Jenny Petra

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Jenny Petra (born May 15, 1934 ; † September 28, 2011 ; real name Edith Kaus ) was a German pop singer .

She received her training in the mid-1950s at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in East Berlin . Since she was the first pop singer at the university, she needed a permit from the Central Committee of the SED . Along with Helga Brauer and Bärbel Wachholz, she was one of the most famous pop singers in the GDR in the 1950s and 1960s . She also took part in the musical What do you think of music ?, which was shown on GDR television in 1962 , directed by Wernfried Hübel. In 1963 Jenny Petra had a son and ended her career as a pop singer. Until 1994 she worked at the university as a lecturer for singing, where she trained some well-known GDR singers such as Anett Kölpin .

Discography (selection)

Singles

  • Port-au-Prince (as Edith Kaus with Ralf Paulsen and Klaus Gross, EP, Supraphon)
  • 1958: Where did you go (A-side only, Amiga )
  • 1959: Oh, Michael (only A-side, Amiga)
  • 1959: If you tell me / Farewell, André (Amiga)
  • 1959: The day the rain came / I didn't just dream that (Amiga)
  • 1959: At night in all streets (only A-side, with Bärbel Wachholz , Amiga)
  • 1959: Why is love so beautiful / The last time (Amiga)
  • 1959: So beautiful (with the flamingos, only A-side, Amiga)
  • 1959: Yes, there is nothing you can do about it (only A-side, Amiga)
  • 1959: Because love ... / May it be another kiss (A-side with Paul Schröder, Amiga)
  • 1959: Beautiful is young love / You are beautiful and young (Amiga)
  • 1959: Bye, bye, Bambina (only A-side, Amiga)
  • 1960: If you love me / Once you feel love too (Amiga)
  • 1960: I would like to spoil you so much (only A-side, with Peter Wieland , Amiga)
  • 1961: A little bliss (only A-side, Amiga)
  • 1961: Tbilisi (only B-side, Amiga)
  • 1961: White clouds, blue sea and you / The great luck (B-side with Peter Wieland, Amiga)
  • 1962: roses, tulips, carnations / if everything stays so beautiful (Amiga)
  • 1962: This is how Johnny came to me (only A-side, Amiga)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary in the Berliner Zeitung from 15./16. October 2011
  2. ↑ a b Music Legends of the East , accessed October 30, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Petra, Jenny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaus, Edith (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1934
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 2011