Harry Glück (singer)
Harry Glück (born September 4, 1941 as Hartmut Maager in Marienburg , West Prussia ) is a former pop singer who released records in the 1960s.
Musical career
Hartmut Maager was born in Marienburg, West Prussia, and grew up in southern Germany as the son of a senior student council. As a schoolboy he was enthusiastic about rock 'n' roll and Elvis Presley and bought a punch guitar. During test recordings by Bavarian Radio for young talents, he caught the attention of the record company Polydor Gerhard Mendelson 's music producer and was invited to a test singing. There he was dismissed with the advice that he should change his singing style, which was too reminiscent of Peter Kraus . When Maager won a young talent competition in Freiburg im Breisgau a little later , he received another invitation from Polydor. Then it came to a record deal, which was initially limited to six months.
The first record was a single that came into record stores in October 1960 under the catalog number Polydor 24 370 and the stage name "Harry Glück". It contained the two titles The People of Today and Only Them . Both were covers of successful English-language titles, Let's Think About Livin with Bob Luman and Poor Me with Adam Faith . Only the A-side with The People of Today aroused a moderate response, only on the music broadcaster Radio Luxemburg it was in the top twelve in the charts for four weeks. Cover versions were also released on the following singles, but they were unsuccessful.
Polydor was noticeably reluctant to market Harry Glück's records, there were no press releases, no television appearances and no the usual illustrated record sleeves. Only at Radio Luxemburg did Harry Glück seem to have a sufficient fan base, the title of his second single Bye-bye Josefin rose to number five in the charts. Only once did Harry Glück manage to place a title in the top 50 of the specialist music journal Musikmarkt . It was again a cover version, this time of the Richard Rodgers composition Blue Moon , with which the American pop group The Marcels achieved a number one hit in April 1961. Harry Glück's German version appeared in the top 50 in June and reached the 13th place as the best value. This made it interesting for a wider public. Thomas Engel gave him an appearance in his film Schlagerrevue 1962 and music producer Karl Heinz Busse built Harry Glück into his Germany-wide tour Schlager Cocktail in 1962 .
Although Harry Glück was still able to achieve a respectable success with Hey Baby in 1962, Polydor ended his record deal with him in 1963 after nine singles. Karl Heinz Busse persuaded him to record two more singles under the pseudonym "Tommy Frank" in 1963 and 1964, but both a production at Philips and the single by Decca were unsuccessful. Busse and Harry Glück made the last attempt with a different pseudonym. Polydor produced another single in May 1965 under the name "Harald Anderson", but this too was ignored by the audience.
With this, Hartmut Maager ended his career in the music scene. During this time he had passed his Abitur and studied at the University of Education in Freiburg. In the fall of 1965 he took up his first job as a teacher. In 1981, Polydor and Bear Family jointly produced a long-playing record with 16 tracks from the Harry Glück singles under the name Hey Baby .
Discography
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Vinyl long-playing record
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Hey Baby Bear Family 15067, 1981 |
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A: 1. Hey baby, 2. Today's people, 3. Bye Bye Josefin, 4. Luck took me by the hand, 5. I want to kiss you again and again, 6. Blue Moon, 7. I can't find a bed , 8. Such a strange feeling - B: 1. It's true, 2. Only her, 3. Cinderella, 4. Always only you, 5. But you've never been faithful, 6. Once you will fall in love, 7. You walk next to me, 8th gold star |
Vinyl singles
| From page | Catalog no. | published |
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| Today's people / Just them | 24370 | 10/1960 |
| Bye-bye Josefin / Fortune took my hand | 24441 | 2/1961 |
| I have to kiss you again and again / As beautiful as you | 24478 | 3/1961 |
| Blue Moon / Why did I lose you | 24526 | 5/1961 |
| It's true / I can't find a bed | 24567 | 8/1961 |
| You're sunshine / but you've never been faithful | 24651 | 10/1961 |
| Cinderella / Daniela | 24723 | 1/1962 |
| Hey baby / What a strange feeling | 24797 | 3/1962 |
| Golden star / Always you | 24893 | 8/1962 |
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Philips (as Tommy Frank) |
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| Lady wonderful / Goodbye Veronika | 345629 | 9/1963 |
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Decca (as Tommy Frank) |
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| Allright - Okey / My heart commands me | 19619 | 10/1964 |
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Polydor (as Harald Anderson) |
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| You walk next to me / One time you will fall in love | 52499 | 5/1965 |
literature
- Manfred and Marlene Günther: memory - magazine for friends of German oldies. Issue 67, 2002
- Manfred Günther, Günter Lotz: A name like music - The Polydor Singles. Bear Family Records 2001
Web links
- Portrait at www.wdr.de (accessed May 6, 2014) ( Memento from October 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Lucky harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maager, Hartmut (maiden name); Frank, Tommy (pseudonym); Anderson, Harald (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marienburg , West Prussia |