Günter Geissler

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Günter Geißler (born December 19, 1929 in Cottbus ; † July 16, 2006 there ) was a German pop singer .

Life

In 1950 he began his artistic career at the state conservatory in Cottbus. Until 1956 he studied singing there and in Halle (Saale) . In Halle he also got his first engagement as a stage singer at the Landestheater .

At the beginning of 1957 he successfully took part in a youngsters' competition organized by the GDR television network and thus attracted the attention of those responsible for broadcasting. In the same year he went on tour with the Leipzig Radio Orchestra .

In 1959 Günter Geißler had his first hit with " Guitars sound quietly through the night ". This hit was also a great success in the Federal Republic of Germany and even the title song of a cinema film of the same name - although the FRG version was not interpreted by him, but by Jimmy Makulis .

His other well-known hits include titles such as "Marina" (1960), "The Prima Ballerina of My Dreams" (1963) and "A Gondolier in Love" (1963). He achieved his greatest success in 1966 with the title “The most beautiful girl in the world”, which Günter Geißler not only sang, but also composed and written. The hit became internationally popular and u. a. the first hit for the West German singer Peter Orloff .

In the 1970s and 1980s, Geissler was a guest on numerous stages and appeared in the major entertainment shows on GDR television such as "Amiga-Cocktail", " Ein Kessel Buntes " or " There is music in it ".

Günter Geißler retired from show life in the early 1990s and lived in his hometown Cottbus until his death. After he had ridden from a riding stables in the district of Gallinchen on July 16, 2006 and his horse later ran around without a owner, he was found strangled. The circumstances suggested suicide .

Discography

  • 1965: LP I have a good mood in my luggage - A Günter Geißler portrait ( Amiga )
  • 2002: CD I'm in a good mood. Günter Geißler - His greatest successes (Aelstertal)
  • approx. 80 singles

Filmography

  • 1962: Revue at midnight

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report in the Berliner Kurier from October 5, 2015, accessed on December 26, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Geissler, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH cottbus
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 2006
Place of death Gallinchen