Melodies for millions

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Television broadcast
Original title Melodies for millions
Country of production Germany
Year (s) 1985-2007
Production
company		 DITO Multimedia GmbH
length 90+ minutes
Broadcasting
cycle		 irregular
genre Entertainment show
Moderation Dieter Thomas Heck
First broadcast January 2, 1985 on ZDF

Melodies for Millions was an entertainment program on ZDF . All issues were moderated by Dieter Thomas Heck and ran irregularly from 1985 to 2007 in the main evening program of the Mainz television station. The show was produced in large halls in front of an audience in Germany .

content

Using editorial research and audience letters, emotional stories were selected and retold in conversation with those involved. The team had often found missing relatives or acquaintances and invited surprise guests. A replica coffee house in the old German style with a revolving door, wood paneling and round marble tables served as the backdrop. Extras in classic waitress clothing took care of the catering. Monika Sundermann , already known to ZDF viewers from Dalli Dalli , assisted in later episodes .

The guests mostly associated musical memories with the stories they experienced. The original artists then performed the respective title on full playback. These were either hits, English-language oldies, popular titles or music from operas and operettas. In each show she also illustrated a well-known orchestra and a television ballet around the performer. Some of the music recordings even re-recorded the orchestra and performer beforehand. The record company Ariola , later Sony Music , released this on several sound carriers.

Charitable commitment

From the sale of the sound carriers, a portion of each long-playing record, music cassette or compact disc went to a charitable organization. From 1994 onwards, the ZDF also collected audience donations for the German Cancer Aid during the shows . For the 2007 final, 4.1 million euros were raised in donations. According to press information from the organization, a total of around 50 million euros has been collected for the charitable cause in the 13 years since 1994.

The End

With the last issue on November 18, 2007, the station stopped the series of shows. At the same time, Dieter Thomas Heck announced the end of his active TV career as a presenter. On November 2, 2008, Carmen Nebel continued Heck's commitment hand in hand with the ZDF donation gala . Since 2009, her ZDF show Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel has been broadcast once a year for the benefit of the German Cancer Aid.

Repetitions

From February 2015, the show series was repeated for the first time every Monday at 8:15 p.m. on ZDFkultur, 30 years after it was first broadcast, with the exception of episode 12, with a few interruptions until the station was closed in September 2016.

Trivia

  • Mildred Scheel , the then patron of the German Cancer Aid, was a guest in the first edition of the series. She died of cancer three months after it was broadcast.
  • The hit / chanson singer and actress Dalida had her last German TV appearance in Melodies for Millions . The recording aired posthumously on November 7, 1987 after her suicide in May 1987.
  • After the audience success, mainly due to the surprise stories, Rudi Carrell started his Saturday evening show for ARD in 1988 with the nickname Let yourself be surprised . Among other things, it also contained the amalgamation of lost friends and relatives. Compared to the ZDF version, however, the viewers did not apply themselves, but were usually invited to the WDR studio under a pretext .
  • Olli Dittrich and Wigald Boning released one of their albums as a comedy duo Die Doofen in 1996 under the title “Melodies for Melons” based on the show. The fun metal band JBO renamed their title “Instrumental Medley I & II” to “Melodies for Melons”.
  • Ragnhild Heck, the presenter's wife and manager, was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2007. The disease was also officially considered a reason for Heck's departure from TV. After successful treatment, she described her experiences in the last edition of the show.
  • Independently of the series, the House of History in Bonn organized a temporary exhibition on the history of German hits including an accompanying book from May 9 to October 5, 2008 under the title “Melodies for millions. The century of hits ”.

Publications

The CD series has been reissued by Sony Music since 2011 in a different composition with artist specials, but without donations. Three best-of DVDs were also released, individually or as a box set, with various music performances from the original shows.

List of TV broadcasts

episode date place Guests
01 02/02/1985 Eilenriedehalle Hanover Bruce Low , Margot Eskens , Tamara Lund , Rudolf Schock , Vico Torriani
02 April 13, 1985 International Congress Center Berlin Anneliese Rothenberger , Nicolai Gedda , Peter Kraus , Roland Kaiser , Paul Kuhn
03 07/07/1985 Eilenriedehalle , Hanover Reinhard Mey , Karl Ridderbusch , Heino , Ivan Rebroff , Max Greger , Rudolf Schock, Evelyn Künneke , Al Martino
04 October 24, 1985 City Hall Bremen Goombay Dance Band , Helga Feddersen , Cindy & Bert , Peter Rubin , Karel Gott , Freddy Quinn , Paola , Mary Roos , Dalida
05 01/18/1986 Philipshalle , Düsseldorf Ilse Werner , Johannes Heesters , Adamo , Günter Wewel , Lotti Krekel
06 03/22/1986 Ortenau-Halle , Offenburg Su Kramer , Bibi Johns , Sylvia Vrethammar , Rudolf Schock, Reinhard Mey, Marta Eggerth
07 05.10.1986 Liberty Hall , courtyard Angelika Milster , Ivan Rebroff, Marta Eggerth-Kiepura, Siw Malmkvist , Howard Carpendale , Daliah Lavi
08 11/22/1986 Liberty Hall , courtyard Paul Kuhn , Ute Mann Singers , Gotthilf Fischer and his Fischer Choirs , Etienne Cap , Marjon Lambriks , Peter Orloff , Heinz Hoppe , Opera Choir of the Nuremberg Municipal Theaters, Roberto Blanco , Lotar Olias
09 03/14/1987 Bremerhaven City Hall Paul Kuhn , Ute Mann Singers , Rex Gildo , Marianne and Michael , Chris Norman , Edith Hancke , Barbara Schöne , Wolfgang Völz , Ralf Wolter , Heike Schäfer , Gunther Philipp , Caterina Valente , Gotthilf Fischer and his Fischer choirs
10 07/11/1987 Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg Margot Eskens, Anneliese Rothenberger, Dalida, Tony Christie , Su Kramer, Jeanette Scovotti , Franzl Lang , choir of the Collegium Musicum, 1st TC Ludwigsburg
11 03/19/1988 Weser-Ems-Halle , Oldenburg Truck Stop , Ireen Sheer , Paul Kuhn, Gerhard Wendland , Heino, Helmut Zacharias , Marianne and Michael , Harald Serafin
12 10/16/1988 Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle , Stuttgart Peter Alexander , Vicky Leandros , Peter Seiffert and Die Westfälische Nachtigallen , Dorthe Kollo , Ivan Rebroff, the Fischer Choirs, Slavko Avsenik and his Original Oberkrainer, Paul Kuhn Orchestra, Ute-Mann-Singers
13 03/19/1989 Rhein-Ruhr-Halle , Duisburg Roberto Saccà , Paul Kuhn, Karl Ridderbusch, Mary Roos, Bernd Clüver
14th 11/22/1989 Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg Jürgen Marcus, Lena Valaitis, Sylvia Vrethammar, Freddy Quinn, Nana Mouskouri, Ute Mann Singers
15th 04/29/1990 Liberty Hall, courtyard Francisco Araiza , Anneliese Rothenberger, Johannes Heesters, Roger Whittaker , Speelwark
16 December 9, 1990 Cottbus town hall Lucia Popp , Al Bano & Romina Power , Milva , Roberto Sacca, Heinz Hoppe
17th 01/19/1991 Ostseehalle , Kiel Anneliese Rothenberger, Daliah Lavi, Olsen Brothers , Jochen Schäfer
18th 05/10/1991 Richard Clayderman , First General Insecurity , Karel Gott , Michael Holm , Udo Jürgens , Mary Roos
19th 01/04/1992 Eilenriedehalle , Hanover Edda Moser , Engelbert , Marianne & Michael, Ivan Rebroff
20th 11/29/1992 Ostseehalle , Kiel Udo Jürgens, Paola, Nicole , Lena Valaitis, Karel Gott, Ivan Rebroff, Roberto Sacca, Rudolf Schock, Margot Eskens
21st 05/16/1993 Sports hall Böblingen Peter Minich , Paul Kuhn, Gaby Albrecht , Ilse Werner, Vienna Boys' Choir
22nd 07/24/1993 Hall Münsterland , Münster Francisco Ariaza, Margot Eskens, Wolfgang Petry , Michelle , Tom Astor , Claudia Jung , Bernhard Brink , GG Anderson
23 01/23/1994 Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg Die Flippers , Max Greger, Marianne and Michael, Willy Hagara , Lolita , Roberto Blanco , Roberto Saccà
24 10/15/1994 Liberty Hall, courtyard Die Flippers, Edith Prock , Dagmar Koller , Patrick Lindner, Caterina Valente , Waltraut Haas , Ireen Sheer, Marc Marshall
25th December 3rd, 1995 Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg Frank Schöbel , Andrea Bocelli , Helmut Zacharias, Freddy Quinn, Patrick Lindner, Vicky Leandros, Udo Jürgens, Schürzenjäger
26th 12/15/1996 North Sea Hall , Emden Peter Minich, Eva Lind , Gillian Scalici , Ron Williams , Stevie Woods , Montserrat Caballé , Nino D'Angelo
27 07/12/1997 Sports hall Böblingen Peter Hofmann , Nicole, Vicky Leandros, Regensburger Domspatzen , Claudia Jung, Peter Seiffert
28 December 6, 1998 Grugahalle, Essen Milva, Wolfgang Petry, Claudia Jung, Deborah Sasson , Freddy Quinn , Nino de Angelo, Paul Kuhn Orchestra, Fischer Choirs
29 05.12.1999 Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg Nana Mouskouri, Siw Malmkvist, Drafi Deutscher , Roberto Blanco, Mireille Mathieu , Edda Moser, Paul Kuhn Orchestra, Adamo
30th 04/02/2000 North Sea Hall, Emden James Last , Barry Ryan , Wiener Walzerengel , Gregorian , Anna Montanaro , Volker Bengl , Harald Juhnke , German TV Ballet
31 11/26/2000 Volkswagen Hall Braunschweig Orchester Vincero , James Last, Montserrat Caballé, Deborah Sasson, Vicky Leandros, German Tenors , Maari Ballett , Brunner & Brunner
32 05/01/2001 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle , Ludwigshafen Silvia von Schweden , Michelle, Eva Lind, Fischer Choirs, Orchestra Dieter Reith , Karel Gott, Alexandru Badea , Perumanta
33 11/25/2001 Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg Karel Gott, Angelika Milster, Helmut Lotti, Die Flippers, Rick Astley, Volker Bengl, James Last
34 04/28/2002 Fair Erfurt Jürgen Marcus, Karat, Claudia Jung, Filippa Giordano
35 11/24/2002 Leipzig Fair Chris Rea, The Young Tenors, Angelika Milster, Roger Whittaker
36 05/04/2003 Ute Freudenberg, Hofmann siblings
37 11/23/2003 Fair Erfurt
38 03/14/2004 Fair Erfurt Gregorian Music, David Hasselhoff
39 11/21/2004 Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg Vanessa-Mae, Udo Jürgens, Chris de Burgh, Peter Kraus
40 05/13/2005 Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg Katja Ebstein, Patrick Lindner, Stefanie Hertel, Mirelle Mathieu, Hartmut Engler, Marc Marshall
41 11/20/2005 Chemnitz Arena Ute Freudenberg, Alexander Klaws, Uwe Kröger, Katie Melua, Mainzer Hofsänger, Gaby Albrecht
42 11/19/2006 Natural gas arena , Riesa Nana Mouskouri, The Puppini Sisters, Gaby Albrecht, Marc Marshall, Andrea Berg, DJ Ötzi
43 11/18/2007 Fair Erfurt Holiday on Ice, Karel Gott, Peter Maffay, Roland Kaiser, André Rieu

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