Gerhard Hämmerling

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Gerhard Hämmerling , pseudonym Charles Gerard (born July 28, 1926 in Berlin ; † May 16, 2006 ibid) was a German music publisher and producer , manager and songwriter .

Life

Hämmerling attended schools in Berlin and Alsace . In the early 1950s he worked as a steward for Deutsche Lufthansa in intercontinental traffic. After a traineeship at the music publisher Hill & Range in New York , he joined the music publishers Peter Schaeffers in Berlin in the late 1950s. On the recommendation of Fritz Schulz-Reichel (“Der weird Otto”) he joined the Meisel music publishers. He later founded the “Nero Musikverlag Gerhard Hämmerling oHG” with Peter Meisel .

During a talent competition, Hämmerling discovered Drafi Deutscher , whose sponsor and manager he became. He also managed Mireille Mathieu , with whom he developed her German lyrics to vocal maturity. He worked closely with Christian Bruhn , the composer of almost all Mireille Mathieu titles. For other hits like "Come to my green side", "Always loose over the stool" or "Hawaiiana Melodie" he wrote texts under the pseudonym Charles Gerard .

Hämmerling also placed western artists on GDR television in East Berlin , such as Mireille Mathieu.

Works (selection)

Productions for Mireille Mathieu

  • 1969–1974: The miracle of all miracles is love - Behind the scenes in Paris - Martin - Tarata-Ting, Tarata-Tong - On a Sunday in Avignon - Au revoir mon amour - I'm fine, Chéri - All of Paris is one Theater - Akropolis adieu - The Paris tango - Summer is coming again - But I'll never forget you - Hans in luck - Goodbye La Paloma - My last dance

Productions as "Charles Gerard"

  • 1962: Gaby King - My dream cavalier
  • 1963: Fredy Brock - I can't get myself a bride anymore
  • 1964: Ulla Norden - The great love came overnight - four white sails
  • 1964: The Chicks - I like Jimmy
  • 1964: The Krakowiaks - please have a look at you from the front
  • 1967: Gerhard Wendland - Don't think of me (Non pensare a me)
  • 1968: Suzanne Doucet - Give me a day with a lot of love
  • 1969: Renate and Werner Leismann - Come to my green side
  • 1979: Detlev - Always relaxed over a stool

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Company Entry: Nero music publisher Gerhard Hämmerlingstraße oHG on bfr.de, accessed on May 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ 20 great hours of television entertainment on hans-joachim-wolfram.de, accessed on May 14, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Hämmerling, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gerard, Charles (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music publisher and producer, manager and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2006
Place of death Berlin