Tom and Tommy

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Tom and Tommy were a singing duo of the German Schlager of the post-war period . It consisted of the singers Curt Stephan and Richard Gatermann, both of whom were previously members of the Roland Trio .

Band history

The two singers were produced by Werner Cyprys . The duo landed a top ten success in the German charts with their debut single Eine Handvoll Heimaterde , a very typical ballad, influenced by American western songs, full of wanderlust and homesickness. Overall, the recording lasted eight months in the music market hit parade.

A few more, but no longer commercially successful singles followed. Stephan and Gatermann later became members of the tramps .

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
A handful of homeland
  DE 9 07/01/1959 (32 weeks)

Discography

Singles

  • 1959: A handful of local soil
  • 1960: Südwind (say hello to my home)
  • 1962: The forests of home

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The single reached number 4. Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956-1980 . Taurus Press, Hamburg 1990, p. 205
  2. ↑ Charts DE