Gitta Lind
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Gitta Lind (born April 17, 1925 as Rita Gracher in Trier , † November 9, 1974 in Tutzing ) was a German pop singer who was particularly successful in the 1950s.
Life
Rita Gracher first studied ballet at the city theater in Trier. At the age of 17, she decided to become a singer and had her voice trained in coloratura soprano with Maria Ivogün, among others . In February 1944 she got her first engagement as a singer with the Reichsender Luxemburg . "Rita Gracher" became "Gitta Lind". She put her stage name together from the names of her two idols Gitta Alpár , a Hungarian singer and actress, and Jenny Lind , a Swedish singer.
After the war ended, Lind became a radio singer with the newly founded NWDR in Hamburg. At the request of Erwin Lehn from SDR , she moved to Stuttgart to carry out radio productions with him. In 1948 Gitta Lind got her first record deal with Telefunken here . Her first hit, Flowers for the Lady , was composed by Heinz Gietz, who was still unknown at the time, and the text was written by Joachim Fuchsberger .
After the death of her first husband, she went to Munich in 1951 to work for the Bavarian Radio Orchestra , where she met the radio broadcaster Joachim Fuchsberger , whom she married that same year. This marriage was divorced in 1954 after two and a half years. The artist was married four times in total, most recently to the American educator Stanley Brown , father of her daughter, the American actress Carolin Brown .
Gitta Lind also played in several (music) films, including Scandal in the Girls' Boarding School , which was made in 1952/53 under the direction of Erich Kobler , and Schlagerparade . In addition, she took part in some operetta recordings, such as at WDR under Franz Marszalek in Im Weisse Rössl , Viktoria und ihr Husar , The sweet cavalier and Black Forest girl , mask in blue , My sister and I and on wedding night in Paradise at the side of Johannes Heesters .
In addition to her recordings, Gitta Lind toured with the then stars Vico Torriani and René Carol and appeared on Peter Frankenfeld's show . Her greatest success was with the title White Elder . This song earned her a gold record for 500,000 copies sold by her music label. The song was also recorded by other artists and is now one of the evergreens of German pop hits. Lind recorded duets with Vico Torriani and Hans Clarin . The duet with Christa Williams and the song My Happiness ( I always want to be true to you ) was particularly successful . Trying to work internationally under the stage name Issy Pat with titles like: Adi-Adios Amigo , Oh, Jack or Who kisses me? to become known failed.
Lind took in 1958 with the title Something soft music , 1960 , entitled On the street of dreams and 1964 , entitled A Chanson at night (then on the German preliminary decision for Grand Prix euro vision called) Euro Vision Song Contest in part.
Between 1956 and 1957 she also recorded some hits in the GDR.
In 1972, with start-up capital of the equivalent of 50,000 euros, Gitta Lind - who at that time operated quick cleaning and later acted as director - and Fred Bertelmann founded a show school together in Munich , the first in Germany. Here, where show greats like Gitta Lind's ex-husband Joachim Fuchsberger and Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff taught, young talents were prepared for their careers.
Gitta Lind appeared on television for the last time in the music show Der Wind told me a song with Peter Frankenfeld, which was broadcast by ZDF in 1973 . She died in November 1974 of cancer and was buried in the grave of her parents in the main cemetery of her hometown Trier.
Discography
Singles
| From page | Catalog no. | publication |
|---|---|---|
| Polydor (shellac) | ||
| I love going for a walk with you / Chico, my little Chico | 48139 | July 1948 |
| Telefunken (shellac) | ||
| In the Café de la Paix in Paris / I'll give you an amulet | 10934 | 1950 |
| C'est si bon / How high is the sky | 11001 | 1952 |
| My little heart / you are not a gentleman | 11052 | 1952 |
| Play me an old tune / This is not for little girls | 11158 | 1953 |
| Because I'm in love / Who was the lady? | 11162 | 1953 |
| Polar Bear Song / Wonderful | 11175 | 1953 |
| A dream / a thousand and one nights | 11288 | 1953 |
| Mr. Kaiser, Mr. Kaiser / Have a free heart and happy | 11384 | 1954 |
| For a whole life / I want to fall in love | 11391 | 1954 |
| Flowers for the Lady / Tenderly | 11467 | April 1954 |
| Roses bloomed / Be kind to me | 11491 | 1954 |
| I want to be your comrade / Peterle | 11643 | 1955 |
| Adi-Adios-Amigo / I can't be without you (as Issy Pat) | 11715 | 1956 |
| I want to kiss / I love you so much | 11725 | December 1956 |
| Shh! It's supposed to be a secret / Oh, Jack (as Issy Pat) | 11766 * | 1955 |
| Jasmin from Santa Monica / Jonny, Jonny, Jonny (as Issy Pat) | 11782 | October 1956 |
| If You Leave Me / Jasmine From Santa Monica (as Issy Pat) | 11801 * | 1956 |
| White elder / When we meet again (with the Telestars) | 11835 * | August 1956 |
| Our little world / when are you coming again | 11905 * | 1957 |
| Cindy, oh Cindy / Valentino | 11923 * | 1957 |
| You are my home / drive with me into the distance | 11939 * | 1957 |
| Telefunken (vinyl) | ||
| I want to kiss / why did you leave? (as Issy Pat) | 45725 | |
| If You Leave Me / Jasmine From Santa Monica (as Issy Pat) | 45777 | October 1955 |
| Who kisses me / you (as Issy Pat) | 45817 | |
| I bid you adieu / The fountains of Rome | 45901 | March 1957 |
| At the silver-blue lake / Goodbye, come back soon | 45963 | August 1957 |
| Do you love me / wild roses | 45972 | October 1957 |
| I'm out of luck / white seagull | 55045 | June 1958 |
| Cuba-Cubaneros / The days of roses were beautiful | 55068 | July 1958 |
| Suiya Baya / Spring In Mallorca | 55076 | September 1958 |
| Don Pedro must be in Milano / My Caballero | 55115 | November 1958 |
| My Happiness / Without You (& Christa Williams ) | 55137 | March 1959 |
| The moon dreams of love / It should always be so beautiful (& Silvio Francesco ) | 55159 | May 1959 |
| A chain of white flowers / give me your heart | 55161 | May 1959 |
| Come on let's make a little trip / at night in all the streets (& C.Williams) | 55177 | August 1959 |
| No car / My Sunny Boy (& Peter Frankenfeld ) | 55221 | January 1960 |
| Stay true to me / I believe in you | 55222 | January 1960 |
| It'll be nice / A whole year (& C.Williams) | 55229 | 1960 |
| Come to me forever / for a lifetime | 55258 | July 1960 |
| Song of loneliness / What would life be without you | 55271 | October 1960 |
| Vaya Con Dios / A Little House (& C.Williams) | 55290 | January 1961 |
| Casanova from Casablanca / I need you | 55305 | February 1961 |
| Under the lantern / On the beach of longing | 55322 | May 1961 |
| Only a lonely light burns in the harbor / far from home | 55363 | July 1961 |
| Highland Pipers Doodle Band / Jimmy Martinez | 55403 | February 1962 |
| Kookie (& Hans Clarin ) / It was spring | 55470 | October 1962 |
| The star of love / Mister Capitano | 55701 | March 1963 |
| Roses and lilacs / The silver music box | 55733 | August 1963 |
| A chanson in the night / Every heart needs love | 55754 | January 1964 |
* also available as vinyl single under a different number
Compact discs
| title | Label | publication |
|---|---|---|
| White elderberry | Bear Family 15868 | 1995 |
| Jimmy Martinez | Bear Family 15869 | 1995 |
Filmography
- 1953: Scandal in the girls' boarding school
- 1953: The three wrong aunts
- 1953: Southern nights
- 1953: hit parade
- 1954: The ideal bridal couple
- 1954: impostor of love
- 1955: 08/15 - During the war
- 1955: Music in the blood
- 1956: Season in Upper Bavaria
- 1957: love as a woman wants it
- 1958: My wife makes music (Gitta Lind sings for the leading actress Lore Frisch)
- 1960: hit parade 1960
- 1960: Schlagerraketen - Festival of Hearts
Individual evidence
- ^ A b 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 .
- ↑ Chart sources: Gitta Lind at chartsurfer.de ( Memento of the original from January 21, 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.
- ↑ Base de données ESC finales ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2016 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. , search for Gitta Lind
- ^ Gitta Lind - GDR dance music. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ knerger.de: Family grave in the main cemetery in Trier
Web links
- Entry for Gitta Lind in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
- Sound carrier by Gitta Lind in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gitta Lind in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Telefunken discography
- Gitta Lind at www.45cat.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lind, Gitta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gracher, Rita (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | trier |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1974 |
| Place of death | Tutzing |