Freddy Quinn / discography

Freddy Quinn  - discography
Freddy Quinn (1971)
Publications
Studio albums	28
Live albums	3
Compilations	45
Soundtracks	3
EPs	18th
Christmas albums	4th
Singles	97
Video albums	4th

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Austrian pop singer Freddy Quinn . According to the sources, he has sold more than 60 million records in his career. Quinn became the first German record millionaire and is one of the performers with the most recordings in Germany . Quinn's most successful release is the single Heimweh (Dort, where the flowers bloom) with around eight million units sold. Heimweh also became Quinn's best-selling publication in Germany and is not only one of the country's best-selling hits , but generally one of the best-selling singles in Germany . Quinn has six million-seller singles in Germany, more than any other. In addition, no solo artist achieved number one hits in Germany until 2018 . Quinn celebrated a total of six number one successes in the German single charts , this was topped for the first time in 2018 by the German rapper Capital Bra .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
1958	Freddy	-	-	-	First published: 1958
1961	On the high seas	DE2 gold (16 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: 1961 Sales: + 500,000
1962	Homesickness for St. Pauli	DE2 (56 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: November 15, 1962
1963	Freddy on a long journey	-	-	-	First published: 1963
1965	The voice of home	DE10 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: November 15, 1965
	From continent to continent	DE9 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: 1965
1967	The song of home	-	-	-	First published: 1967
	The big request concert	DE10 (24 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: November 15, 1967
1968	Mexico Ole	DE16 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: November 15, 1968 with Los Tres Mexicanos , also Viva Mexico
1970	The boy from St. Pauli	-	-	-	First published: 1970
	Where my sun shines	-	-	-	First published: 1970
	Tennessee Saturday Night	-	-	-	First published: 1970
1971	today	DE48 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: October 15, 1971
1972	Sorry, please	-	-	-	First published: 1972
1973	Today 2	-	-	-	First published: 1973
1974	The island of no man's land	-	-	-	First published: 1974
1976	It's country time	-	-	-	First published: 1976
1977	Freddy Quinn sings the most beautiful German folk songs	-	-	-	First published: 1977
1978	To my friends	-	-	-	First published: 1978
1980	You have my word	-	-	-	First published: 1980
1981	Country - Get Back to Tennessee	-	-	-	First publication: 1981
1982	And that's why I'm here again today	-	-	-	First published: 1982
1984	Flowers of Life - Melodies of Great Masters	-	-	-	First published: 1984
	Great freedom No. 7	-	-	-	First published: 1984
1985	I don't feel sorry for an hour	-	-	-	First published: 1985
1986	You are as young as you feel	-	-	-	First published: 1986
1992	It's country time	-	-	-	First published: March 1, 1992
1993	On the trip again	-	-	-	First published: 1993

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Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
1965	An evening with Freddy	DE7 (32 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: May 15, 1965
1968	Freddy live	DE26 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: November 15, 1968 with Medium Trio and Orchestra James Last

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More live albums

• 1976: A concert with the Bert Kaempfert Orchestra (with Bert Kaempfert Orchestra )

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
1976	Freddy yesterday - Freddy today	DE42 (1 week) DE	-	-	Chart entry: October 15, 1976
1978	Take me with you, Freddy	DE5 gold (13 weeks)DE	AT2 (20 weeks) AT	-	Chart entry: October 16, 1978 Sales: + 750,000
	Come with me on a long journey	DE4 (11 weeks) DE	AT5 (4 weeks) AT	-	First published: 1978
1983	Freddy Quinn with his greatest successes	DE39 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: October 31, 1983
1996	The time was good	DE33 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: September 10, 1996
2001	Songs that life wrote	DE75 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: September 17, 2001
2016	The Gold Edition	-	-	CH71 (1 week) CH	Chart entry: June 26, 2016

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More compilations

1961: This is Freddy 1963: His great successes 1963: His great successes II 1965: Freddy's golden successes 1968: homesickness 1969: Freddy on the high seas, episode 2 1969: One more time to Bombay ... 1971: Memories of Hans Albers 1973: Freddy's Greatest Hits (In English and German) 1974: Freddy 1977: great successes 1978: Zijn grooste Successen (sales: + 100,000) 1982: Boy, come back soon 1984: The colors of my world - stages in a career 1987: Freddy, the guitar and the sea 1987: 1956-1965 1987: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You 1989: In Hamburg, that's where I am at home 1992: The Great Successes Vol. 1 1992: The Great Successes Vol. 2

1994: Many in the world are homeless 1995: The Best of Freddy Quinn 1998: My whole life is music 1998: His greatest successes 1999: His most beautiful songs 2007: The time was so beautiful ... 2008: Star Edition 2008: Starcollection 2008: Country Hits 2008: Freddy Quinn 2008: Once in Tampico 2009: Schlager Platinum Edition 2010: Country deutsch (with Jonny Hill ) 2010: La paloma 2011: Thanks Freddy 2012: hit legend 2012: sea ​​shanties 2014: Boy, come back soon - 50 big hits 2016: Freddy Quinn turns 85 - young and full of energy

EPs

• ????: J'ai besoin de ton amour
• 1957: The great opportunity
• 1957: Homesickness on a long journey
• 1957: homeless
• 1958: Here's Freddy / Aquí Freddy! (English / Spanish EP)
• 1959: homesick / homeless
• 1959: wanderlust and longing
• 1959: The guitar and the sea
• 1959: Under strange stars
• 1961: Freddy Canta
• 1961: just the wind
• 1962: Aló-Ahe
• 1962: Freddy and the song of the South Seas
• 1963: Let me go once more in the distance
• 1964: Noche de paz / Es la paz que canta / O Tannenbaum / Ave Maria
• 1964: Igual que tu / Guitarra Mexicana / La feria de las flores / Yo vendo unos ojos negros
• 1964: Navidad en alta mar
• 1967: A hundred men and an order / Farewell to the sea / Boy come back soon / La Paloma

Soundtracks

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
1964	Freddy and the Song of the Prairie	DE4 (28 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: July 15, 1964
1965	Freddy, animals, sensations	DE26 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: February 15, 1965

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More soundtracks

• 1961: Freddy and the Millionaire

Christmas albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
1963	Christmas on the high seas	DE1 × 2 Double gold (24 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: 1963 Sales: + 750,000
	Number one albums	DE1DE	AT-AT	CH-CH
	Top 10 albums	DE10DE	AT2AT	CH-CH
	Albums in the charts	DE18thDE	AT2AT	CH-CH

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More Christmas albums

• 1972: Christmas with Freddy
• 2001: Real Christmas
• 2008: Christmas

Singles

Chart placements

" Homesick " shellac record

Melody from "La Paloma"

"In 24 hours" vinyl record
( B-side of a hundred men and an order )

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
1956	Homesickness (where the flowers bloom)	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (52 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: June 1956 Sales: + 8,000,000
	It goes like this every night	DE19 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: June 1956 German contribution to the ESC 1956
	Rosalie	DE2 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: June 1956
	Bel Sante	DE10 (24 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: October 1956
	Endless nights	DE27 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	First publication: October 1956 with Dominos / Bert Kämpfert and his orchestra
1957	Who forgets	DE7 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: February 1957
	Homeless	DE2 platinum (32 weeks)DE	-	-	Chart entry: March 1, 1957 Sales: + 1,000,000
	Once in Tampico	DE5 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: July 1957
	I am a vagabond	DE15 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: November 1957
	A poor Mulero	DE25 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: November 1957
1958	Sabrina	DE29 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: February 1958
	The legionnaire	DE7 (24 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: June 1, 1958
	I'll be back soon	DE8 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: August 1958
1959	The Guitar and the Sea The Guitar and the Sea (US version) La guitarra y el mar (Spanish version)	DE1 platinum (44 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: January 1959 Sales: + 1,000,000
	Under strange stars (a white ship goes to Hong Kong)	DE1 platinum (36 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: October 1959 Sales: + 1,000,000
	You gotta forget everything (Ay ay ay Amigo)	DE14 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: October 1959
1960	Melody of the Night Melody of the Night (US version)	DE4 (32 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: April 1960
	At some point there will be a reunion	DE7 (32 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: April 1960
	The way is far	DE4 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: September 1960
	La guitarra brasiliana	DE16 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: November 1960
1961	If it wasn't for longing	DE11 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: March 1961
	So much dreams (a fisherman's ballad)	DE28 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: May 1961
	La Paloma	DE1 platinum (28 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: June 1961 Sales: + 1,000,000
1962	Alo-ahé	DE5 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: February 1962
	Don't worry, Lieselotte	DE9 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: October 1962
	Come back soon, boy	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (24 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: November 1962 Sales: + 2,100,000
1963	(Alone like you) Let me go one more time	DE3 (24 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: August 1963
1964	Give me your word	DE5 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: February 1964
	In the Wild Wild West	DE31 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: June 1964
	Forgotten bygone past / Such a day, as beautiful as today	DE4 (18 weeks) DE	AT1 (8 weeks) AT	-	First published: October 1964 Sales: + 1,800,000
1965	The horse's heaven	-	AT2 (4 weeks) AT	-	Chart entry: February 15, 1965
	5000 miles from home '	DE5 (16 weeks) DE	AT10 (4 weeks) AT	-	First published: June 1965
	Farewell to the sea	DE5 (14 weeks) DE	AT8 (4 weeks) AT	-	First published: November 1965
5000	5000 miles from home '	DE5 (16 weeks) DE	AT10 (4 weeks) AT	-	First published: June 1965
1966	A hundred men and an order	DE1 (20 weeks) DE	AT3 (12 weeks) AT	-	First published: March 1966 Sales: + 980,000
	A handful of rice	DE6 (12 weeks) DE	AT7 (4 weeks) AT	-	First published: October 1966
1967	The world begins tomorrow	DE7 (16 weeks) DE	AT18 (8 weeks) AT	-	First published: April 1967
	Sailor, you've traveled far	DE6 (12 weeks) DE	AT20 (4 weeks) AT	-	First published: November 1967
1968	Don Diri Don	DE22 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: June 1968
	Your world - my world	DE14 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: September 1968
1969	All adventures on earth	DE14 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: April 1st, 1969
	When I was a boy	DE30 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: November 1st, 1969
1970	River melody	DE29 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: November 15, 1970
1971	St. Helena (who thinks how soon everything can change)	DE17 (23 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: March 29, 1971
	Michael and Robert	DE26 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: September 20, 1971
1972	A girl and a sailor	DE38 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	Chart entry: July 24, 1972
1976	Morning sky	DE22 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: January 2, 1976
1980	Istanbul is far	DE46 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: January 3, 1980
	Number one singles	DE6thDE	AT1AT	CH-CH
	Top 10 singles	DE26thDE	AT6thAT	CH-CH
	Singles in the charts	DE46DE	AT8thAT	CH-CH

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more publishments

1955: The Banana Boat Song 1955: I'm Coming Home 1955: Ain't Misbehavin ' 1956: Her name was Mary-Ann 1958: If You Do That to Him (Someday You'll Do It to Me) 1963: Let me go once more in the distance 1963: Christmas in the snow 1963: The Lonesome Star 1964: Adios Mexico 1964: By the Way 1964: Son, Won't You Come Back 1965: Along the Shore 1965: Spanish Eyes 1968: Hijo vuelve pronto 1970: The barque loneliness (Adios muchachos adios) 1970: The boy from St. Pauli 1970: Lili Marleen 1972: Love is more than a word 1972: Every farewell can be a new beginning 1972: Saint Niklas was a seaman 1973: The red corsair 1973: Hamburg 1973: memories of Athens 1973: Man, Kuddel, wake up! 1974: The big game (contribution to the 1974 World Cup final ) 1974: The island of no man's land

1975: A man returns home 1976: As long as the sun is shining 1976: Marie, I'll come to you (English version: Marie, I'm Comin 'Home) 1977: Tell me where (with Bert Kaempfert Orchestra ) 1977: In the supermarket, right next door 1977: Friends of the Night 1978: Come on, I'll show you the world 1979: Loreen 1979: Cowboy Broken ( Festus & Freddy Quinn) 1980: You have tears on your face 1981: Get Me Back to Tennessee 1981: The best years of your life 1981: Who belongs to the wind 1981: Sometimes the penny falls too late 1982: Adios Maria 1983: Because I really love you 1983: The night of Casablanca 1984: Sometimes at night 1984: Flowers of Life 1984: Great Freedom No. 7 1985: I'm not sorry for an hour 1986: Hamburg City 1987: Hit Come Back 37 1999: All people on earth

Guest Posts

• 1990: It's only available on the Reeperbahn at night ( Heidi Kabel feat. Freddy Quinn)

Video albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2016	The Gold Edition	-	-	CH7 (3 weeks) CH	First published: January 22, 2016

More video albums

• 1998: Freddy and the Song of the Prairie
• 2002: songs that life wrote
• 2007: Great Success - Live

Awards for music sales

Because gold records were awarded in Germany by the respective phonogram manufacturer according to inconsistent and not officially verified criteria until 1975, the underlying sales figures are given below. Further awards given by the BVMI after 1975 can be found in the chart tables.

Golden record  Germany 1967: Freddy on the high seas for 250,000 albums sold  Netherlands 1963: for 100,000 sold singles boy, come back soon 2 × gold record  Germany 1969: for 500,000 albums sold Christmas on the high seas

Platinum record  Germany 1958: Homeless for a million singles sold 1959: For one million singles sold, Die Guitar und das Meer 1960: For a million singles sold Under Strange Stars 1962: La Paloma for one million singles sold  Netherlands 1979: Zijn biggest Successen for 100,000 albums sold 2 × platinum record  Germany 1958: homesickness for two million singles sold 1967: for two million singles sold boy, come back soon

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	4 × gold4th	8 × platinum8th	9,250,000	musikindustrie.de
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold1	platinum1	200,000	nvpi.nl
All in all	5 × gold5	9 × platinum9

(A "gold record" awarded in 1977 for one million phonograms sold in the Netherlands is not taken into account because it does not refer to an individual title.)

swell

1. ^ Rita Casale, Jürgen Oelkers, Rebekka Horlacher: Education and Public , Verlagsgruppe Belz, Weinheim 2007. More than 1000 other songs or song titles have been sung by him (Oliver Armknecht, Centauer 07/2011, p. 39). P. 161
2. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 388 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Awards. Freddy Quinn Archive Vienna, accessed on February 17, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Fraser / Hoffmann: Pop Culture Germany !: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle , ABC-CLIO, p. 262, ISBN 9781851097333 .
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs , 2, illustrated. Edition, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978, ISBN 0-214-20480-4 .
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 444 .

Web links

• Chart sources: DE AT CH D-A-CH