Howard Carpendale

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Howard Carpendale in February 2016 in Kempten

Howard Victor Carpendale (born January 14, 1946 in Durban , South Africa ) is a South African pop singer and composer who also has German citizenship. He had his biggest single hits in German-speaking countries in the 1970s and 1980s. He has been successful with albums since the 1980s. In the course of his career he has sold over 25 million records.

Life

Career

Ti Amo (1977)

After a few unsuccessful attempts in his homeland as a beat singer and Elvis imitator, Carpendale moved to Europe in 1966 . His first stop was the United Kingdom , where he took various jobs, including as a singer in a beat band.

The hostess Meta Rogall from Norddeich obtained the residence permit required for him as a South African , in whose restaurant he performed for the first time in Germany. This gave him the opportunity to continue browsing through bars.

During a guest performance in Germany, Carpendale auditioned for the record company Electrola in Cologne and shortly afterwards got a contract. His first record Lifetime sold about 60,000 times. In 1969 he had his first hit in Germany with a German cover version of the Beatles song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da . A year later he took first place at the German Schlager Competition in 1970 with The Beautiful Girl from Page One .

However, the further success initially failed, his other records sold poorly, and the record company was on the verge of terminating the contract with him. Carpendale began to compose and produce his own songs. From 1974 his own compositions like Da he took his guitar and you never catch the wind came on the market, which became commercially successful. Together with his guitarist at the time, Joachim Horn , he wrote German lyrics to well-known foreign songs such as Los hombres no deben llorar / Love me like a stranger (strangers or friends) , Lu-Le-La (your traces in the sand) , Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (poor old rich man) , Ti amo or Living Next Door To Alice (door to door with Alice) . He was also involved in the theme song for the children's TV series Meister Eder und seine Pumuckl . He was also regularly seen in the television music programs ZDF Hitparade and disco . In the former he made a comeback in 1984 with one of his greatest hits, Hello Again . The song was voted second and he also appeared in the annual show Superhitparade .

After that he wasn't as successful anymore, but had another comeback in 1994 with Ich bin da I am .

In 1999, Carpendale made a brief appearance at the end of the video clip for Le Smou from Fantastic Four . Carpendale plays Smudo self-deprecatingly, as he perceives himself after he has been brought back to the closed institution after an escape and a few escapades and is celebrated by his "fans".

Carpendale announced in February 2003 that he had multiple sclerosis ; however, the disease is largely symptom-free.

On December 13, 2003 Carpendale performed at his last concert in the Kölnarena , thus completing his resignation from show business, which had already been announced during the year. The previously successful Carpendale decided not to give any more concerts or to publish any more records. According to his own statements, he wanted to take on new challenges, for example acting. As early as 1994, he played the leading role in the RTL series Matchball , and in 2001 another leading role in the US series Dark Realm .

In 2004 Carpendale was honored with the Echo for his life's work. In the summer of 2005, his first record company, EMI Electrola, released his complete LPs from 1969 to 1990 as double CD .

On September 18, 2007 Carpendale announced in the Johannes B. Kerner Show that he would be giving ten concerts in Germany again from April 2008 . In Germany, on 2 November 2007 to be completely re-established album was released 20:10 . The title is an allusion to the fact that Carpendale used to generally be on stage around this time and his concert began. The album reached number 4 on the MediaControl charts in the first week.

In December 2012, Howard Carpendale announced that he had separated from his long-time manager Dieter Weidenfeld by mutual agreement. At the beginning of 2014 he started another tour through Germany with new songs.

Family and miscellaneous

Carpendale was the 1963 South African youth champion in the shot put . During his time in Cologne in the 1960s, Carpendale played, among other things, in the rugby Bundesliga at ASV Köln . In the 1970s he worked as a Formula 3 driver in Germany .

Howard Carpendale's first marriage was with Claudia from 1976 to 1984, but the divorce did not take place until autumn / winter 2005. The two have a son, Wayne (* 1977). Carpendale has lived with the American Donnice Pierce since 1983. They married on March 12, 2018. The son Cass (* 1988) comes from this relationship. Carpendale lives in Munich with Donnice Pierce.

Trademark

One of Howard Carpendale's trademarks is his special pronunciation of certain sounds in his German-language songs. Due to the fact that he is a native English speaker and learned the German language quite late, he pronounces certain German sounds that do not exist in English. So he speaks and sings the ego sound [ ç ] like a voiceless “sh” [ ʃ ], e.g. B. "Isch liebisch" or an "h" between two vowels like a "j", z. B. wojer instead of where from or last but not least, a long “e” sounds like the English ay in day . ​​​​

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sourcesTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1969 I'm giving myself a party - - -
First published: 1969
1969 Howard Carpendale - - -
First published: 1969
1970 Number 1 - - -
First published: 1970
1972 A weakness for love - - -
First published: 1972
1974 You never catch the wind - - -
First published: 1974
1975 ... and I'm waiting for a sign - - -
First published: 1975
1976 Strangers or friends - - -
First published: 1976
Howard Carpendale '77 - - -
First published: 1976
1977 Every color is beautiful - - -
First published: 1977
Take the next train - - -
First published: 1977
1978 … then just go - - -
First published: 1978
And so we go our way - - -
First published: 1978
1979 My way to you DE3
gold
gold

(28 weeks)DE 		AT13 (2 months)
AT 		-
First published: November 25, 1979
Sales: + 250,000
1980 An hour for you DE3
gold
gold

(22 weeks)DE 		- -
First published: October 6, 1980
Sales: + 250,000
1981 Find me in my songs DE4th
gold
gold

(19 weeks)DE 		- -
First published: November 2, 1981
Sales: + 250,000
1982 Pictures of my life DE9 (10 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: October 4, 1982
1984 Hello again DE3
gold
gold

(25 weeks)DE 		AT20 (1 month)
AT 		CH7 (16 weeks)
CH
First published: February 13, 1984
Sales: + 250,000
Howard Carpendale '84 DE8th
gold
gold

(13 weeks)DE 		- -
First published: November 5, 1984
Sales: + 250,000
1985 In the middle DE6th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)DE 		- CH23 (4 weeks)
CH
First published: Aug 26, 1985
Sales: + 250,000
1987 Carpendale DE2
gold
gold

(21 weeks)DE 		- -
First published: September 7, 1987
Sales: + 250,000
1989 Carpendale '90 DE7 (16 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: October 2, 1989
1991 Very close DE8 (25 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: February 11, 1991
1992 With a lot of heart DE19 (17 weeks)
DE 		AT36 (1 week)
AT 		-
First published: May 4, 1992
World hits to dream of DE46 (9 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: November 30, 1992
1994 I'm there! DE7 (14 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: April 18, 1994
1995 Howard Carpendale '95 DE26 (11 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: April 3, 1995
1996 Not a guy for one night DE45 (13 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: March 4, 1996
1998 Would like more … DE13 (7 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: October 26, 1998
2001 Everything OK DE9 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT55 (3 weeks)
AT 		-
First published: February 5, 2001
2003 The right moment DE14 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT36 (5 weeks)
AT 		-
First published: April 13, 2003
2007 8 p.m. 10 DE4th
platinum
platinum

(29 weeks)DE 		AT19th
gold
gold

(7 weeks)AT 		CH46 (4 weeks)
CH
First published: November 2nd, 2007
Sales: + 210,000
2009 Strong DE2
gold
gold

(16 weeks)DE 		AT16 (5 weeks)
AT 		CH80 (1 week)
CH
First published: September 25, 2009
Sales: + 100,000
2011 I am all of that DE5
gold
gold

(12 weeks)DE 		AT12 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH58 (2 weeks)
CH
First published: February 25, 2011
Sales: + 100,000
2013 Waited way too long DE9 (16 weeks)
DE 		AT12 (5 weeks)
AT 		CH39 (2 weeks)
CH
First published: October 25, 2013
2015 This is our time DE2 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT13 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH52 (2 weeks)
CH
First published: March 6, 2015
2017 If not us. DE8 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT20 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH31 (2 weeks)
CH
First published: September 29, 2017

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Filmography

Awards

  • ECHO Pop
    • 1993: in the category "Schlager / Folk Music Artists National / International"
    • 1996: in the category "Schlager / Folk Music Artists National / International"
    • 2004: in the "Lifetime Achievement" category
  • Golden Europe
    • 1978, 1987
  • Golden tuning fork
    • 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987
  • Live entertainment award
    • 2009: in the category "Indoor and arena tour of the year" ("8:10 p.m." tour 2008)
  • Lion from Radio Luxembourg
    • 1974: "Silver" (You never catch the wind)

literature

Web links

Commons : Howard Carpendale  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Jürgens: Come on, we're going to Meta . 3rd edition 2009. SKN Verlag, Norden 2000, ISBN 978-3-928327-44-2
  2. ^ Fritz Muschler - Music - Pumuckl-Fan_webseite. November 16, 2011, accessed November 4, 2018 .
  3. ↑ https://www.swp.de/unterhaltung/kultur/ Zwischenruf_-hello-again_-again_-again- 18481533.html
  4. ↑ https://www.bunte.de/starprofile/howard-carpendale.html
  5. ↑ https://www.swp.de/unterhaltung/kultur/ Zwischenruf_-hello-again_-again_-again- 18481533.html
  6. ↑ https://www.bunte.de/starprofile/howard-carpendale.html
  7. ↑ A stroke of fate: Howard Carpendale has multiple sclerosis. Stern , February 9, 2003, accessed December 18, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Howard Carpendale: I want to be respected. Südkurier Online , April 8, 2014, accessed July 28, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Torsten Hampel: The end of the song . In: Der Tagesspiegel from December 12, 2003
  10. ↑ Howard Carpendale has a new management team ( Memento from March 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) News on SchlagerPlanet.com
  11. ↑ Howard Carpendale secretly married. (No longer available online.) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , March 27, 2018, archived from the original on March 30, 2018 ; accessed on March 30, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Howard Carpendale: If you want to find me . Kempen 1999, ISBN 3-8238-0768-4 .
  13. ↑ Howard Carpendale back to wife. BZ Berlin, December 16, 2009, accessed on March 10, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Carpendale, Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carpendale, Howard Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer and composer of South African origin
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Durban , South Africa