitegeier , a parody of " El Cóndor Pasa ".

The club song of the Hertha BSC Blue-White Hertha football club (B-side Another goal ) also comes from them.

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