And it was summer
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Publication |
1976 |
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| Label (s) | Teldec | |||
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LP, MC, CD |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
45 min, 40 sec |
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Studio (s) |
Hansa recording studios |
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And It Was Summer is Peter Maffay's sixth studio album , released in 1976.
History of origin
Early to mid-1976 Peter Maffay recorded his sixth studio album with studio musicians, And It Was Summer . As with Meine Freiheit , Maffay produced it together with Joachim Heider . A total of twenty songs were recorded, from which Peter Maffay selected twelve titles. Maffay was the main composer, but the texts were mostly written by Gregor Rottschalk (under the pseudonym Christian Heilburg) in consultation with Maffay.
The title song, which was released as a single before the album , caused a minor scandal when it was released. The lines of text "I was 16 and she was 31 / And I didn't know much about love / She knew everything and she let me feel / I was no longer a child" caused problems for many program directors and artistic directors. Many radio stations also refused, and it was summer to play.
Maffay appeared with "And it was summer" on October 23, 1976 in the 86th edition of the ZDF hit parade .
The text for the song Und es war Sommer is a adaptation of Summer (The First Time) (1973), a song by the American singer-songwriter and country singer Bobby Goldsboro . However, his authorship was always kept secret in connection with the Maffay recording.
The album was released on August 28, 1976.
Track list
The songs were composed in particular by Joachim Heider (1, 2, 4 to 12), Peter Maffay (2 to 12) and Peter Schirmann. The texts mostly come from a joint effort by Gregor Rottschalk (1 to 4, 6 to 9 and 11) and Maffay (2 to 8, 10 and 12). Deviating composers and additions are listed in the title list.
- And it was summer - 4:12
- My Love - 4:15
- The song is called love (Thor Baldursson) - 3:51
- Coca Cola, Girls and Rock 'n' Roll - 2:58
- I'm looking for my star ( Uwe Reuss ) - 4:15
- Halifax (instrumental) - 3:15
- The wind tells a song - 3:59
- Tonight - 4:01 am
- I am an island - 2:32
- I only stay one night (Claus Dittmar, Günther Moll, Timothy Touchton , Veit Marvos) - 3:32
- Girls - Wild as the Sea - 4:06
- A picture cannot laugh like you ( Michael Holm ) - 4:44
success
The album sold over 300,000 copies within a short period of time. It reached number 4 in the German album charts. Two songs were released as singles : A picture can't laugh like you and And it was summer . Despite the lack of airplay, the title song reached number 5 in the German single charts. In Austria the single came to number 18 and in Switzerland to number 7. Even a picture can't laugh like you placed itself in the charts, but only to number 25. The album was awarded a gold record in Germany in 1991 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Edmund Hartsch: Maffay. On the way to myself . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-570-01029-7 , pp. 96 .
- ↑ And it was summer. Discogs , accessed August 21, 2011 .
- ↑ Chart data And it was summer. (No longer available online.) Chartsurfer.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 22, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chart tracking And it was summer. Austriancharts.at, accessed on August 21, 2011 .
- ↑ Chart tracking Peter Maffay. (No longer available online.) Musicline , archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved August 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ search query. Musikindustrie.de, accessed on August 21, 2011 .
