Love Generation (band)

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Love generation
General information
origin Munich , Germany
Genre (s) pop
founding 1969
resolution 1978
Founding members
Gregor Cornely (1969–1973, 1975) ,
Linda Uebelherr (1969–1971) ,
Gitta Walther (1969–1978) ,
Birgit Laury (1969–1978)
Last occupation
Gitta Walther,
Birgit Laury,
Peter Hedrich (1975–1978) ,
Lucy Neale (1975–1978)
former members
Don Adams (1972–1974) ,
Joe Kienemann (1969–1971) ,
Christina Harrison (1971–1974) ,
Jerry Rix (1974) ,
Ben Thomas (1975) ,
Timothy Touchton (1975–1977)

Love Generation was a German singing ensemble founded in Munich in 1969 . It existed until 1978.

history

The group was founded by Gregor Cornely (bourgeois Gregor Wilczek), Gitta Walther (later Gitta MacKay), the Danish Birgit Laury and Linda Uebelherr (later Linda G. Thompson). All were previously members of the Cornely Singers founded by Gregor Wilczék's father Frank Cornély-Wilczek (better known as Frank Cornely ) in 1964 . Frank Cornely worked for Love Generation as a producer, composer and lyricist.

Shortly after it was founded, United Artists Records released the single Rosarot Himmelblau . Joe Kienemann joined them in the first year . In 1970 the self-named debut album was released with a series of German pop cover songs . In 1971 Joe Kienemann and Linda Uebelherr left the band. Uebelherr joined the Les Humphries Singers . In addition, the Scots Don Adams and Christina Harrison (now Christina Voormann ), who became known under the name Christina May in 1969 and was already married to the musician Martin Harrison at the time , were added to Love Generation . Don Adams married Gitta Walther, who took his real surname MacKay. At the turn of 1971/1972 the band in the New Year's Eve show was ZDF - Show by us for you to see. On December 11th before that, they appeared for the first time in the ZDF series disco , in which they were seen a total of four times until 1976.

In 1972, Here we are, the first album in English, was released. The tracks Picture Perfect In My Mind and Something To Believe In were released a year later as a single. The third album was released in 1973. In the same year, the advertising song "Take the great, real freshness" sung for the chewing gum manufacturer Wrigley became known from television advertising . After Gregor Cornely left the formation at the end of 1973, he was replaced in 1974 by the Dutchman Jerry Rix . Gregor Cornely stepped in briefly in 1975. In 1974 the album Lovely was released , on which the tracks of the 1973 single Goin 'Downtown can be heard. Don Adams left the ensemble in 1974. Adams also joined the Les Humphries Singers. For Adams came Peter Hedrich, better known by his later stage name Peter Kent . Timothy Touchton then took the original place of Gregory Cornely in 1975 and for Harrison Lucy Neale was added, who had released a solo single in 1974 under the pseudonym Lucy O'Day.

In 1975 Love Generation took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Hör 'again Radio and shared third place with Mary Roos . This is where Christina Harrison made her last appearance with the group. She initially tried a solo career, e.g. B. with a German version of the world hit "SOS" by ABBA, which she was also able to present in the ZDF hit parade. "Listen to the radio again" was also featured on the album Sing, Sing, Sing! published whose tracks are all sung in German. Also in 1976 the formation took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest and reached fifth place with the song about the inventor Thomas Alva Edison . This title appeared as the A-side of a single and reached the top 50 of the German airplay charts . The last album Our Kind Of Music from 1976 is again in English. After Timothy Touchton left the band in 1977, Love Generation released a single as a quartet in 1978.

In 1981, Übelherr, Harrison, Neale and Walther had considerable success as "The Hornettes" with the title "Mannequin" penned by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Augener. They finished second behind Lena Valaitis in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Grand Prix. After that they had numerous live and television appearances and accompanied as choir singers a. a. Udo Juergens. Her Grand Prix title was also in the Top 50 of the Media Control Charts.

Discography

Several of the band's titles have also been published as contributions to a sampler.

Albums

  • 1970: Love Generation (United Artists Records)
  • 1972: Here we are (United Artists Records)
  • 1973: Vibrations (United Artists Records)
  • 1974: Lovely (United Artists Records)
  • 1975: Sing, Sing, Sing! (United Artists Records)
  • 1976: Our Kind Of Music (United Artists Records)

Singles

  • 1969: Pink, sky blue / Live your life (United Artist Records)
  • 1971: Love for everybody / Love is everywhere (United Artist Records / Mega Records (1972))
  • 1972: Israel / Think it over (United Artist Records)
  • 1972: Picture perfect in my Mind / Keep the Circle turning (United Artists Records)
  • 1972: Something to believe in / I'll be there (When the Birds stop singing) (United Artists Records)
  • 1973: Morning of my Life / Good Vibrations coming (United Artists Records)
  • 1973: Wrigley Hit '73 ("Take the great real freshness")
  • 1973: Goin 'downtown / It's too late to return (United Artists Records)
  • 1974: Come to town / One place is still available (United Artists Records)
  • 1974: Bye bye Baby goodbye / Johnny and Louise (United Artists Records)
  • 1975: Listen to the radio again / Say good-bye (United Artists Records)
  • 1975: Yes, we're going away / Say I love you (United Artists Records)
  • 1975: What would flowers be / She's still coming today (United Artists Records)
  • 1976: Thomas Alva Edison (United Artists Records)
  • 1976: Beach Party / Brooklyn Boy (United Artists Records)
  • 1976: San Francisco '69 / Sweet Dreams of Sausalito (United Artists Records)
  • 1977: There was a Time / Love is a many splendored Thing (United Artists Records)
  • 1978: Change your Mind / Change it (United Artists Records)

Awards

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  1. ↑ From us for you - December 31, 1971. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 (English).
  2. ↑ Lucy O'Day - Only when dreaming / Come home to me , rateyourmusic.com.
  3. ↑ Love Generation , Musik-Sammler.de.

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