Franz-Leo Andries

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Franz-Leo Andries , (born December 22, 1912 in Trier ; † April 21, 1979 in Fürstenfeldbruck ) was a German composer , music producer and songwriter. His works, which he wrote mainly in collaboration with Kurt Feltz , he published under the names Michael Harden and Walter Grundhoff .

Life

Between 1948 and 1950, Andries worked closely with the head of the entertainment department, Kurt Feltz , as a répétiteur at the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR) in Cologne . Since Feltz repeated in 1949 as Der Spiegel was accused of having used his position to the written by him and texted hit distribute and to the resulting GEMA to benefit -Einkünften he designed and Franz-Leo Andries several pseudonyms to to hide their authorship.

In 1950 both finally left the NWDR. Kurt Feltz started his own business as a producer for various record companies and hired Andries as a production manager and personal assistant. 1952 under his assumed name Andries wrote Michael Harden to the success of the Caprifischer ATTACHING hit Red roses, red lips, red wine for René Carol . The single, sold over 500,000 times, became a number one hit and earned the singer the German gold record, which was awarded for the first time after the war . Andries had another success in 1953 with Soiel Wind und kein Segel , sung by Bruce Low . In 1962 he produced the song Tell me, where the flowers are with Marlene Dietrich .

Works

  • Red roses, red lips, red wine ... (1952)
  • So Much Wind and No Sails (1953)
  • If it weren't for homesickness (1954)
  • Rosemary Polka
  • When I'm in the diary of love
  • Girls when night falls
  • Cowboys longing
  • Between Java and Hawaii
  • On the beach in Havana
  • All sorts of things
  • Capitano
  • I have your name ...
  • I have your ring ...
  • The dollmaker
  • You are my dear friend
  • A white lily is blooming
  • Women and wine
  • Frog's Kings Parade
  • After all
  • Hodda Hock Mexico Rock
  • The girl from Gordone
  • My pretty shoogah
  • Nicoletta
  • Romantic music
  • Wanderer, where is your ...
  • When the harmonica of ...
  • Who can forget you ...
  • Two lovers who spoke

literature

  • Duck chattering on the microphone , in Der Spiegel 51/1949
  • Kurt Feltz , in: Der Spiegel 4/1950
  • My name is Hase , in: Der Spiegel 5/1952
  • Offer entertainment , in: Der Spiegel No. 48/1955
  • The lexicon of German hits. Schott Mainz. Piper Munich 1993, p. 151, ISBN 3-7957-8208-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Andries, Franz-Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andries, Franz-Leo (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1979
Place of death Fürstenfeldbruck