Inga and Wolf

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Inga and Wolf was a German singing duo in the field of pop and chanson . It was best known in the early 1970s.

Career

Inga was called Ingrid Preuß (born August 19, 1949 as Ingrid Franke in Wittenberg ) and was a trained laboratory assistant . Her singing partner Wolf was also her husband Wolfgang Preuß (born October 5, 1949 in Berlin ) and actually a wholesale merchant .

In the late 1960s, both performed in smaller West Berlin song clubs and folk pubs such as Steve Club , Go-in , Litfaß , Danny's Pan as a singing duo. At that time, her piece What did you learn in school was heard on the radio. The television presented the artist couple in Umschau , Talentschuppen and Die Drehscheibe . In 1972 Reinhard Mey wrote the title Good Night, Friends for her under the pseudonym "Alfons Yondraschek" . The duo thus took part in the competition " Ein Lied für Edinburgh ", the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 , and achieved 4th place. This made Inga and Wolf known nationwide. It was also her greatest success. The song reached number 22 in the German charts and earned them a gold record .

In the following year they again took part in the German preliminary decision. In 1973 her song Write a Song reached third place. Music and text was written by Wolfgang Schulz , the “Schobert” of the duo Schobert & Black . Her second competition entry , sometimes , finished sixth.

Wolfgang Preuss also worked as a copywriter for other artists under the pseudonym Jon Athan. a. for Tony Marshall and Andrea Jürgens .

After further successes came the end, the couple divorced. Inga later married Wolfgang "Schobert" Schulz .

Discography

Albums

  • Songs and Chansons (1971)
  • Songs from Everyday Life (1972)
  • You don't see the time go by (1974)
  • Sit down with me (1976)
  • ... because I am a subject - songs of the pre-revolution (Inga with Schobert & Black) (1979)
  • Do you know the feeling (solo album by Inga) (1982)
  • Good Night Friends (Sampler) (1991)

Singles

  • Good night, friends / The hourglass (1972; DE: goldgold; Sales: + 500,000)
  • Have a Beer / Mukelo (1972)
  • Big City Night / I'd Leave It All (1972)
  • Write a Song / Sometimes (1973)
  • On the Coast of a Sea / Parents (1974)
  • Sunday 11 a.m. / Good Morning (1975)
  • Sports friend / Just play love like that (1977)
  • That'll never happen again / I just lost time (Wolf solo single) (1982)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 .