Eric Helgar

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Eric Helgar (born February 8, 1910 in Regensburg , † June 14, 1992 in Munich ) was a singer, stage and film actor, television presenter and composer.

life and work

Eric Helgar was born in Regensburg in 1910 on a tour of his father, the Swiss opera singer Gustl Helgar. He grew up in Zurich. At the age of 17 he moved to live with his grandmother in Berlin. There he met Herbert Grenzebach , a friend of his father's and artistic director of the Ultraphon record company . He said optimistically to Eric Helgar: "[...] if your father has such a great voice, you should actually be able to sing too!" And invited him to test recordings. Grenzebach was correct in his assumption. Helgar got his first record deal.

The singer and film actor Eric Helgar owed his film career primarily to his popularity as a young record and radio performer . Mostly, however, Eric Helgar was a singer on records. The first recordings were made for the Ultraphon label in December 1930 in Berlin, then - from 1932 - almost exclusively for the newly founded record brand of Telefunken . In some cases, Helgar initially worked for numerous other Berlin record companies until around 1935 - also anonymously. Helgar's interesting, varied and varied repertoire was carried by a pleasantly clear, expressive and easily recognizable voice and ranged from simple hits to tango and to demanding operetta melodies - such as by Ralph Benatzky (e.g. Telefunken A 1702, 1934, see below); and with no less demanding chansons and cabaret recordings on big band swing from the late 1930s to the early 1940s. He made his film debut in 1933 with What women dream ; a year later he played the leading role in Der Springer von Pontresina and with the song We want to be friends for life , interpreted in this film , he achieved a popular hit. From the mid-1930s on, Eric Helgar was one of the main vocal interpreters of Adalbert Lutter's popular dance orchestra for Telefunken (see shortlist, below), including at least one piece of propaganda for the National Socialists (e.g. "70 million - one blow" 1937) .

Helgar can rarely be identified as a composer of his own titles, for example the summer tango Where ocean waves rush (TO Lutter, Telefunken A 2513, 1938, see list below). Until the end of the Second World War he worked as an actor in other films, including Gauner im Frack (1937), Friedemann Bach (1941) and Romance in Moll (1943). He also lent his voice to less vocal actors such as Karl Schönböck in the film Der Blaufuchs (1938). His last serious cinematic work was The Lady (1964). His career lasted well into the 1980s (including as a television presenter for the music program "Auf Ihr Wunsch"). Eric Helgar has made well over 1000 recordings with many leading German dance orchestras, making him one of the most important German-speaking vocal interpreters of the shellac record era.

Filmography

Songs / recordings [selection]

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with Alfred Beres and his orchestra

  • Only Tango, only Tango ( Fritz Rotter / Bruno Kaper ), Ultraphon A 744 (1931)
  • Sweet ... Sweet!
  • First a schnapps and then a kiss

with Erich Börschel with his orchestra

  • Zwei Augen (Storch), Telefunken-Musikus M 6333 (January 13, 1937)
  • Gypsy (Frantzen / Pengel), Telefunken musician M 6333 (January 13, 1937)

with Hans Bund and his dance orchestra / dance string orchestra (*)

  • You are my great longing , Slow Fox (*) (Music & Text Günther Ernst ), Telefunken A 1666 (1934)
  • I put all my happiness in your hands , Tango (music & text Willi Kollo ), Telefunken A 1441 (1934)
  • For your sake! / Mehlspeis (both titles from the operetta "Das kleine Café", music & text by Ralph Benatzky ), Telefunken A 1702 (1934)

with Fritz Domina and his dance orchestra

with Will Glahé and his dance orchestra

  • One day in spring , Foxtrot ( Franz Doelle / Bruno Balz , from the film "Viktor & Viktoria"); Electrola EG 2921 (1933)

with Oskar Jerochnik and his small dance orchestra

  • The poor Jonathan (Potpourri a. D. Operetta of the same name by Carl Millöcker and Josef Rixner [in textual arrangement by Günther Schwenn ], parts 1. and 2 with Oskar Jerochnik on the piano); Telefunken A 10083 (1939)
  • Don't lie baby (Potpourri a. D. Musical by Hans Carste , parts 1. and 2 with Helga Wille); Telefunken A 2945 (1939)

with Oskar Joost and his dance orchestra (from the Eden Hotel , Berlin)

  • On the terrace of the Romanisches Café , Tango, Telefunken / Ultraphon A 1080 (1932)
  • Only with us there is cosiness ( Robert Stolz / Robert Gilbert ), marching song a. d. Film "Hochzeit am Wolfgangsee", Kristall 3378 (1933)

with Louise Jordan (piano)

  • Charming (music & text: Friedrich Hollaender , from: " Höchst Eisenbahn "), Telefunken A 1285 (November 1932)
  • And something like that is beautiful (music & text: Friedrich Hollaender, from: "Höchst Eisenbahn"), Telefunken A 1285 (November 1932)

with Peter Kreuder and his soloists / us dance rhythmics

  • Annabell '
  • On the Rue Madeleine in Paris (with Adolf Wolff, Wurlitzer organ)
  • Caprioles
  • A love song sounds through the steppe (Empty Saddles) ( Billy Hill / Charles Amberg ) (from the film "Rhythm on the range"), Telefunken A 2154 (1937)
  • I feel I miss you
  • I love you! , Foxtrot (from the film " Nanette "), Telefunken A 10081 (1940)
  • I dance with you into heaven , slow waltz (music: Friedrich Schröder / text: Hans Fritz Beckmann , a. D. Film " Sieben Ohrfeigen ") (with Adolf Wolff, Wurlitzer organ)
  • Yes the music! Foxtrot (M. & T .: Ralph Maria Siegel ), Telefunken A 2473 (1938)
  • Never let the woman who loves you cry , Slow Fox ( Friedrich Schröder / Hans Fritz Beckmann ), Telefunken A 2473 (1938)
  • One, two, button your shoe
  • Rosemarie, never forget me , Telefunken A 10081
  • Ten ten o'clock

with Adalbert Lutter and his orchestra / dance orchestra

  • Addio Venezia! , Tango (music: Ludwig Schmidseder / text: Günther Schwenn ), Telefunken A 2418 (1937)
  • In the evening on the heather (Reginella campagnola) , foxtrot ( Eldo di Lazarro / Richter), Telefunken blue A 2992
  • On the Saar and on the Rhine (with the Schuricke Trio [-Terzett]), Telefunken A 10010
  • At 5 o'clock tea in the beach café , foxtrot, Telefunken musician M 6155, as with "Tenor Solo" (1935)
  • That can't shake a sailor (with the Heyn Quartet ), Telefunken A 10023
  • The wind told me a song , Tango (from the Zarah Leander film " La Habanera "), Telefunken A 2381 (1937)
  • The day goes to rest , Telefunken A 2138
  • Juliska from Budapest , Foxtrot (from the musical operetta "The Mask in Blue" by Fred Raymond and Günther Schwenn ), Telefunken A 2275 (1937)
  • Love is a game for two , foxtrot (music: Peter Igelhoff / text: Helmut Käutner ) from the film "Maguerite: 3", Telefunken musician M 6655 (1939)
  • One or none! , Potpourri with the Heyn Quartet (a. D. Musical operetta " Die oder Keine! " By Schmidseder / Schwenn), Telefunken A 10024 (1939)
  • Where there is music and good wine , Wienerlied ( Otto Berco / Walter Simmlinger ), Telefunken A 2410 (1937)
  • You are everything for me, sweet little Mary , Foxtrot (from the musical operetta " Melodie der Nacht " by Ludwig Schmidseder and Günther Schwenn ), Telefunken musician M 6500 (1938)
  • You're lucky with the women Bel Ami , Foxtrot (from the film “ Bel Ami ”) by Theo Mackeben / Hans Fritz Beckmann ; Telefunken red A 2799
  • Once is never , Tango (music & text by Ralph Benatzky from the film " The Great Fools "), Telefunken A 2204 (1937)
  • There are such sweet girls , Foxtrot (a. D. Musical operetta " Melodie der Nacht " by Ludwig Schmidseder and Günther Schwenn ), Telefunken-Musikus M 6500 (1938)
  • All violins , tango and Telefunken musicians sing full of longing M 6653 (1939)
  • It was a girl and a sailor - Carioca with Brigitte Mira (from the film "Napoleon is to blame for everything", M .: Franz Grothe / T .: Willy Dehmel ); Duration: 3:08; Telefunken A 2768 (1938)
  • Once upon a time there was a musician , Tango, Telefunken red A 1256 (1934)
  • Miss, you dance so beautifully with feeling , slow waltz, Telefunken A 2940 (1939)
  • Women's tears , tango, Telefunken A 2139
  • Spring, spring, take me in your arms , Foxtrot, Telefunken A 10106 (1940)
  • Right there where the lighthouse is , Lied (from Hans Albers -UFA film " FP1 does not answer "), Telefunken A 1306 (1934)
  • Big potpourri (a. D. Operetta “ Lauf in's Glück ” by Fred Raymond ) (with Erwin Hartung ) (1934).
  • I'm free tonight! , Foxtrot ad musical operetta "Women in the Metropol" by Ludwig Schmidseder ; Telefunken A 10187 (1940)
  • Behind a dune , foxtrot, Telefunken-Musikus M 6439 (1938)
  • Court concert in the Secret Annex (Organ Grinder's Swing) , Foxtrot ( Will Hudson / Charles Amberg ), with the Humoresk Melodios , Telefunken-Musikus M 6351 (1937)
  • Holla, Lady , Telefunken red A 2757
  • I net invented the beautiful Maderl'n , Wienerlied ( Ludwig Schmidseder / Theo Prosel ), Telefunken A 2410 (1937)
  • I thought you were free, miss? , Tango (a. D. Schmidseder-Schwenn musical operetta "Die oder Keine!") Telefunken A 10043 (1939)
  • I'm so in love today , slow waltz (a. D. Film “ Operetta ”); (Willy Schmidt-Gentner / Beckmann), Telefunken A 10267 (1940)
  • I thought of you , Tango, Telefunken A 2381
  • I'm homesick for Vienna , Waltz, Telefunken A 2326
  • I dreamed of spring last night , Tango (Charlotte Baerenz), Telefunken A 2513
  • I can't pass pretty girls , Tango, Telefunken A 2808 (1939)
  • I love only one , Tango (from the film "Jokes"), Telefunken-Musikus M 6583 (1939)
  • I say "you" to you, beautiful woman , Tango, Telefunken A 2274 (1937)
  • At the first kiss I dream of the second kiss , Telefunken A 2303; A 2394
  • In beautiful Sicily , tango, Telefunken music M 6477; M 6479 (1938)
  • In the tavern (with the Schuricke trio [-Terzett]), Telefunken A 10010
  • In your arms , Tango (from the film “ Crooks in Frack ”), Telefunken A 2304 (1937)
  • In my castle on the beach , Foxtrot, Telefunken-Musikus M 6439 (1938)
  • In Rio de Janeiro , Tango, Telefunken A 2807 (1939)
  • Something beautiful , waltz, Telefunken A 2239 (1937); A 10700
  • Yes, the Temp'rament , Foxtrot (from the musical operetta "The Mask in Blue" by Fred Raymond and Günther Schwenn ), Telefunken A 2275 (1937)
  • Can love be a sin? ( Lothar Brühne / Bruno Balz ), Foxtrot (from the Zarah Leander film "The Blue Fox "), Telefunken A 2756 (1938)
  • Little melody (I'll never forget you) , waltz ( Franz Grothe / Willy Dehmel ), Telefunken [NK] A 2647
  • Come into my arms , slow foxtrot (from the Schmidseder-Schwenn musical "Women in the Metropolis") Telefunken A 10187 (1940)
  • Laugh 'a bit, cry' a bit (from the film " Der Spiegel des Lebens "), Telefunken [NK] A 2647
  • Farewell, little woman , Tango, Telefunken A 2139
  • Melodia (can you hear my secret calls?) , Telefunken-Musikus M 6349 (1937), A 10700
  • After each farewell there is a reunion , slow waltz ( Ludwig Schmidseder / Aldo von Pinelli / H. Marischka) a. d. Film " Herzensfreud-Herzensleid ", Telefunken A 10267 (1940)
  • When you say goodbye, say “Servus” , slow waltz ( Peter Kreuder / Hilm) a. d. Film "Burgtheater", Telefunken A 2138 (1936)
  • Schiheil , Telefunken red A 2757
  • The night is beautiful , Tango ( Felix Hübner / Dähn / Evelyn Rehs ), Telefunken blue A 2992
  • Sing me the song , waltz, Telefunken A 2326
  • Street singers from Naples (O mia bella Napoli) (M .: Gerhard Winkler / T .: Ralph Maria Siegel ), Tango, Telefunken A 2418 (1937)
  • Tango Marina (from the operetta " Melodie der Nacht " by Ludwig Schmidseder), Telefunken-Musikus M 6501 (1938)
  • Dance, dance! , Foxtrot, Telefunken A 10023 (1939)
  • I want to dream of the Puszta , Telefunken A 2756
  • Where ocean waves roar , Tango (Eric Helgar / Manfred Zalden ), Telefunken A 2513 (1938)
  • Why did Napoleon? - with Brigitte Mira (from the film "Napoleon is to blame for everything"), Telefunken A 2768
  • When the Adriatic Dreams , Tango, Telefunken A 2304 (1937)
  • If we go home tonight ; slow waltz ( Peter Kreuder / Günther Schwenn ); Telefunken red A 2799 (1939)

with Ludwig Rüth and his orchestra

  • Blue is the sea , Electrola EG 2943
  • You are my great passion , 1934
  • Little man, now what? (by Harald Böhmelt a. d. film " Little Man - What Now? ")
  • Season in Cairo , Foxtrot (from the film " Season in Cairo ", 1933)
  • How beautiful is your love , Electrola EG 2948

with the jazz orchestra Efim Schachmeister

with Hans Schindler and his dance orchestra

  • The Potsdam linden tree ; Telefunken A 1149
  • Railroad gallop ; Telefunken A 1149
  • Drive into the blue (part 1 and 2); with Erwin Hartung; Telefunken A 1352
  • Good night, my dear, good night
  • Oops! Now i come! (on ultraphone with the Five Songs)
  • Such a hunter (Roderich Lander / Arthur Delmar / J. Fredal); Duration: 2:35; Telefunken A 1148 (Berlin, July 5, 1932)

with Teddy Stauffer and his original teddies

  • Into the unknown distance , slow waltz (from the film "Brillanten"), Telefunken A 2371 (1937)
  • With 'Lehár's Vilja-Lied' around the world! ( Franz Lehár ), with Rosita Serrano , Telefunken E 2758 (1938)
  • Maria - Marie (Maria my own) , Rumba ( Ernesto Lecuona / Ralph Maria Siegel ), Telefunken A 2759 (1938)
  • At night on the Congo (La Conga Blicoti) , Conga ( Armando Oréfiche / Ralph Maria Siegel), Telefunken A 2759
  • Dreaming of the South Seas , Slow Fox, Telefunken A 2371

with the ultraphone dance orchestra

  • One night in Monte Carlo

with the Eddy Walis Jazz Orchestra

  • You are the first sensation in my life (*), Tango / I want to kiss you a thousand times (**), English Waltz, Artiphon 8480; Calliope (*) 1839; Calliope (**) 1840- (1933).

with Heinz Wehner and his Telefunken Swing Orchestra

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday , 1937 ( Zalden / Krug / Heinz)
  • Perhaps I've never loved , English Waltz (sung by Zarah Leander in the film “Premiere” ), Telefunken A 2166 (1937)
  • First you say "yes" and then you say "no" , 1936 (Eysoldt / Feltz)

with Emil Roósz and his orchestra

  • Madonna, your love is wonderful

further songs (with partly unknown accompaniment)

  • Wherever you go, I want to be there too (a. D. Film " Allotria ", 1936)
  • You are my great passion
  • You secretly brought love into my house (from the film " Your Highness Orders ")
  • The gypsy plays a song of the Puszta
  • I am born to be happy
  • I love to look into your eyes (with Leo Eysoldt )
  • Put on a tango record! , Tango (by Michael Jary and Bruno Balz from the film "Zwei Welten", 1940)
  • My heart is always free
  • We want to be friends for life (a. D. Film "Der Springer von Pontresina", 1934)

literature

  • Rainer E. Lotz (Ed.): German National Discography. Bonn, DNB 502040564 .
  • Ina Helgar-Nicolai, F. Wöhler, M. Wöhler: A man with five careers: Eric Helgar. In: Fox on 78th issue 17 (1998), p. 66 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brilliant special: 70 million - one stroke / Great Telefunken Dance Orchestra, vocals: Eric Helgar. February 6, 2014, accessed April 6, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Helgar, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1992
Place of death Munich