Frank Valdor

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Frank Valdor (born May 27, 1937 in Hamburg ; † August 5, 2013 ) was a German arranger and television actor. In 1989 he became a Swiss citizen in the village of Walchwil am Zugersee in the canton of Zug, where he had already been living for 30 years at that time.

Life

His parents were circus artists, and so he had his first appearance in the circus in 1948, where he played the trumpet and trombone as a "boy wonder". After finishing school he went to Hamburg to study music from 1953 to 1955. He then went to the French orchestra of Fred Adison and Lionel Hampton . He toured France, Spain, North Africa and Canada.

In 1959 he went to Polydor and Philips as a unit manager and also worked as an arranger for the German radio dance orchestras of Werner Müller , Alfred home , Franz Thon , Adalbert Luczkowsky, William Greihs and Manfred Minnich. He had his first major success in 1961 with Yvonne Carré . In the same year he switched to WDR , where he arranged for Max Greger and Kurt Henkels . He also arranged for the entertainment orchestra of Swiss radio under Cedric Dumont .

But in 1963 he switched to the machine company JP Seeburg , for which he arranged 3,000 titles until 1966.

From 1967 to 1969 he worked as a freelance producer and orchestra director for Miller International and other record companies, until in 1969 he signed an exclusive contract with Miller International for the Frank Valdor orchestra . He then founded his own music publisher Hippo Music in Munich. In 1971 Hippo Music was founded in Switzerland. In the same year he received the gold record for Frank Valdor Goes Western . In 1972 he made his first live appearances with the Brazilian ballet, which brought him the silver record for Live in Rio in Germany . The following year Miller International announced that it had sold over three million LPs.

Nevertheless, he switched to RCA, where he received an exclusive contract as a producer and orchestra in 1975. Then in 1976 he toured Switzerland and in 1977 he had his first television show, Fiesta Tropical . He then founded his own music school in Hamburg, which was named Die Musikschule des Orchester Frank Valdor . He appeared on ZDF with the show Carneval in Rio . His television appearances made it possible that he then played at several state press balls. In 1982 he celebrated his 20th stage anniversary. By then he had produced 950 different records and sold around 9 million records worldwide. In February 1983 he was also able to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the orchestra and the "Brazil Tropicado Show". He then made more television, so in 1985 the program Fiesta Tropical was broadcast on Swiss television, SAT1 and ZDF. In the same year his company began to produce special records for dance schools and dance clubs. From 1989 further shows followed on television, u. a. on RTL as well as on Austrian television. In 1992 at its 30th anniversary, he had already produced 1,400 different LPs and CDs. He continued touring Europe and the television studios, for his 40th anniversary there were various anniversary programs on television and radio on his birthday on May 27, 2002.

He died on August 5, 2013 as a result of a tragic accident.

Valdor mostly played the trumpet or trombone. As a band leader, he had several chart successes in the 1960s and 1970s. He arranged new pieces of music on his albums so that they could be played non-stop at parties ( Dynamic Party Sound ).

Discography

Records

LPs

  • 16 Fantastic Golden Latin Hits 1978
  • À gogo Discofoon * 7067
  • Current Somerset 718
  • Big Band Hits - German Jukebok EP, Hippo 21001
  • Classics for dancing Europe E 193
  • Cocktails for two Hippo 31003
  • Dancing a la discotheque - Constanze
  • Dancing And Dreaming - German Jukebox EP Hippo 21003
  • Dancing at midnight - Hippo 41009
  • The Great Mood Album - Philips H 72 AM 231
  • Dreamy Violins - German Jukebox EP Hippo 24008
  • Dynamic Man Somerset 740/741
  • Dynamic Trumpet Party Somerset 734
  • Fiesta Tijuana Somerset 665
  • Frank Valdor Somerset, utgiven 1973
  • Frank Valdor's tropic beat - Popular 21165
  • Glenn Miller Story - German Jukebox EP Hippo 25010
  • Goes Western Somerset 731
  • Gogo Guitars Somerset 677
  • Golden Memories - German Jukebox EP Hot-Six 605
  • Goodtime girls
  • Great Latin Hits BASF BB22862-2
  • Good mood a gogo - Happy Trumpet Party - Telefunken NT 276
  • Hammond hit parade Somerset 669
  • Happy Rosamunde Somerset 715
  • Happy Sax - German Jukebox EP Somerset AP-014
  • Happy Saxophone à go go Somerset 674
  • Happy Trumpet Party 2 - Telefunken
  • Happy Trumpets - German Jukebox EP Somerset AP-016
  • Hawaii Beach Party GrandPrix GP-10033
  • Tonight, Somerset 759
  • Hey Mister Valdor! Somerset 760
  • Hits à gogo Somerset 659
  • Hits on the current tape RCA PPL 1-4167
  • Hot Nights In Rio RCA PL 28305
  • I'm pop step march Sonic 9091
  • In Mexico Somerset 712
  • Lots of hits Somerset 661
  • King of Dynamic Party Sound Somerset 716/717
  • King Size 2 Somerset 773
  • King Size Somerset 739
  • La Montanara Somerset 787
  • Live in Rio Somerset 746
  • Mexican Beat Hippo 41005 ***
  • Mexican Fiesta Grand Prix 10041
  • Music for television, films and radio Europhon ELP 530
  • Music for lovers Hippo 41009
  • My Favorite Songs Somerset 780
  • Non Stop Musical - German Jukebox EP Somerset AP-015
  • Non-Stop Musicals Somerset 663
  • Polka, polka, polka - with the Schützenliesel Somerset 788
  • Pop no Stomp - Constanze Somerset G 688
  • Pop non stop Somerset 688
  • Presents the Good Time Girls Somerset 769
  • Remembering Glenn Miller - German Jukebox EP Hippo 22.004
  • Rock Festival Somerset 783
  • Rubber Boat Party Somerset 748
  • Rhythm à gogo Somerset 698
  • Scandinavian Party Somerset 764
  • Yesterday's Hit In The Rhythm Of Today Somerset 775
  • Star portrait Somerset 766, 767
  • Stereo, 28 trumpet hits Discofoon * 7507 131
  • String of pearls Hippo 41004
  • Surprise-partie 2 - Trianon c046-11396
  • Swing And Sweet - German Jukebok EP Hippo 23006
  • Dance till you drop Philips 88528DY
  • Dance party à gogo - Hippo 31 004
  • Dance party at Frankie Europa E 184
  • Trumpets á gogo 2 Somerset 742
  • Trumpets á gogo Somerset 660
  • Tropical Dancing RCA PPL1-4218
  • Tropical evergreens - Bellaphone
  • Tropicana Center 17 023 ST
  • Trumpets for Dancing Somerset 680
  • Udo Juergens Hits for Dancing Somerset 699
  • Under the southern sun Somerset 723
  • Viva Mexico (Frank Valdor's Tropic Beats), Grammoclub Ex Libris EL 12 013, Switzerland, LP 1965/1966
  • Folk songs from around the world - Europe E 187
  • Weekend party - Decca SLK 16Â 364
  • Weekend Party Decca SLK 16 364-P
  • We're going through ... Somerset 778
  • Vodka á Gogo Somerset 691
  • Wonderful World of Trumpets RCA PPL2-4084
  • Wishes a Merry Christmas RCA PPL1-4060

Singles

  • Cachaca Queima Hippo 83003
  • Delilah Parade 1012
  • Good morning, don't worry Hippo
  • Highway Patrol Hippo 83015
  • Little Annelie Heco 45001
  • Mexican Mambo Hippo 83001
  • Mickey's blackout boogie shuffle
  • Tropicado - Infosheet RCA 26.11463
  • Have A Nice Day Hippo 83009, B-sida: Magic Land
  • Dynamic men, Label: Pop Shop - Verlag Hipo Jessica

CDs

  • Itchy Feet Band Sensation
  • Happy Holiday Dancing
  • Good morning friends
  • silent Night
  • Swing Along (4 tracks, 1992)
  • Flyin 'So High (6 tracks, 1998)
  • Chanterelles Very Smart (7 Tracks, 1996)
  • Chico de Luna Viva la feria (18 tracks)

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1971: Gold record for the album Frank Valdor Goes Western

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ frankvaldor.de
  2. ^ Obituary for Frank Valdor in: Hamburger Abendblatt
  3. ↑ sunkit.com
  4. ↑ sunkit.com
  5. ↑ sunkit.com
personal data
SURNAME Valdor, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German arranger and television actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 2013