Erwin Hartung

Erwin Hartung (born March 4, 1901 in Bromberg , Province of Posen , † January 25, 1986 in Düsseldorf ) was a German actor and singer . In the 1930s he was one of the busiest refrain singers on German records .

By nature he was an actor and operetta buffalo , his role subject was the "singing bon vivant". He began his career in 1920 at the Städtischen Schauspiel in Bayreuth , before he came to Berlin in 1925 after further engagements at the Stadttheater Konstanz and in Breslau . Here, after various smaller engagements, from 1926/1927 he belonged to the ensemble of the theater in the Admiralspalast and took part in the Haller revues . In 1929 he was discovered for the record by the orchestra conductor Paul Godwin . Since then, the series of recordings with him as the refrain singer has not stopped, sometimes under a pseudonym : often as Ernst Harten or Hans Horsten. There are at least 3,000 recordings with him, probably even more than 5,000. From 1939 to 1946 he was married to the successful operetta singer Mara Jakisch . The son Götz Hartung emerged from this marriage.

In addition to his record work, Hartung continued to work as an actor on stage and in films. He played a leading role in the film "Husarenliebe", a 1932 military fluctuation.

Other films were e.g. B .:

• Child, I'm looking forward to seeing you (1933, directed by Kurt Gerron )
• Marriage Institute Ida & Co. (1937)

As early as 1936 he appeared on television with Emanuel Rambour and his orchestra . After the Second World War , Hartung emerged as an interpreter of mood songs and played small roles in the theater and on television until the 1970s. In 1977 he was seen in the two-part TV series Onkel Silas, directed by Wilhelm Semmelroth , alongside Hannes Messemer .

After the Second World War he made numerous recordings at AMIGA: For details see here:

Discography (selection)

• 1932 Eine Muh, eine Mäh ( Wilhelm Lindemann / Waldemar Alfredo), Erwin Hartung with boys' choir and orchestra, Telefunken No. A 1268
• 1934 Ali Baba (Mawerski / Arbinger), dance orchestra Oskar Joost with refrain singing: Erwin Hartung, gramophone No. 1513-A
• 1935 Love is beautiful in the harbor (Bazant / Schachner) Lecture: Erwin Hartung and Isa Vermehren with choir and small accompanying orchestra, Telefunken No. A 1786
• 1935 A seafaring that's funny (Borders / Schultze) Adalbert Lutter and the Telefunken Dance Orchestra, vocals: Erwin Hartung and Isa Vermehren with choir, Telefunken No. A 1821
• 1936 You are wrongly married ' (Friedel Goebel), Adalbert Lutter with his orchestra, vocals Erwin Hartung, Telefunken No. M 6237
• 1936 On the Reeperbahn at half past twelve ( Ralph Arthur Roberts ) Adalbert Lutter with his orchestra, vocals: Erwin Hartung and Isa Vermehren with choir and vocal quartet, Telefunken No. A 2096
• 1937 Lambert's Nachtlokal (Lambeth Walk) (Gay / Ralph Maria Siegel ) Egon Kaiser dance orchestra with refraing singing: Erwin Hartung, gramophone No. 2919 B
• 1938 In the green clover (Reinfeld / Bruno Balz ), dance orchestra Adalbert Lutter, refrain singing: Erwin Hartung, Telefunken No. M 6702
• 1943 What you lack is a bit of a good mood ( Adolf Steimel / Bennefeld), Erwin Hartung with the Adalbert Lutter dance orchestra, Telefunken No. A 10518
• 1943 Winter is followed by spring ( Ludwig Schmidseder / Günther Schwenn ) Erwin Hartung with the dance orchestra Adalbert Lutter, Telefunken No. A 10522
• 1943 A glass of wine and a favorite melody (Evelyn Rehs), Erwin Hartung with the Adalbert Lutter dance orchestra, Telefunken No. A 10522

Under the pseudonym "Ernst Harten"

• 1931 We are always good comrades (Marbot / Reisfeld; from the sound film "Zwei Gute Kameraden") Richard Forst and his orchestra, Refraingesang: Ernst Harten, Tempo No. B 126
• 1933 You are my good comrade, my darling (Walk / Degener), Wilhelm Greiss band, vocals: Ernst Harten, Brillant-Spezial No. B 126
• 1933 If I could do what I want ... (Bruno Balz / Herbert Kauler ; from the sound film "When I was King"), Eugen Jahn band, vocals: Ernst Harten, record no. 120
• 1933 On the Danube, when the wine is in bloom ( Franz Grothe / Alois Melichar / Hanns Dekner; from the Ufa sound film “Der Walzerkrieg”), Eugen Jahn band, vocals: Ernst Harten, tempo no. 0010
• 1936 A bride in Shanghai (by Fenyas / H. Schachner; from the Zarah Leander sound film "Premiere"), Walter Raatzke with his orchestra, singing Ernst Harten, Brilliant-Spezial No. 1053
• 1937 The Juliska from Budapest ( Fred Raymond / Günther Schwenn; from the operetta " Mask in Blue "), Walter Raatzke with his orchestra, vocals: Ernst Harten, tempo No. 1160

Under the pseudonym "Hans Horsten"

• 1935 When Sonja dances Russian ( Eric Plessow / Edmund Kötscher / Karuck), Georg Grüber and his dance orchestra, singing: Hans Horsten, Record Volksverband Clangor No. T 4371
• 1936 In Santa Marguerita (Ludwig Schmidseder / Richter), Theo Held and his orchestra, singing: Hans Horsten, Record Volksverband Clangor No. T 4484
• 1936 When the sun sinks behind the roofs ( Peter Kreuder / Günther Schwenn), Theo Held and his orchestra, singing: Hans Horsten, Record Volksverband Clangor No. T 4497
• 1936 There, where you're going (viola) (Peter Kreuder / Hans Fritz Beckmann ; from the sound film "Allotria" ), Theo Heldt and his orchestra, vocals: Hans Horsten, Volksverband Clangor No. T 4503
• 1936 One night alone with you (Au recoir not good-bye) ( Jos.Gilbert / Amberg), Theo Heldt and his orchestra from the Wintergarten- Café in Berlin, singing: Hans Horsten, Record Volksverband Clangor No. T 4536
• 1936 Annabell (Peter Kreuder / Hans Fritz Beckmann), Theo Heldt and his dance orchestra, singing: Hans Horsten, Volksverband Clangor No. T 4570
• 1936 What is the street for? (Hans Lang / Josef Petrak; from the sound film “ Lumpacivagabundus ”), Large Paloma Jazz Orchestra, vocals: Hans Horsten, Paloma Electro Record, Austria No. T 4540
• 1939 You're lucky with the women, Bel Ami ( Theo Mackeben / Hans Fritz Beckmann; from the Willi Forst film " Bel Ami "), Kurt Widmann and his dance orchestra from the Imperator-Diele in Berlin, vocals: Hans Horsten , Record Volksverband Clangor No. T 4661
• 1939 Can love be a sin? ( Lothar Brühne / Bruno Balz), Kurt Widmann and his dance orchestra from the Imperator-Diele in Berlin, vocals: Hans Horsten, Volksverband Clangor No. 4665
• 1939 Elefant und Mücke (Ralph Maria Siegel), Kurt Widmann and his dance orchestra from the Imperator-Diele in Berlin, vocals: Hans Horsten, Record Volksverband Clangor No. T 4666

Without naming:

• 1931 The Flower Girl of Naples (Roderich Lander), Jazz Symphony Orchestra Joe London with Refraingesang, brilliant No. 3090
• 1932 When a woman promises you something (Faber / Bremer), Joe London Jazz Symphony Orchestra with Refraingesang, Brillant No. 3113
• 1935 Sensation on Broadway (Lullaby of Broadway) , ( Harry Warren / Hans Fritz Beckmann), Paloma Dance Orchestra (Theo Heldt) with refraing singing, Paloma No. T 4482

literature

• Bernd Meyer-Rähnitz, Frank Oehme, Joachim Schütte: The "Eternal Friend". Eterna and Amiga. The discography of the shellac records (1947–1961). Albis International Bibliophilen-Verlag, Dresden / Ústí nad Labem 2006, ISBN 80-86971-10-4 .

Web links

• Erwin Hartung in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Erwin Hartung - GDR dance music. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .