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Inga Rumpf at a concert in Hanover, 2004

Inga Rumpf (born August 2, 1946 in Hamburg ) is a German singer and composer .

Career

Rumpf was born as the daughter of a Hamburg seaman and an East Prussian seamstress in the Hamburg district of St. Georg . In the early 1960s she made her first appearances with various blues bands in the youth home in St. Pauli . In 1965 she became the singer of the folk rock group Die City Preachers , in which Udo Lindenberg played drums at times. In 1968 she took part in the first German Schlager competition as a solo performer with the title Schade um die Tänen . In 1970 the City Preachers changed their name to Frumpy , with Carsten Bohn (drums), Jean-Jacques Kravetz (keyboards), Karl-Heinz Schott (bass), and the first record All Will Be Changed was made.

In 1972, the new formation Atlantis emerged from Frumpy , where, in addition to Rumpf and Frank Diez, Schott, Kravetz and Lindenberg also appeared as founding members. This was followed by successful concert tours through various countries with changing line-ups. a. with Dieter Bornschlegel , Ringo Funk, Alex Conti , Adrian Askew and Rainer Schnelle . In 1976, Atlantis disbanded.

From 1981 to 1982 Rumpf toured with her band Reality and lectured at the Hamburg University of Music; In 1983 she was on stage for a one-time reunion of Atlantis; Tina Turner also covered her '81 song I Wrote a Letter , the B-side of her single Let's Stay Together . In 1986 and 1987 she got involved musically with the group Inga Rumpf & Friends in the initiative "Rock against Atom".

In 1990 there was a reunion of Frumpy as a trio with Rumpf / Kravetz / Bohn. In the years that followed, two studio and one live album with Frank Diez on guitar were released with Frumpy. In 1994 projects with the Hamburg pianist Joja Wendt and the NDR Bigband followed .

In the late 1990s she increasingly turned to gospel music and performed at various church events. In 2004 she founded her own label "25th Hour Music". There the CD Live im Michel was released in 2004 and Easy In My Soul in 2005 .

In 2006 there was a re-release of the three albums My Life Is a Boogie , I Know Who I Am and Reality on a double CD entitled London - New York - Berlin . In 2006 she was on the jury of the "Gospel Award" for television work by the Protestant and Catholic Churches and the Christian aid organization World Vision Germany .

In 2007 Inga Rumpf started the CD series "Official Bootleg". Concerts in Worpswede, Stuttgart and Schwerte were recorded and published in full as limited editions.

Inga Rumpf is still touring the republic with different programs and line-ups of her band.

Discography (selection)

solo
  • 1975 - Second hand girls
  • 1978 - My Life Is a Boogie
  • 1979 - I Know Who I Am
  • 1981 - Reality
  • 1984 - love. Suffer. Life.
  • 1986 - Two Is One
  • 1996 - In the 25th Hour
  • 1998 - In the Beginning
  • 1999 - Walking in the Light
  • 2004 - Live at the Michel
  • 2005 - Easy in My Soul
  • 2006 - London - New York - Berlin
  • 2007 - Get Rolling Stoned
With other artists
  • 1965 - The City Preachers - Folklore
  • 1966 - The City Preachers - Why?
  • 1967 - The City Preachers - Cool Water
  • 1970 - Frumpy - All Will Be Changed
  • 1970 - Dagmar Krause - ID Company
  • 1971 - Frumpy - Frumpy 2
  • 1972 - Jean-Jacques Kravetz - Kravetz (aka 8 Days In April - The Hamburg Scene )
  • 1972 Frumpy By the Way
  • 1972 Frumpy Live
  • 1972 - Atlantis - Atlantis
  • 1973 - Atlantis - It's Getting Better
  • 1974 - Atlantis - Ooh, baby
  • 1974 - Udo Lindenberg - cowboy rocker
  • 1975 - Atlantis - Get On Board
  • 1975 - Atlantis - Live at Fabrik
  • 1976 - Atlantis - Top of the Bill
  • 1976 - Peter Herbolzheimer - Hip Walk
  • 1982 - Udo Lindenberg - intensive care units
  • 1990 Frumpy Now
  • 1991 Frumpy News
  • 1992 - Joja Wendt Trio feat. Inga Rumpf - Cookin '
  • 1993 - NDR Bigband - It's a Man's World
  • 1994 - Inga Rumpf & Joja Wendt - Fifty-Fifty
  • 1995 - NDR Bigband - The Spirit of Jimi Hendrix
  • 1995 - Frumpy - Live Ninetyfive
  • 1996 - Inga Rumpf & Joja Wendt - In the 25th Hour
  • 1997 - Inga Rumpf & Joja Wendt Quartet - Live at Lloyd’s
  • 1997 - Rockship - Rough Enough
  • 2007 - Inga Rumpf & Friends - At Rockpalast (CD and DVD)
  • 2008 - Jean-Jacques Kravetz - Jubilé - 40 years of rock music
  • 2012 - NDR Bigband and NDR Radiophilharmonie - Radio Love (3 CDs)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Gospel Award goes into the third round. 2006, archived from the original on July 8, 2010 ; Retrieved July 8, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Hull, Inga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg