Lolita (singer)

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Lolita , actually Edith Einzinger , née Zuser (born January 17, 1931 in St. Pölten , † July 1, 2010 in Salzburg ), was an Austrian pop singer , actress and television presenter .

Life

The daughter of a federal official attended a commercial school and worked as a clerk in a spinning mill, as a qualified kindergarten teacher and dental assistant. She appeared as a singer at local events and in 1956 represented Gerhard Wendland, who was sick, during an evening of entertainment . After test recordings in the ORF -Landesstudio Linz, she devoted herself entirely to her career as a singer.

Label of the single Sailor (Your Home Is the Sea) , US-American pressing of Seemann (Your Home Is the Sea) , 1960

With her first hit, White Elderberry , she was also seen in the film of the same name in 1957 and in the same year was able to take second place in the German charts with The White Moon of Maratonga . In 1960 she had a great success with Seemann (your home is the sea) (written by Werner Scharfenberger and Fini Busch ), with which she reached number two in the German single charts and number five in the United States under the title Sailor . That was the first mainly German-speaking single that succeeded. In Germany she received a platinum record from her music label for over a million singles sold. A total of over two million records of this title were sold, which even made it into the Japanese charts. She recorded all of her records, which were mostly about wanderlust / homesickness , on the record labels of Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor and Heliodor (label) . Originally also under the name "Ditta Zuser". Several times she was also seen in films, where she performed her songs.

From the mid-1960s onwards she turned more to folk music and, since 1967, has presented the television program Im Krug zum green Kranze more than fifty times on Saarland Radio . In the 1970s, she hosted along with Maxl Count the music program Funny musicians of the ZDF . In 1976 she received the Hermann Löns Medal . By the time she died, Lolita had sold more than 20 million records. She was married twice but divorced both times. She had a child and a grandchild and last lived in Großgmain in the Salzburg area . She died of cancer at the age of 79. The urn with the remains of Lolita was buried in Großgmain.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The white moon of Maratonga
  DE 2 11/09/1957 (23 weeks)
Addio, amigo
  DE 5 02/15/1958 (23 weeks)
Mexicano
  DE 7th 07/12/1958 (16 weeks)
A blue magic flower
  DE 5 09/20/1958 (18 weeks)
Manakoora
  DE 8th 11/15/1958 (14 weeks)
Capitano
  DE 17th 11/29/1958 (6 weeks)
Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea)
  DE 2 
platinum
platinum
03/01/1960 (41 weeks)
  US 5 December 19, 1960 (18 weeks)
La luna
  DE 30th 06/01/1960 (11 weeks)
Dear Jonny, come back
  DE 33 09/01/1960 (8 weeks)
Star of the Prairie / Cowboy Jimmy Joe
  DE 12 09/01/1960 (20 weeks)
  US 94 02/13/1961 (3 weeks)
My ship is called Homesick
  DE 29 10/01/1960 (7 weeks)
Souvenir d'amour
  DE 16 03/01/1961 (11 weeks)
Across all seven seas
  DE 9 06/01/1961 (12 weeks)
Lucki-Lucki-Polka
  DE 22nd 10/01/1961 (4 weeks)
Longing for Samoa
  DE 36 December 01, 1961 (3 weeks)
Gondoli, gondola
  DE 41 06/01/1962 (8 weeks)
Then came Johnny
  DE 45 07/01/1963 (3 weeks)
Sailor love
  DE 43 06/01/1964 (4 weeks)
Men, masts and sailors
  DE 37 10/01/1965 (8 weeks)
I want to live
  DE 18th 09/01/1966 (10 weeks)
  • 1956: pineapple
  • 1956: Life is only there for love
  • 1956: White elder
  • 1957: On silver waves - with Jörg Maria Berg
  • 1957: Corabella
  • 1957: The white moon of Maratonga
  • 1957: Lorena
  • 1957: Mambo-Lolita
  • 1957: Wait for me - with Jörg Maria Berg
  • 1958: Addio Amigo
  • 1958: Capitano
  • 1958: A blue magic flower
  • 1958: Manakoora
  • 1958: Melodia Ba-Bahia
  • 1958: Mexicano
  • 1958: Seven mountains - seven valleys - in a duet with Jimmy Makulis / Konzerthaus in Vienna
  • 1958: south wind
  • 1958: What a man can do
  • 1959: I want to remain loyal to you
  • 1959: stay with me
  • 1959: Cheerio
  • 1959: That's homesick - as Ditta Zusa
  • 1959: island of love
  • 1959: Jonny
  • 1959: Kuckucksjodler - as Ditta Zusa
  • 1959: Manana Caballero
  • 1959: It will always be like this
  • 1959: Star of the Tropical Night
  • 1959: What is beating up there on the tanna tree - as Ditta Zusa
  • 1959: When the grouse is courting - as Ditta Zusa
  • 1960: sailor (your home is the sea)
  • 1960: The stars of the prairie
  • 1960: The wide world a long way off
  • 1960: La Luna
  • 1960: Mei Vata is an Appenzeller
  • 1960: My ship is called "Heimweh"
  • 1960: Souvenir d'amour
  • 1960: When Summer Comes (only published in the US)
  • 1960: How fun it is in winter
  • 1961: A bouquet of forget-me-nots
  • 1961: Lucki-Lucki-Polka
  • 1961: roses are blooming
  • 1961: Longing for Samoa
  • 1961: When we meet again
  • 1961: Across all seven seas
  • 1962: Addio, My Darling, Bye Bye
  • 1962: The yodelling postillon
  • 1962: For a few days
  • 1962: Gondoli Gondola
  • 1962: Silver Seagull
  • 1962: dream music
  • 1962: dreams of home
  • 1962: And a song sounds through the valley
  • 1963: Then came Johnny
  • 1963: Tell me where the flowers are
  • 1963: love comes and goes
  • 1963: I stand alone by the river
  • 1963: Mary, Oh Mary
  • 1963: Just say three words
  • 1964: Balalaika
  • 1964: life is beautiful
  • 1964: Sailor love
  • 1964: Longing for you and love
  • 1964: When a cowboy wants to kiss me
  • 1965: a golden heart
  • 1965: Come again
  • 1965: Today I feel like salt and sea
  • 1965: men, masts and sailors (Mohavana)
  • 1965: Don't cry, Marino
  • 1965: When our father is happy
  • 1966: being free
  • 1966: I want to live
  • 1966: my world
  • 1966: day and night
  • 1967: somewhere among the stars
  • 1967: Paradise of beautiful dreams
  • 1967: forge your luck
  • 1967: Love can be wonderful
  • 1968: make me believe
  • 1968: Different ways
  • 1969: song of life
  • 1969: rain and sunshine
  • 1972: I have a groom in Texas
  • 1975: Blue Night at the harbor
  • 1980: You are never alone
  • On the white beach of Soerabaya

Filmography

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b grave of Lolita knerger.de
  2. ^ A b Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 445 .
  3. ^ Joseph Murrells, Million Selling Records , 1985, 144
  4. ↑ Chart sources: Charts DE Charts US
personal data
SURNAME Lolita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Single finger, ditta; Einzelinger, Edith; Zusa Einzinger, Ditta; Zuser, Edith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Poelten , Austria
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 2010
Place of death Salzburg , Austria