Otto Neumann (singer)

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Otto Neumann (born April 21, 1891 in Vienna ; † December 28, 1956 there ) was an Austrian entertainment singer.

Life

After attending the military academy , he began a career as a professional soldier in 1911 as a lieutenant in a dragoon regiment. He served in the Austrian army until 1918, most recently in the rank of Rittmeister . After his discharge from the army, Neumann began a new career: He got engagements as a "mood singer " in cabarets and bars.

After a few years of engagement, he took over the management of the “Kaiser-Bar” in Vienna. As a singing manager, he entertained his guests every evening with the latest hits and Viennese songs . Due to its success, Neumann soon received offers from the record industry; from the mid-1920s he made recordings at the Austrian Columbia, mainly in Vienna, but also in Berlin. Neumann sang for orchestras such as Otto Dobrindt ("Dobbri" / Columbia Tanzorchester), the Charleston Serenaders, Frank Fox (d. I. Frantisek Fuchs), Isy Geiger, Adolf Pauscher, Harry Sandauer and others. a. between 1924 and 1936.

His artistic activity ended in 1940 with the beginning of the Second World War . After 1945 he ran the “Sanssoucis” bar in Vienna, where he appeared as a singer, but only occasionally.

Record recordings (selection)

  1. Saxophone Orchestra Dobbri with Refraingesang Otto Neumann:
    • I loved to kiss women (Columbia D-8159)
    • Nobody loves you like me (Columbia D-8159)
    • I loved to kiss women (Columbia D 8194)
  2. Charleston Serenaders with Refraingesang Otto Neumann:
    • Drink, drink, brother drink (Columbia D-30758)
    • Drink, drink, brother drink, (Columbia D-30789)
    • If you drink to you and you - Tango (Columbia D-30757)
  3. Columbia Dance Orchestra with Refraingesang Otto Neumann:
    • Ramona - English Waltz (Columbia D-15773)
    • Blue - Slow-Fox (Columbia D-15773)
    • You look lovely again today, madam (Columbia D-30733)
  4. Otto Neumann with a large saxophone orchestra:
    • When I am the blonde Inge (Columbia D-30882)
    • Bimbambulla - Song and Foxtrot (Columbia D-30882)
    • The fragrance that accompanies a beautiful woman (Columbia D-30883)
  5. Frank Fox Dance Orchestra with Refraingesang Otto Neumann:
    • A friend, a good friend - Foxtrot (Columbia DV 353)
    • First comes a big question mark - Foxtrot (Columbia DV 353)
    • My brother makes the noise in the sound film - Foxtrot (Columbia DV 354)

literature

  • Berthold Leimbach (Ed.): Sound documents of cabaret and their interpreters 1898–1945 . Göttingen, self-published, 1991.

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personal data
SURNAME Neumann, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1956
Place of death Vienna