I'd rather buy a Tyrolean hat (song)
| I'd rather buy a Tyrolean hat | |
|---|---|
| Billy Mo | |
| publication | 1962 |
| length | 2:30 |
| Genre (s) | Bat |
| text | Charly Niessen , Franz Rüger |
| music | Charly Niessen , Franz Rüger |
I'll buy 'I prefer a Tyrolean hat is a German pop of Jazz - Trumpeter and crooner Billy Mo (1923-2004) from 1962. Music and lyrics come from Charly Niessen and Franz Rüger .
The number one hit in 1963 meant the breakthrough for Billy Mo, who had a doctorate in jazz trumpet from Trinidad and had already achieved initial successes in post-war Germany with hits like “Das Fräulein Gerda” or “Mein Paragei eats no hard eggs” Entertainers. From then on, a Tyrolean hat became the artist's trademark, which he wore not only for this piece.
piece
The 2:30 minute piece has a polka base with a typical bass line played by a tuba . A rhythm banjo , clarinet , trombone and trumpet can be heard as instruments of Dixieland jazz. Especially in the instrumental passages after the chorus , short, jazz-like collective improvisations are incorporated.
I'd rather buy a Tyrolean hat has three stanzas that tell of full-bodied promises made by a music agent, a rich woman and a corporal in the military, promising Billy Mo fame, prosperity and a military career. After the hoped-for music career in Las Vegas does not materialize (“it was all not true”), Mo refrains from further risks, prefers to buy a Tyrolean hat and makes brass music every Sunday , “always the same piece”.
In some lines of each stanza articles are deliberately left out ("He says:" You are going to be a big star "", "Rich woman in San Remo, made a big show with me", "Corporal said to me"). Obviously, this is supposed to serve a cliché aimed at the origin of the dark-skinned interpreter and the associated lack of German language skills. The refrain, however, does not contain any omissions from articles.
backgrounds
Allegedly the idea for “I'd rather buy a Tyrolean hat” came about after a performance in Gürzenich in Cologne , when the organizer did not show up to pay the fee . When Billy Mo saw a Tyrolean hat on a table , he is said to have said "I'd rather steal a Tyrolean hat", which was told to the lyricist and composer Charly Niessen . Who wrote him the title to the body, which on 1 February 1963 in the German single came and -Verkaufshitparade 12 weeks in the top 10, of which four weeks at number one standing.
Movie
In 1965 the hit film I prefer to buy a Tyrolean hat came into the cinemas, which, in addition to Billy Mo, featured Christiane Rücker , Hannelore Auer , Hubert von Meyerinck and Manfred Schnelldorfer , among others .
Cover versions
The piece was recorded by Mo himself in English as "I'd rather buy myself a Tyrolian hat" and in Dutch ("Tiroler Hoed"). The musette musician André Verchuren played it under the title “Un p'tit chapeau tyrolien” .
In German there are cover versions of Die Viel-Harmonikern (1977), Frank Zander alias Fred Sonnenschein und seine Freunde (1979), Peter Wackel (2011, new text) and Die Toten Hosen alias Die Roten Rosen (1987) on the album Never Mind The Hosen - Here's The Red Roses . There are also two Norwegian versions by Arne Bendiksen (1963) and Anita Hegerland (1969) and two Danish adaptations by Jørgen Winckler (1963) and Ole Søltoft (1969). A Swedish version was interpreted by Östen Warnerbring in 1969 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Charts information from chartsurfer.de online , accessed on April 14, 2013
- ↑ Tyroleans and their hats in: "That was only once" - Rarities & Finds on SWR.de online , accessed on April 14, 2013
- ↑ I'd rather buy a Tyrolean hat in the WDR record date on February 22, 1923 - the birthday of pop singer Billy Mo, online , accessed on April 14, 2013
- ↑ http://www.coverinfo.de , use the search function