Jens Brenke

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Jens Brenke (* 1935; † June 16, 1988 in Hanover ) was a German cabaret artist.

Life

Brenke was the tenant of the Hanoverian bar Jenseits , in which he performed his own literary-musical cabaret programs from 1960 to 1980 using texts by well-known authors that were published on records. He had joint programs with Belina and The Three Travelers . Fritz Graßhoff once called Brenke “probably the best entertainer in Germany”.

Many of the recorded tracks appeared on compilations such as “Please, Get Free! ... As free as never before! - Sex, Jux, Music And Games For Adults ”or“ The Great Freedom - Songs-Scenes-Pornography From St. Pauli ”.

Discography

LPs

  • 1962: Night bar free home (Live from the afterlife) (as Jens & Erich (Bötcher) ); Electrola Extra Stereo E 83 426
  • 1964: Die Mitternachtsplatte (Live from the Hereafter) (as Jens & Erich (Bötcher) ); Electrola Extra Stereo E 83 553
  • 1966: When the Jidden Laugh (as Belina & Jens Brenke with Wolfgang Keller, Hammond organ ); Electrola SME 74 137
  • 196 ?: Closed society (as Jens Brenke & Inge Brandenburg ); Electrola SME 82 905
  • 196 ?: Ran to die Damen (as Jens Brenke & Die Travelers & Wolfgang Keller, Hammond organ ); Electrola SMP 82 912
  • 196 ?: Tonight in the night club ; EMI Columbia 1C062-28 408
  • 196 ?: Among us pastors' daughters (as Jens Brenke & Robert T. Odeman) EMI Columbia 1 C 062-28 860
  • 1971: Something is happening in the Tingeltangel ; various performers; (as Jens & Erich ); German Record Club Stereo H 025
  • 1974: From the Hanoverian beyond. New basement songs, jokes and rhymes with Jens Brenke (LP). L&P tone 666456
  • 1977: Across the 7 seas. Tall ship trip. Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff presents a musical circumnavigation. Hörzu long-playing record, Hamburg 1977
  • 1980: Midnight Splashes - lively songs, chansons, Yiddish jokes and literary cheekiness double LP; Texts by Käster, Tucholsky, Busch and Odeman; Leuenhagen & Paris L&P tone F667016 / 17

Singles

  • 1971: No time / vacation from love ; BASF 05 11235-1
  • 1974: If I were once rich / return to Hanover ; L&P Tone 0 105 520; presented by Stadtsparkasse Hannover for the 50th World Savings Day (= The Hannover Platte with the Georgia Street Jazz Band )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://nobbyrockcity.blogspot.de/2015/05/jens-brenke.html , accessed on March 5, 2018
  2. ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, June 16, 1989
  3. ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, April 28, 1983
  4. ↑ From the Hanoverian beyond. New basement songs, jokes and rhymes with Jens Brenke (LP). L&P sound 1974
  5. ↑ Odeon 1C 062-29 451
  6. ↑ Odeon 1C 062-29 454
personal data
SURNAME Brenke, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1988
Place of death Hanover