Erni Bieler

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Erni Bieler and Peter Alexander in the studio of the station Rot-Weiß-Rot (1952)

Erni Bieler , actually Ernestine Geisbiegler (born May 18, 1925 in Vienna ; † July 11, 2002 there ) was an Austrian jazz and hit singer .

biography

Despite her training as a coloratura soprano , which she finished in 1945, she turned to the light muse. She founded the Vienna Terzett together with her fellow students Ina and Toni Winkler . They also joined in the Hot Club Vienna by Hans Koller on.

She got her stage name Erni Bieler from the music producer Gerhard Mendelson , who got her a record deal in 1947 . She made her debut with Astra-Schall and Harmona, she recorded other titles with Elite Special, among others with Rudi Hofstetter and Peter Alexander .

Erni Bieler later switched to Polydor . It was here that her career as a solo and ensemble singer began in 1954 . However, it wasn't until 1956 that she was able to land her first hit together with the Music Boys with Let the world talk about it . In 1958 she took part in the German preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest for Bayerischer Rundfunk .

Besides, she took under her pseudonym Kitty Sisters records at heliodore on where they German-language versions of popular US hits interpreted , for example, Nat King Cole , Teresa Brewer , Janis Martin and the Chordettes . The multi-lane technology made it possible for Erni Bieler to accompany himself. With Jimmy Makulis she sang Us Separate Lands . The background orchestra was none other than Max Greger , Horst Wende , Johannes Fehring and Erwin Halletz . Among other things, she took over the vocal part of Marianne Koch in the operetta comedy Die Fledermaus with Peter Alexander. She stayed with Polydor until 1962.

After she had ended her hit career, she briefly recorded Viennese operetta songs for Amadeo and Ariola in the mid-1960s . Some radio productions followed. Then she retired into private life with the musician Jula Koch .

In the 1970s and early 1980s, she appeared on several evergreen television shows. She was last seen on television in 1996 , where she and Rudi Hofstetter , one of her former singing partners, presented a selection of her old successful titles in the Musikantenstadl . Her grave is in the Simmering fire hall in Vienna (Section 2, Ring 1, Group 4, No. 240).

Erni Bieler grave

Record successes

  • Lollipop
  • Kiss me once, kiss me twice
  • Jambalaya (with Peter Alexander)

Discography

  • Lands separate us (with Jimmy Makulis)
  • Three young musicians from Toscana (takeover from Italy: Aprite le finestre)
  • Let the world talk about it
  • Such a little bit of love (with Peter Alexander)
  • Seven days long
  • Yes, yes, love in Switzerland
  • A white wedding carriage (with Rudi Hofstetter)
  • Two sky blue eyes (with Rudi Hofstetter)
  • It whispers love
  • Lorilu
  • All happiness in this world (with Jörg Maria Berg)
  • Just a little while (m. R. Hofstetter)
  • Bell Foundry Fox
  • Wallflower
  • Optimist Boogie (with Peter Alexander)
  • Clever
  • A journey to happiness
  • I always want to be true to you
  • Märchenland (with Peter Alexander)

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personal data
SURNAME Bieler, Erni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geisbiegler, Ernestine (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jazz and pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 2002
Place of death Vienna