Nilsen Brothers
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The Nilsen Brothers are a German hit trio that became known to me with evergreens like Tom Dooley and But you are only given once . Members today are Josef (called "Pepe") Ederer, Marco Ettisberger and Ralph Cottiati.
history
The original Nilsen Brothers - Pepe (actually Josef; initially under the name "Pep") Ederer (* 1932), Gerd Gudera (* 1933) and Walter Leykauf - all came from a village in Upper Palatinate. They appeared as amateur singers at smaller and larger events and also won a young talent competition organized by Bavarian Radio . They were then recommended to Peter Frankenfeld for his TV show Toi, Toi, Toi . After their performance in Hamburg they received contract offers from several record companies, which eventually led to a commitment to the Cologne label Electrola . Their first single with the German version of the Kingston trio hit Tom Dooley was produced in autumn 1958 and reached the German charts in December 1958, where Tom Dooley rose to number one. The title was represented in the machine market charts for 36 weeks, the youth magazine Bravo noted Tom Dooley in its hit list Musicbox from December 1958 to July 1959 for 28 weeks, twelve times as number one. The Nilsen Brothers also sang their hit song in the comedy film Immer die Mädchen .
By 1961, the Nilsen Brothers recorded ten singles with Electrola, including records with Boy Berger and Angèle Durand . The title recorded with Angèle Durand The Cowboys from the Silver Ranch led to another hit parade (1960, # 20). Other hit parades were Tom Dooley II (1960, 40th), Sacramento (1961, 22nd) and Stielaugen-Tango (1962, 50th). With the title But you only exist once for me , composed by Ederer , the Nilsen Brothers only entered the charts in Austria (1967, 9th). After the record deal with Electrola expired, there were only short engagements with Ariola , Decca and Philips . It was not until 1965 that the small Duisburg record company Populates signed a long-term contract that led to over ten single productions. In addition to his record releases, the trio has also appeared in numerous films.
In 1969 the Nilsen Brothers settled in Switzerland. After Ederer had started to publish solo records in 1970 and to work as a composer and producer and Leykauf had also gone his own way as a singer Patrizius , the trio withdrew from the public in 1972 and instead founded a production company. In 1975 Leykauf finally separated from the Nilsen Brothers and was replaced by Marc Holder. Later comeback attempts failed, in 2005 the trio released their own compact disc with the title Never Forget Your Dreams , which contains, among other things, new versions of But you are only once for me and my darling, I still love you today .
Discography
Vinyl singles
From page | Catalog no. | published |
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Electrola | ||
Tom Dooley / Wenn | 21053 | 10/1958 |
Too Young (& Boy Berger) / (Boy Berger: Don't Say Good Bye) | 21051 | 1959 |
A thousand stars shine / Who knows where the wind will blow us | 21071 | 1959 |
Fanagalo / All roads lead home | 21165 | 5/1959 |
Tom Dooley II / We fell in Tijuana | 21237 | 7/1959 |
Linda / One came through | 21384 | 1/1960 |
Joe Brown, the clown / El Matador | 21493 | 5/1960 |
The cowboys from the Silver Ranch (& A.Durand) / (R.Gildo / V.Bach: singing - swinging) |
21543 | 8/1960 |
Independence Cha Cha / Hold on to the kangaroo | 21705 | 1/1961 |
Sweetheart / Sacramento | 21842 | 5/1961 |
Ariola | ||
Popeye Tango / Nobody knew her name | 45223 | 12/1961 |
Three roses, three carnations, three orchids / Shooting galleries Polka | 45361 | 6/1962 |
Why didn't I stay / Gaby no longer lives with me | 100890 | 1979 |
Today I still love the whiskey / A love doesn't die in a day | 103753 | 1982 |
Decca | ||
John Kerry / Brownie | 19479 | 12/1963 |
Philips | ||
Rimini bikini baby / The red vino | 345720 | 5/1964 |
My love for you / Once you will be with me again | 6003222 | 1972 |
Popular | ||
Two guitars - one sweetheart melody / But you only exist once for me |
3001 | 1965 |
But you only exist once for me / you know why | 30001 | 1965 |
It's never too late / without you | 3012 | |
My love - my loyalty / Maria, Maria | 3038 | 1968 |
Bring me luck, chimney sweep / But I must never lose you | 3049 | 1968 |
The main prize / You can't have everything | 3061 | 1968 |
You can buy hippie melody / roses | 3065 | |
13 green benches / time is money | 3072 | |
Hazy Honey / The most beautiful day | 3074 | |
One day I'll be with you again / A tear stays here | 3077 | |
The most beautiful girl / the old gypsy | 3081 | |
Polydor | ||
One day I'll be with you again / A tear stays here | 2041068 | |
The most beautiful girl / the old gypsy | 2041177 | 1971 |
Vinyl music albums
title | Catalog no. | published |
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This world is so beautiful | Popular 6010 | ≈ 1970 |
But you only exist once for me | Marifon 47871 | 1978 |
literature
- Frank Laufenberg: Rock & Pop Lexicon . Econ Taschenbuch Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-612-26207-6 , Volume 2, p. 1095.
- Julio Mendívil: A musical piece of home. Ethnological observations on German hits. transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-89942-864-3 , pp. 111-112.
- Christian Müller: The BRAVO - musicbox , Volume I 1956–1969, self-published 2000
Web links
- Nilsen Brothers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Feature at SWR 4
- Discography at discogs.com
- Brothers at coverinfo.de
- Chart listings at chartsurfer.de
- But you only exist once for me , audio sample on YouTube