Frank Cornély-Wilczek

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Frank Cornély-Wilczek , mostly just called Frank Cornely (born November 17, 1914 , † April 8, 2005 ), was a German musician , composer , music producer and arranger .

Life

Frank Cornély-Wilczek co-wrote the soundtrack for Erich Engels' comedy Witwer with Five Daughters (1957), in which Heinz Erhardt can be seen in the lead role. He also wrote for other performers. For Fred Bertelmann he wrote La bella habanera (1956) and for Tina York the title Das alten Haus , with which she took eleventh place in the 1976 German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest .

The Cornely Singers

Frank Cornély-Wilczek became better known as the founder and band leader of his vocal ensemble.

In the early 1960s he founded The Frank Cornely Singers , which soon appeared only as the Cornely Singers . At the beginning his son Gregor , Helen Harter and the Danish Birgit Laury, Horst Nohr, Herbert Pohl, Toni Schuster and Jerry de Smit as well as Barbara Evers as a permanent member, who was the exclusive lead singer in the production of the LP debut in 1964, were also part of the party was mentioned. Evers had previously released a solo single entitled Who Can't Understand That / Sunday - Monday . Katharina Wilczek also sang in her father's ensemble for a short time.

In 1965 two hit singles by the Cornely Singers appeared, whose titles Immer mit der Liebe and Georgy Girl are still well known today. The latter title is the German-language version of the Seekers hit of the same name , which is also the theme song for the film of the same name . The associated B-side title Rock'n Roll'N Riding is a German version of the Seekers song Morningtown Ride .

The Cornely Singers were seen several times on German television, for example in Dieter Wendrich's 1966 television film Oh, these men! and his television show Hallo 1930 , in January 1968 with Chris Howland in the NDR series Music from Studio B , in September 1968 with Rainer Holbe in the second episode of ZDF - Starparade and in April 1969 in the episode Die Walter-Giller -Show ( Director: Truck Branss ) from Klaus Peter Schreiner's ZDF series Der Rasende Lokalreporter .

Harter and Evers left the ensemble to each pursue a solo career. Harper released three Schlager singles from 1965 to 1972 and Evers accompanied Tony Sheridan as a singer as part of his US troop accompaniment to Vietnam . Further members were later also Gabor Kristof, Heinz Kockerle, Bertram "Benny" Gebauer and, towards the end, Joe Kienemann , Linda Uebelherr and Gitta Walther . Some titles can also be assigned to the gospel genre.

After the dissolution, Gregor Cornely, whose real family name is Wilczek, Gitta Walther, Birgit Laury and Linda Uebelherr founded the Love Generation ensemble , which Kienemann immediately rejoined. Frank Cornély-Wilczek worked for Love Generation as a songwriter, arranger and producer, not as a musician.

Discography of the Cornely Singers

Albums
  • 1964: Dance party with Barbara Evers & Frank Cornely Singers ( Ariola )
  • 196 ?: The Cornely Singers (International Artists)
  • 196 ?: Playboys ask for a dance (with The Crazy Fans; Primaphon)
Singles
  • 1965: Lazy Boy / Always with Love ( Telefunken )
  • 1965: Georgy Girl / Rock'n Roll'n Riding (Telefunken)
  • 196 ?: Halleluhjah / What will be tomorrow (with The Crazy Fans; Bingola)
  • 196 ?: Black Eyes / Moscow Nights / Greensleeves / Tom Dooley (maxi single with The Crazy Fans; Bingola)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Frank Cornely , listing of song texts, music and productions.
  2. ↑ Oh, these men! Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Hello 1930. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 (English).
  4. ↑ Star Parade: Episode 2 , Fernsehserien.de.
  5. ↑ The mad local reporter: The Walter Giller Show. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Cornely Singers Playlist , Laury Page Youtube Page.
personal data
SURNAME Cornély-Wilczek, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cornely, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, composer, music producer and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1914
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2005