Jimmy Makulis

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Little Cha-Cha-Senorita
  DE 30th 06/01/1956 (4 weeks)
In Cuba the girls are brown
  DE 14th 09/01/1956 (16 weeks)
Seven mountains, seven valleys (& Ditta Zusa)
  DE 13 December 01, 1957 (8 weeks)
Buona Sera
  DE 30th 03/01/1958 (4 weeks)
Guitars sound softly through the night
  DE 4th 10/01/1959 (28 weeks)
At night in Rome
  DE 9 08/01/1960 (28 weeks)
A boat, a moonlit night and you
  DE 36 09/01/1960 (18 weeks)
Weites Land (& Nina Zacha)
  DE 10 05/01/1961 (28 weeks)
Sweetheart Guitar
  DE 10 December 01, 1961 (16 weeks)
I only have you in life
  DE 17th 03/01/1962 (12 weeks)
The colorful wedding car (& Nina Zacha)
  DE 24 05/01/1962 (8 weeks)
Because I know we'll see each other again
  DE 37 December 01, 1962 (4 weeks)
Farewell, you flower of Tahiti
  DE 43 03/01/1963 (4 weeks)
Little moonlight love
  DE 38 03/01/1964 (8 weeks)

Jimmy Makulis (* April 12, 1935 as Demetrius Macoulis , Greek : Τζίμης Μακούλης, in Athens ; † October 28, 2007 ibid) was a Greek pop singer who also enjoyed great success in the German-speaking countries in the 1950s and 1960s.

Life

Makulis grew up in South Africa and attended high school and college in Johannesburg and Cape Town. His father and grandfather were diplomats; the father had served as the Greek consul in Cyprus and as a labor attaché in the British embassy in Athens. Jimmy sang in bars and nightclubs in the evenings and won a singing competition in Athens in 1949, which soon made him a successful singer in his home country. He signed his first record deal with Philips in Greece .

In 1955 Makulis came to Germany, where he initially recorded two singles with Polydor . His first big success in German-speaking countries was in 1956 with the song Auf Cuba die Mädchen sind braun , which was produced by the Heliodor label . The greatest success came in 1959 with the first Ariola production Guitars sound quietly through the night , a cover version of the hit by GDR singer Günter Geißler . Makulis' version is one of the evergreens of German hit music today . Because of his perfect appearance and appearance, the media called him the "Sinatra of the Orient". At that time he lived in Munich. He was also successful in a duet, first with Lolita as Ditta Zusa (1957) and later with Nina Zacha (1961/62).

In 1959 Makulis played girls for the Mambo-Bar in the revue thriller at the side of Kai Fischer and Gerlinde Locker , in 1961 Makulis appeared in the feature film On the Streets of a City under the direction of Otto Ambros , which was followed by other film roles until 1966 followed. In 1961 he also represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest . His song Sehnsucht took 15th place there, tied last. In 1962 Makulis took part in the German Schlager Festival in 1962 . His song I only got you in life came in last. Nevertheless, the title was able to stay in the German charts for twelve weeks.

In 1966 Makulis moved to the USA , where he achieved some notable success in Las Vegas . His repertoire now comprised ten languages. In 1985 Jimmy Makulis returned to his native Greece. There he took part in the Greek qualification for the song contest in 1990, but could not qualify. In the early 1990s he returned to Germany, where he was able to achieve a few smaller successes. In 2005 a music agency contacted a German label. He made his last studio recordings together with the music producer Horst Lemke. His last published CD I Don`t Think I Ever Told You with three of his greatest German hits a. a. "Guitars sound quietly through the night" and two English-language titles were released in 2006 by Marabu Records.

Makulis, who was married to Monika from Berlin, died on October 28, 2007 at the age of 72 in a hospital in Athens after undergoing heart surgery.

Discography (Germany)

Vinyl singles

From page Catalog no. published
Polydor
Give me your hand / Alexandria 23143 12/1955
Tschika-Tschika-Bum / Little Cha-Cha-Senorita 23176 02/1956
Heliodor
In Cuba the girls are brown / On a moonlit night in Peru 450003 06/1956
Tongatabu / Maria Mia Manzanares 450045 10/1956
Donna Dolores / Cubana - Cubanita 45108 04/1957
Seven mountains - seven valleys (& Ditta Zusa) / Bahama Mama 450159 04/1957
Seven mountains - seven valleys (& Ditta Zusa) / Nani - Nana 450137 11/1957
Polydor
Buona Sera / Mia Maddalen 23601 11/1957
Who knows the miracle / We separate countries (A + B: Erni Bieler ) 23636 01/1958
Constantinople / Addios, Mariquita Linda 23655 04/1958
On the beach of Mindanao / With a little love (A + B: & Lolita) 23720 05/1958
This is how women kiss in Peru / Canzone d'amore 23746 05/1958
Te Quiero / Star of Napoli (A + B: & Lolita) 23749 05/1958
Buenas noches mi amor / playing on the tambourine 23818 09/1958
Such a love / a little trip 23863 11/1958
Ariola
Guitars sound softly through the night / Addio, my blonde girl 35270 09/1959
Tahiti / The miracle of a starry night 35280 01/1960
A boat, a moonlit night and you / night in Rome 35575 07/1960
Weites Land / A gondola is waiting at the Lido (A + B: & Nina Zacha ) 35608 02/1961
An island born of dreams / dreams of the South Seas 45422 05/1961
Sweetheart-Guitar / The valley of the white rose 45210 11/1961
I only have you in life / nobody knows where to go 45300 02/1962
Do you hear the song / The colorful wedding car (A + B: & N. Zacha) 45309 04/1962
Because I know we'll meet again / Maro, Maro 45383 09/1962
Farewell, you flower of Tahiti / The wind has turned 10028 01/1963
Soon the day / gold will come in the sunshine 10242 02/1963
Fontana Di Trevi / So comes a star in the night 12577 05/1963
Vaya Con Dios / Aloha oe 10424 11/1963
O Potamos / Chlipa Cambana 18228 04/1965
Vogue
Come ride with me / When I go 14082 11/1963
Adios My Darling / Little Moonlight Love 14108 01/1964
Mother / As long as you're there 14137 04/1964
With every day / dreams 14185 09/1964
Bella Annabell / Old Joe 14362 07/1965
Philips
This world has never been so beautiful / The day is coming 388384 05/1969
After rain there is sunshine again / filming takes place three times 6003002 01/1970
Electrola
There is a reunion / come with me 41051 001975
Jupiter
Girls from Samos / Farewell Athens 16946 001976

Vinyl music albums

title Catalog no. published
Under the southern sun Ariola 31045 1961
The great successes of yesterday Ariola 27241 1978

Compact discs

title Label published
Guitars sound softly through the night Bear Family 1996
Island of Dreams - The best of Jimmy Makulis BMG Ariola 2002
In Cuba the girls are brown Universal Music 2012

Filmography

literature

  • Frank Laufenberg , Ingrid Laufenberg: Frank Laufenberg's rock and pop lexicon. All top 10 hits from the USA, GB, Germany and their performers. Volume 2. 2nd edition ECON-Taschenbuch-Verl., Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-612-26207-6 , p. 935.
  • Host Dieter Czembor: Jimmy Makulis - guitars sound painfully through the night. (CD booklet). Bear Family 15922, 1996.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.chartsurfer.de
personal data
SURNAME Makulis, Jimmy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 2007
Place of death Athens