Karl-Heinz Blumenberg

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Karl-Heinz "Carlo" Blumenberg (born April 29, 1948 ; † February 24, 2016 in Hamburg ) was a German musician, editor, presenter and media consultant. As a singer he had success with the title "Tuut Tuut" by the group Leinemann . He worked as an editor for the magazines Hörzu , Neue Revue and stern as well as ten years as editor-in-chief at Bella .

Life

Karl-Heinz Blumenberg studied political science in Hamburg with Winfried Steffani (CDU), graduated as a political scientist and initially worked as his assistant. As a member of the Hamburg scene , he took part in various Hamburg music groups. He played with Leinemann , the Harburg rock band Thrice Mice and the brass pop formation Altona , which made a name for itself in Krautrock . In 1981 and 1983 he took part in the preliminary rounds for the Grand Prix Eurovision with Leinemann . The title "Tuut Tuut" reached 15th place in Germany in 1985 and is considered Leinemann's greatest hit.

Under the pseudonym "Harry Horror" he published a title about the serial killer Fritz Honka in 1975 . The title developed into a club hit, although the rental company RCA initially refrained from marketing the title for reasons of piety.

As a journalist he received his training at Harburg Ads and News , after which Blumenberg worked for the program magazine Hörzu and as a personalia editor for the magazine Stern . He participated in the Camel Trophy three times as a reporter. The reports about this expedition made the Camel Trophy very popular in Germany and the European region. From 1991 to 2001 Blumenberg was editor-in-chief of the women's magazine Bella . He then worked as a presenter for the local TV station Hamburg 1 . With his media consulting agency, he organized the election campaign for Rudolf Lange , the top candidate of the FDP , in the 2001 Hamburg state election . In 2003, Blumenberg was head of communications for Hamburg's application for the 2012 Olympic Games . Blumenberg is considered to be the inventor of the Hamburg Cruise Days . He died on February 24, 2016 at the age of 67 in Hamburg.

Fonts

Discography

With the Leinemann group

Singles

  • 1975 In Hamburg the nights are long D # 46
  • 1980 full steam radio D # 31
  • 1981 The Loch Ness Monster
  • 1981 Don't be afraid of rock 'n' roll
  • 1982 A kingdom for an Elvis autograph
  • 1983 I tear down all the walls
  • 1985 Mein Tuut Tuut D # 15
  • 1988 There's a case of beer in Spain
  • 1989 Fancy radio
  • 1993 Nick Nack
  • 1993 The dinosaurs

Albums

  • 1971 Honky Tonky Skiffle Rock
  • 1972 Piano Skiffle Rock
  • 1973 Last Train To San Fernando
  • 1974 This is Leinemann
  • 1974 Lonnie Donegan meets Leinemann
  • 1975 Leinemann - Live
  • 1976 German
  • 1985 Tuut Tuut
  • 2004 My Tuut Tuut (Sampler)

With "Altona"

  • Altona (1974)
  • Chickenfarm (1975) (the LPs were released by RCA ; as CDs they were reissued by disconforme from 2001 )
  • Hanns Dieter Hüsch : Night performance (playback recording)
    (published by: Intercord 1975)

As Harry Horror

  • I liked to saw women (1975)
  • The Naked Phantom (1978)

With dirty dogs

  • Running Wild (1978)
  • Seven Lives For Rock 'n' Roll (1979)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jump up ↑ Records: Hit about Honka. In: Der Spiegel from October 20, 1975.
  2. ↑ http://www.horizont.at/newsdetail/news/ciao-bella.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Ciao Bella - With immediate effect, Karl-Heinz Blumenberg is no longer editor-in-chief of the women's magazine bella. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.horizont.at  In: Horizont (magazine) of March 6, 2001.
  3. ↑ News: Hamburg Compact. In: welt.de . February 26, 2016, accessed October 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Blumenberg, Karl-Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blumenberg, Carlo (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, editor, moderator and media consultant
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1948
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2016
Place of death Hamburg