Gisela Griffel

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This time it has to be love
  DE 5 03/01/1954 (24 weeks)

Gisela Griffel (born May 20, 1925 in Hamburg-Hausbruch ; † August 14, 2009 ) was a German pop singer and actress .

Life

In 1940/41 she belonged to the Hamburg Swing Youth , whose popular meeting place was the Café L'Arronge at Dammtorstrasse 13. There she was caught by the Gestapo at a dance event in 1941 and arrested. As a consequence, she was expelled from school. She piled up in Berlin to her sister Ingeborg, who was four years her senior, who worked as an actress. From 1942 onwards they provided for their income by performing as a vocal duet "Die Griffel Schwestern" in front of soldiers at the front. After the war ended, both were classified as “anti-Nazi” and were allowed to work as interpreters for the occupation forces. They began to sing in American soldiers' clubs, now as "Griffel Sisters". Rum and Coca-Cola became their highlight.

In 1947 Gisela Griffel met the owner of the café in her youth, Paul L'Arronge, who liked to surround himself with artists and had made a name for himself in this way, in an artist's office where she was on the lookout for performances. They started talking, discovered other similarities and became a couple three months later. In the meantime, she and her sister had switched to Schlager and adopted the name “Geschwister Griffel”. The duo lasted until 1949 and was under contract with Polydor . In 1949, Gisela did the same and tried herself as an actress. This year she played the role of Lilo in the film Dangerous Guests , which was remade in 1960 by the same director ( Géza von Cziffra ) under the title Kriminaltango . Strolling musically on a solo path, she signed a contract with Telefunken in 1952 and went on tour in Italy , Denmark , Belgium , the Netherlands and England over the next few years . In England she was a regular guest on BBC programs with many international show stars for years . Some of her many recordings were again duets, but with Karl Golgowsky . She also appeared frequently at charity events , gala nights and company parties in the mid-1950s . Film and television appearances as an actress or singer followed, the best known being the School for Marital Happiness ( This time it must be love) from 1954 and Hotel Alotria (Season in Upper Bavaria) from 1957. In the last year she married Paul L'Arronge, which made her a socialite in Hamburg's celebrity café. The guests were the leading personalities of the film, the stage, the music, the media, the politics: Maria Callas, Alain Delon, Axel Springer, Heinz Rühmann, Zarah Leander etc. In 1960 she switched to the still young record company Ariola and released a manageable one Series of singles , but in 1962 she finally withdrew from the hit business.

Song lists

(Due to the lack of a year, alphabetically.)

As Gisela Griffel

  • At the end of the world (Telefunken)
  • I'm just a radio voice (Harry Hermann Orchester & Gisela Griffel)
  • Stay with me (Ariola)
  • The most beautiful talisman (Gisela Griffel and the Sunshines with Willy Mattes and the large dance orchestra) (Telefunken)
  • The handsome prince is looking for the princess (Karl Golgowsky and Gisela Griffel with the Hansen Quartet) (Telefunken)
  • This time it has to be love (Telefunken)
  • A woman in prime manhood (Ariola)
  • A woman doesn't want to be alone in springtime (Telefunken)
  • Lonely Hearts (Gisela Griffel, the Sunshines and the Golgowsky Quartet) (Telefunken)
  • It's too good to be true (Telefunken)
  • It would be so beautiful, so beautiful (Gisela Griffel and the Comedien Quartet) (Telefunken)
  • Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter (Gisela Griffel, the Sunshines and the Golgowsky Quartet) (Telefunken)
  • All of Paris dreams of love (Gisela Griffel and the Peheiros) (Telefunken)
  • I would really like to go to St. Pauli (Gisela Griffel, Hans Arno Simon and his large dance orchestra) (Ariola)
  • I don't know why I love you (Telefunken)
  • I will dream of you (Telefunken)
  • Always when it's at its best (Gisela Griffel, Hans Arno Simon and his large dance orchestra) (Ariola)
  • Every day only becomes so beautiful because of you (Ariola)
  • Mambo Cubana
  • It's called love
  • My heart, your heart ... beat so hot (Karl Golgowsky and Gisela Griffel with the Hansen Quartet) (Telefunken)
  • My heart is full of tenderness (Telefunken)
  • My eyes go for a walk (Gisela Griffel and the Sunshines with Willy Mattes and the large dance orchestra) (Telefunken)
  • Millions of hearts are waiting for love (Gisela Griffel with choir) (Telefunken)
  • Mr. Moneymaker
  • Take me as a stowaway (Telefunken)
  • Don't look at the clock
  • And that's just so beautiful (Ariola)
  • In love for all eternity (Gisela Griffel with choir) (Telefunken)
  • What's the matter with my heart? (Telefunken)
  • Wonderful (Telefunken)

As a stylus sisters

  • Rum and Coca-Cola

As Griffel siblings

  • Sailors also have a home (Polydor)
  • Dorothee (In Hamburg there is a sailing ship in the harbor) (Polydor)
  • You can see me on Kilimanjaro (Polydor)
  • Jan Brass is an able seaman (Polydor)
  • Come with me to Chile, honey (Polydor)
  • My darling is called Lohrana (Polydor)
  • Roses that spring on a spring night (Polydor)
  • When evening comes (Polydor)
  • See you again in St. Pauli (Polydor)

Filmography

  • 1949: Dangerous guests (Paulchen among bandits)
  • December 31, 1953: crackers (New Year's Eve television revue)
  • June 19, 1953: Playing with Luck (TV comedy)
  • February 23, 1953: The most beautiful hairstyle (TV show)
  • 1954: The beautiful miller's wife
  • September 10, 1954: Look here ... Antwerp greets Hamburg (TV film)
  • 1954: School for Marital Happiness (This time it must be love)
  • 1955: Ball in the Savoy
  • January 1, 1955: 1-0 for you (TV show)
  • May 30, 1955: Fresh Breeze (TV show)
  • 1956: Hotel Allotria (season in Upper Bavaria)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gisela Griffel in the German charts
  2. ^ Mourning for Gisela L'Arronge , Hamburger Abendblatt, August 15, 2009, accessed on September 21, 2016
  3. ↑ a b c d e Rita Bake: Different Worlds II . 109 historical and current stations in Hamburg's Neustadt. State Center for Political Education, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-929728-52-1 , p. 56–57 ( hamburg.de [PDF; 5.7 MB ; accessed on May 2, 2014]).
  4. ↑ a b Peter Kruse: A confectioner becomes your great love . After the war, Gisela's family reunites in badly damaged Hamburg. Here she meets a man who will change her life decisively. In: Hamburger Abendblatt (=  Café L'Arronge: New book by the Hamburg journalist Peter Kruse as a series ). Part 2. Axel Springer AG , Berlin September 30, 2008, p. ? ( Abendblatt.de [accessed on May 2, 2014]).

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personal data
SURNAME Griffel, Gisela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES L'Arronge, Gisela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2009