Jan Willem

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Jan Willem , actually Wilhelm Hempelmann (born June 23, 1934 in Vechta ; † March 24, 2019 in Bramsche ), was a German singer, entertainer and presenter.

Life

Hempelmann was the eldest of three sons. After training as a carpenter and studying interior design at the Werkkunstschule in Hildesheim , he co-founded the Vechtaer Carnevals Club in 1969 and worked as an interior designer. He later became known as a humorist and singer under the name Jan Willem. Since 1976 he has been active as a pure stage artist.

In 1985 Jan Willem appeared as a singer on the ARD television program Zum Blauen Bock . Jan Willem hosted the current showroom for two years and, together with Carlo von Tiedemann, the large harbor tour on NDR television for five years . In 1999 he took part in the German preliminary round for the Grand Prix of Folk Music with the title "Handshake Between North and South", but could not qualify for the final competition. Jan Willem was nicknamed "The Singing Double Centner".

He died on March 24, 2019 at the age of 84 in the Malgarten monastery in Bramsche ( Osnabrück district ), where he had last lived with his partner Biggi Hansen since 2013. Jan Willem had three children.

Discography

Albums (selection)

  • 1982: The latest doctor jokes, Gruner & Jahr (record)
  • 1982: The latest soldier jokes, Gruner & Jahr (record)
  • 1990: Papi peep an Ostfriese ( carousel )
  • 1992: The Fat Man and the Sea ( Mushroom )
  • 1999: Jan Willem - Quality Connects - Fun With Jan Willem (MSE Musikverlag)
  • 2005: Spökenkieker (Chance Music)

Singles (selection)

  • 1982: Kazoo Kazoo (as Jan Willem Hempelmann)
  • 1985: The Walrus (Orchestrola, Pallas, Deutsche Austrophon)
  • 1986: Slurry tango (Orchestrola, Pallas, Deutsche Austrophon)
  • 1992: Herzilein (Warzenschwein) (cover version of Herzilein der Wildecker Herzbuben ), B-side Papi guck´ ein Ostfriese (cover version of David Hasselhoff 's song Looking for Freedom , Polygram )
  • 1997: In summer ( Koch International )
  • 2001: The secret love between Bayer and Preuss (with Horst Hermann), Koch Media
  • 2004: Is the old Lanz-Bulldog still running (cover version of Lebt denn der alten Holzmichel still by the band De Randfichten , MSE-Musikverlag)
  • 2005: How does the Easter Bunny drag all those eggs? (Koch Universal)
  • 2015: There's a lot going on in Hagen

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c In Memoriam Bramscher Nachrichten , accessed April 2, 2019
  2. ↑ a b Entertainer Jan Willem has died ndr.de, accessed on March 25, 2019
  3. ↑ "For the rough joke at the expense of others" , szlz.de , from February 16, 2011
  4. ↑ Jan Willem in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  5. ↑ a b "For the rough joke at the expense of others" The entertainer Jan Willem: A humorist in the Malgarten monastery , Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , from November 28, 2013
  6. ↑ a b Visit to the “singing quintals” , NWZ, June 8, 2016
  7. ↑ Entertainer Jan Willem celebrates 80th in Malgarten , Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , from July 1, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Jan Willem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hempelmann, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer, entertainer and presenter
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Vechta
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2019
Place of death Bramsche