Günter Eilemann

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Günter Gustav Wilhelm Eilemann (born April 14, 1923 in Cologne ; † October 4, 2015 there ) was a German carnival and mood singer, accordion player , moderator and founder of the Eilemann Trio s.

Life

Günter Eilemann, son of a representative from Cologne, attended the music school in Cologne after completing secondary school . From 1938 he studied piano with Gerd Maibohm. As a soldier in World War II , Eilemann was wounded on the southern Russian front and was sent to a military hospital in Italy. There, on New Year's Eve 1944, Eilemann was able to delight the officers of the war hospital with his swing music so much that he no longer had to go back to the front. The actor and cabaret artist Werner Finck , at that time head of the “Frontbühne Italy”, got him both a place to stay and appearances in an American officers' club in Garmisch-Partenkirchen after the war. In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Eilemann met his future wife Ulla Rosenow . In 1947 Eilemann returned to his home town and worked there until 1951 as a sales clerk for the Kölnische Rundschau . In the evenings he sat at the Hotel Europa as a solo entertainer at the piano.

In 1952 Eilemann ( accordion ) founded the Eilemann Trio together with Karl-Heinz Nettesheim ( rhythm guitar ) and Horst Muys ( double bass ). One of the first hits in the Cologne language was Eetz kütt et rut rut (“First comes red, red, red”), composed with the lyricist Klaus-Peter Urban in 1952 , a parody of the traffic lights that have just been introduced in Cologne has been published. In 1956 Willy Schweden (1928–2002) replaced Karl-Heinz Nettesheim on guitar , in 1962 Horst Muys was replaced by Charly Niedieck (1930–1992) as bassist. Willy Sweden also worked as a studio musician for artists such as Paul Kuhn , Kurt Edelhagen , Botho Lucas , and together with Charly Niedieck he played in the swing combo Cologne Antik Swingers .

The Eilemann Trio was one of the most famous musicians of the Cologne Carnival . The Eilemänner became known nationwide through television appearances by Peter Frankenfeld , Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff and Hans Rosenthal . After Charly Niedieck's accidental death on November 1, 1992, Günter Eilemann dissolved the trio named after him.

Grave in the Melaten cemetery

Eilemann was married to the multiple German tennis champion Ulla (Ursula) Rosenow in his first marriage . A daughter was born from this marriage in 1950. Ulla Eilemann died of a heart attack in 1968. In his second marriage, Eilemann was married to Karin Henschel, a native of Westphalia, from 1972. During his active time Günter Eilemann composed more than 200 songs.

Günter Eilemann died on October 4th, 2015 at the age of 92 in a nursing home in the Weiden district of Cologne . He was buried in the Melaten cemetery (Lit. R: 168) ; his grave is only a few meters away from those of his trio members Niedieck and Sweden (both in hallway 28).

Discography (selection)

  • Eetz kütt et rut rut rut (1952)
  • You Old Robber (1954)
  • Father Is The Best (1959)
  • Oh home, how beautiful are you (1960)
  • She wants to go to Seville (1964)
  • There's Only One Time (1973)
  • I think I'm Leo (1973)
  • Mud in the morning, tango in the evening (1976)
  • Archeology (1979)
  • O Mama, O Mama Mia OOO-Olympia (1980)
  • Camelle Us Cölle (1983)
  • The Matterhorn (1987)

Documentation

  • Kamelle, Matterhorn & Co. - Günter Eilemann and his story (s). A film by Klaus Michael Heinz . WDR television, April 12, 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in "Memory Radio" online , accessed on April 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ Stephan Imming; Günter Eilemann passed away! ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. smago !, October 10, 2015, accessed on November 17, 2015 Günter Eilemann . Music publishers Hans Gerig KG, accessed on November 17, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.smago.de
  3. ↑ Thomas Stollenwerk: Eilemann Trio. Kölner-Karneval.de, accessed on April 16, 2017 .
  4. ^ Greta Jansen: Music in Cologne . Lund, Cologne, 2008, ISBN 978-3-938486-10-8 , p. 14.
  5. ↑ msc-koeln.de: Alles hätt anjefange med ... football , accessed on June 15, 2016
  6. ^ Greta Jansen: Music in Cologne . Lund, Cologne, 2008, ISBN 978-3-938486-10-8 , p. 15.
  7. ↑ Obituary notice. In: wirtrauern.de. Newspaper group Cologne, October 10, 2015, accessed on October 17, 2015 . Norbert Ramme: Mourning for Cologne composer Günter Eilemann. In: ksta.de. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, October 7, 2015, accessed on October 7, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Eilemann, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eilemann, Günter Gustav Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German carnivalist and musician (Cologne)
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 2015
Place of death Cologne