Werner Scharfenberger

Werner Scharfenberger (born September 25, 1925 in Regensburg ; † July 5, 2001 in Lugano ) was a German Schlager composer , conductor and arranger .

Beginnings

In 1945 Scharfenberger began as a jazz pianist with drummer Freddy Brocksieper's band, in 1948 he played with the Continental Six , and in 1949 he started in Max Greger's band . He appeared together with Scharfenberger in the comedy film Hallo, Fräulein , which was released on May 13, 1949. Here Scharfenberger played the teddy bear. He delivered his first film music for the erotic drama Eva und der Frauenarzt , which premiered on March 30, 1951.

Compositions in the 1950s

Musicians Quartet - Rosa-Rosa-Nina

Werner Scharfenberger wrote his first song as a composer in 1951 under the title Oh no, oh no, Herr Finkenstein , recorded by Kary Barnet (Charlotta Altbeta Tremlová) on July 27, 1951 and accompanied by the Max Greger Orchestra (Telefunken # 11183). For some compositions he adopted the pseudonym Wolfgang Zell . Lys Assia recorded the title Uhu on September 28, 1951 (Decca # 43 252). Under an old willow ... he composed together with Walter Brandin for the Fahrnberger siblings in early 1952 (Decca # 43 379), in which Scharfenberger presents his own quartet. Illo Schieder took over How often you kisses me (Polydor # 49 366) on October 4, 1954, one of the first compositions with the hit writer Fini Busch , who hides here under the pseudonym Karl Kiesinger .

Evelyn Künneke took up Du bist ein Tiger (B-side of Tick ​​Tack Boogie ; Polydor # 49487), again accompanied by the Max Greger Orchestra (April 1955). The sky has never been so blue by Gerhard Wendland (February 28, 1955), who with I'll come back, I'll be back (April 28, 1956) and Say that you will never forget me (November 29, 1955) took over several Commissioned compositions. Illo Schieder sang Immer wieder du (September 13, 1955) and took over Jonny hat Recht (with text by Kurt Feltz ) on October 18, 1956. Another title with a text by Kurt Feltz, Rosa-Rosa-Nina (B-side by This is how it will be ), sung by the musicians' quartet and accompanied by the Adalbert Luczkowski orchestra , became Werner Scharfenberger's first hit parade entry in Germany in April 1956 . Lolitas The white moon of Maratonga was taken on May 8, 1957 (Fini Busch) and used in the feature film Blaue Jungs . The title was after publication in November 1957 with a rank 2 Scharfenberger's second chart listing.

Margot Eskens took over Bombalu on December 12, 1956 (with Feltz), Come back to me (September 25, 1957; Feltz), Goodbye (November 16, 1956; Feltz), Mario (June 4, 1958) and Sieben Tage Luck (July 24, 1958). In that year 1958 Scharfenberger wrote 7 music tracks, including Ted Herold's first songs for Rock'n Roller, such as So beautiful is only the very first love (October 1958). Lolita landed another big hit for Scharfenberger (5th place) with Addio Amigo (November 25, 1957). The already highly experienced Peter Kraus was awarded 5 titles, namely Sugar-Baby / I think of you (Polydor # 23391), which came onto the market in December 1958 and advanced to second place. The following singles Ich would like to dream with you and Teenager-Melodie were also able to place in the German Top10 in January 1959.

In 1959, at least six titles with Sharp Bergers melodies came out, including for Gus Backus the title Honolulu Baby and Thank You . A total of 3 songs were created for Lolita, one of which turned out to be a world hit.

First million seller

Lolita's producer Gerhard Mendelson was still urgently looking for a B-side for La Luna , and Fini Busch hurriedly wrote Seemann (your home is the sea) with Scharfenberger , who was selected as A-side after consultations with radio stations. Recorded on December 15, 1959 with Lolita in the Austrophon studio in Vienna and published in February 1960, Seemann (Your home is the sea) / La Luna (Polydor # 24 177) advanced to Scharfenberger's first million seller with 2 million records sold worldwide . Despite the great sales success the song in Germany with number 2 in the charts had to be content blocked from the top position by Heidi Brühl Millionenseller We will never go apart ' . In August 1960, the original recording by Seemann was published in the USA. With this, Lolita even reached number 5 on the US hit parade. On November 4, 1960, an English-spoken recitation by Maureen René was added to the middle part of the song in Hamburg , which was now pressed as Sailor, Your Home is The Sea for the English-speaking market. Lolita was the first singer to receive a gold record in Germany . The song was covered as Sailor by Petula Clark and Anne Shelton . Clark's English version sold another 250,000 copies.

Compositions in the 1960s

In 1960 Scharfenberger came up with a total of 7 melodies, including Gus Backus’s biggest hit to date, the title Da sprach der alten Haupt der Inder ( Da spoke the old Indian chief ) (ranked # 3), published in January 1961 , presented in the movie Schön ist die Liebe am Königssee ( Premiere on January 20, 1961) with a text by Peter Wehle . Lolita was again awarded 3 titles, Peter Kraus picked up Va Bene (6th place). The first place previously denied to the Scharfenberger compositions could be achieved by Ted Herold with Moonlight . After its appearance in May 1960, the romantic hit ballad was able to occupy first place for 4 weeks in August 1960 and was sold over 500,000 times. According to the magazine Automaten-Markt , Herolds Ballade was ranked 6th among the most played singles in jukeboxes. It remained Herold's most successful song and also became his signature tune.

1961 produced 15 titles from the pen of Scharfenberger, including Connie Francis ' once come again ' (October 1961; rank 16; with Fini Busch), Backus' Alle Schotten save (December 1961; rank 12), 4 titles each for Lolita and Peter Kraus. His black rose Rosemarie was in November 1961 with a rank 5 again for a long time a high ranking. For the time being, the most productive year was 1962, with 18 titles, when Connie Francis transported Wenn Du Gehst up to second place in January 1962 and took first place with Paradiso (as Wolfgang Zell; August 1962) for two weeks; Gus Backus was awarded 5 titles.

For Mina , previously only known in her Italian homeland , the melody played by Scharfenberger's orchestra in minor sounds for the exotic-sounding hit Hot Sand / A loyal man , the world-wide round , was the first German single on February 5, 1962 in the Wiener Konzerthaus (Studio III) one million copies. Among the five titles planned for Kraus was Sweety , which brought Kraus one last top hit after its release in August 1962. In 1963 another 17 songs by Scharfenberger came out, the most successful of which was Connie Francis' Barcarole in der Nacht , which stayed in first place for 4 weeks from July 1963.

Margot Eskens took over a song written by Fini Busch, which was shortlisted for the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson in 1963. The Hessischer Rundfunk had nominated Heidi Brühl as an interpreter for the international finals in London. However, she fell ill shortly before the national final. On February 28, 1963, Margot Eskens presented five songs by several authors in the program “Heidi Brühl singt”, and 7.5 million television viewers followed the program. Of these, 83,515 (1.11%) of all viewers took part in the choice of the winning title by sending in prescribed postcards, which was unsuccessfully published as a single by both performers. Scharfenberger's contribution The Blue Hour achieved 4th place with 5,846 tickets or 7% of the votes, while Marcel von Charly Niessen won with 66% or 55,119 tickets.

In 1964 at least 6 works by Scharfenberger appeared, in 1965 9 were published. A hit is only among the 10 songs published in 1966 with Peter Alexander's Moderne Romanzen (with Feltz), which reached rank 4 in December 1966. In 1967, 11 titles from Scharfenberger's pen are published; Among the 4 songs taken over by Peter Alexander is the top hit Verbotene Träume in August 1967 . Together with Feltz, he created another number one hit for Alexander, Liebesleid , published in March 1969 .

Compositions in the 1970s

In 1970, 15 Scharfenberger titles were launched, including 5 for Peter Alexander. From here is a man (Scharfenberger hides under the pseudonym Mike Doven ) after publication in November 1970, the second place in the hit parade. In 1971 11 titles were published, even 6 were intended for Alexander. In 1972 Scharfenberger wrote a total of at least 11 songs, including Geh 'die Straße, the first hit for the duo Cindy & Bert (Rank 36) in April 1972 , Peter Rubin received We Two Go Somewhere (Rank 29) in July 1973 . Scharfenberg's record year was 1973, when 21 works were created. Peter Rubin alone accounted for 8 of them, all of them without any particular hit parade response. In 1974 15 songs were released (including Die Sommermelodie for Cindy & Bert), in 1975 there were 19 (including 8 for Cindy & Bert), in 1976 4 of 5 works were intended for Peter Rubin alone. No new compositions by Werner Scharfenberger have come onto the market since 1977.

More film music

Scharfenberger also wrote film music for teenage films that served as a vehicle for hits. So he came up with the film music The Blue Boys (with text by Fini Busch) for Lolita, heard in the film Blue Boys (September 5, 1957). In the film When Conny with Peter (December 18, 1958) his titles are teenage melody , I want to dream with you , Hey boys, how do you do? , The Jolly Joker and I think of you housed. Other film scores appear in Melody and Rhythm (September 11, 1959) and No Man to Marry (December 18, 1959).

Film music (selection)

• 1956: Cherries in the neighbor's garden
• 1958: When Conny with Peter
• 1958: My sweetheart is from Tyrol
• 1959: melody and rhythm
• 1959: My darling, come with me to the blue sea
• 1959: Sailors' paradise
• 1960: Satan lures with love
• 1960: Schlagerraketen - Festival of Hearts
• 1960: Conny and Peter make music
• 1960: Love at Königssee is beautiful
• 1961: each prettier than the other
• 1961: Three white birches
• 1961: In the black Rößl
• 1962: As great as it was back then
• 1962: The Turkish cucumbers
• 1963: The merry vagabonds

Chart successes

Lolita - sailor (your home is the sea)

Lolita - Sailor (Your Home Is the Sea)

Ted Herold - Moonlight

Petula Clark - Sailor

Mina - hot sand

Peter Kraus - Va bene

Peter Kraus - Sweety

Connie Francis - Barcarole at night

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	BE	NL
1958	Sugar baby Peter Kraus / Orchestra Werner Scharfenberger	DE2 (7 months) DE	-	-	-	-	BE14 (1 month) BE	-	First published: November 1958 Sales: + 600,000
	Teenage melody Conny & Will Brandes	DE19 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1958
1959	As long as you have a friend The blue boys	DE30 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1959
	Cowboy Billy James Brothers	DE6 (6 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 1959
	Wonderful like you Peter Kraus	DE14 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1959
	Honey-Moon Alice, Ellen & Peter	DE15 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1959
1960	When white clouds wander The blue boys	DE33 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 1960
	Seemann ( Your Home Is The Sea) Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) (English Version) Lolita	DE2 platinum (10 months)DE	-	-	-	US5 (18 weeks) US	-	-	First published: February 1960 Sales: +2,000,000
	Moonlight Ted Herold	DE1 (7 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1960 Sales: + 500,000
	... she was not older than 18 years' Vico Torriani	DE23 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 1960
	Especially Peter Kraus	DE6 (5 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1960
	Va bene Rex Gildo	DE6 (5 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1960
	Tell me what you think Conny / Peter Kraus	DE21 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1960
	Zeeman Caterina Valente	-	-	-	-	-	BE10 (2 months) BE	-	First published: August 1960 Original: Lolita - Seemann (your home is the sea)
	The Stars of the Prairie / Cowboy Jimmy Joe (English Version) Lolita	DE12 (5 months) DE	-	-	-	US94 (3 weeks) US	-	-	First published: August 1960
	From Paris to Hawaii Peter Kraus	DE27 (5 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1960
	Then the old chief Gus Backus spoke	DE3 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1960
	Because they're going out to sea Peggy Brown	DE7 (5 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1960
1961	Sailor / Marin (French version) Petula Clark	-	-	-	UK1 (15 weeks) UK	-	BE37 (3 months) BE	-	First published: January 1961 Sales: 250,000 Original: Lolita - Seemann (your home is the sea)
	Addio, addio Maria The Blue Boys	DE46 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 1961
	Oh So Sweet Ted Herold	DE24 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1961
	Blue melody Peter Kraus	DE7 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 1961
	That can be over tomorrow Heidi Brühl	DE14 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 1961
	Across all seven seas Lolita	DE9 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1961
	One time I'll come back to Connie Francis	DE16 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1961
	Longing for Samoa Lolita	DE36 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1961
	Black Rose, Rosemarie Peter Kraus	DE5 (6 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1961
1962	Hot sand Mina	DE1 (7 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1962 Sales: + 1,000,000
	Silver-Moon Peter Kraus	DE6 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1962
	Sweety Peter Kraus	DE2 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	BE20 (1 month) BE	-	First published: May 1962
	Paradiso Connie Francis	DE2 (5 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1962
	Brandend zand Anneke Grönloh	-	-	-	-	-	BE7 (3 months) BE	-	First published: June 15, 1962 Original: Mina - Hot sand
	Lots of beautiful words Michael Holm	DE46 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1962
	Fiesta Brasiliana (The Song Of Lies) Mina	DE13 (5 months) DE	-	-	-	-	BE19 (1 month) BE	-	First published: September 1962
	Paradiso Anneke Grönloh	-	-	-	-	-	BE9 (3 months) BE	-	First published: September 15, 1962 Original: Connie Francis
	Western Rose (our journey begins) Peter Kraus	DE13 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1962
	The little miracle of great happiness Gus Backus	DE20 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1962
	If you go Connie Francis	DE2 (6 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1962
	Why do you have to part (with white pearls) Petula Clark	DE17 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 15, 1962
1963	Mr. Casanova Siw Malmkvist	DE7 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 1963
	Capitano Mina	DE17 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 1963
	(He makes me sick) The moonlight on the Danube Gus Backus	DE8 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 1963
	A souvenir from Peter Kraus	DE13 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1963
	Barcarole at night Connie Francis	DE1 (6 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1963
	My door is always open Mina	DE33 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1963
	Blue Night Ted Herold	DE31 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1963
	See you next time, Mina	DE35 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 1963
	Pico Pico Bello Peter Kraus	DE34 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 1963
	Sweet Emily (Goodbye Baby) Gus Backus	DE24 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 1963
	Give me a talisman Peter Kraus	DE31 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1963
	Tomorrow it will all be over Esther Ofarim	DE23 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1963
1964	Foreign land Mina	DE39 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 1964
	Stories of a Twen Thomas Fritsch	DE43 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 1964
	Nino Connie Francis	DE12 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 1964
	Sailors love Lolita	DE45 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1964
	Napoli Connie Francis	DE12 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1964
	Girl with a Heart Peter Kraus	DE29 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1964
	Who you are Françoise Hardy	DE32 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 1964
	In the evening in the Mondscheinallee Connie Francis	DE23 (5 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1964
1965	Everyone thinks I'm happy Bobby Bare	DE26 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 1965
	You have to stay, Angelino Connie Francis	DE10 (3½ months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1965
	Sorry Little Baby Hans-Jürgen Bäumler	DE7 (2½ months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1965
	Thank You Darling The Supremes	DE18 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 1965
	Weekend Boy Connie Francis	DE29 (2½ months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 1965
	What did I do wrong? Horst Indra	DE31 (1½ month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 1965
	My heart will wait Connie Francis	DE24 (1½ month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1965
1966	Let me go, Connie Francis	DE24 (1½ month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 1966
	Everyone goes their own way Charlie Hickman	DE28 (1½ months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 1966
	Misunderstood Sacha Distel	DE35 (½ month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1966
	After all, you have to be able to say “no”, Gitte	DE14 (3½ months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1966
	My journey is over Connie Francis	DE24 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1966
	Modern romances Peter Alexander	DE4 (5 months) DE	AT2 (3 months) AT	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1966
	I'm protesting Gitte	DE17 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1966
	Leave the stars in the sky Werner Art	-	AT6 (5 months) AT	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1966
	It's so nice that you exist Connie Francis	DE24 (2½ months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1966
1967	Gitte is like your mother	DE21 (1½ months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 1967
	Forbidden dreams Peter Alexander	DE4 (4 months) DE	AT12 (1 month) AT	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1967
	Irene of Avignon Sacha Distel	DE31 (½ month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1967
	Problems Gitte	DE22 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1967
1968	It must be nice to love you Peter Alexander	DE13 (1½ months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1968
	Love affair Peter Alexander	DE1 (5 months) DE	AT3 (4 months) AT	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1968
1969	Millionaire Gitte	DE26 (1½ Mt.) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 1969
	More and more Peter Rubin	DE16 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 1969
	Longing melody Peter Alexander	DE32 (½ month) DE	AT19 (1 month) AT	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1969
	Then you came Gitte	DE28 (1½ months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1969
1970	You can't walk in my shoes Peter Rubin	DE26 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1970
	River melody Freddy	DE29 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1970
	We are both sitting by the same fire Peter Rubin	DE38 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1970
	Here is a person Peter Alexander	DE2 (28 weeks) DE	AT1 (5 months) AT	CH3 (10 weeks) CH	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1970
1971	Today it’s happening to Peter Rubin	DE42 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 1971
	Life means loving Peter Alexander	DE19 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 1971
	Peter Rubin howl with the wolves	DE48 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1971
	From person to person Peter Rubin	DE45 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1971
	I want to help you Peter Alexander	DE25 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1971
1972	The common path Peter Alexander	DE42 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 1972
	Go, street / Go and Leave Me (English version) Cindy & Bert	DE36 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1972
	It's so good Marion Maerz	DE42 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1972
	In the night Peter Rubin	DE39 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1972
1973	I'll be back soon Cindy & Bert	DE10 (20 weeks) DE	AT17 (4 months) AT	-	-	-	-	NL15 (6 weeks) NL	First published: May 1973
	The two of us are going somewhere Peter Rubin	DE29 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1973
	You can do it best, Peter Rubin	DE43 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1973
1974	But that evening the gypsy is playing Cindy & Bert	DE12 gold (21 weeks)DE	-	-	-	-	-	NL18 (8 weeks) NL	First published: July 1974 Sales: + 500,000
1975	Caballero Lars Berghagen	DE45 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 1975
1981	Zeeman, ever ask is de zee Ciska Peters	-	-	-	-	-	-	NL28 (5 weeks) NL	First published: August 1981 Original: Lolita - Seemann (your home is the sea)
1983	Sugar Sugar Baby Highway	-	-	-	-	-	-	NL28 (4 weeks) NL	First published: December 1983 Original: Peter Kraus / Orchestra Werner Scharfenberger - Sugar-Baby
1985	Zaterdagavond Dennie Christian & Mieke	-	-	-	-	-	-	NL25 (6 weeks) NL	First published: 1985 Original: Cindy & Bert - I'll be back soon
1992	Jive Connie Connie Francis	DE2 gold (30 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (22 weeks)AT	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 1992 Sales: + 275,000
2002	And she wasn't much older than 18 years of robbery	DE83 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2002
2009	Zaterdagavond Dennie, Mieke, Christoff & Lindsay	-	-	-	-	-	BE5 (5 weeks) BE	-	First published: September 18th, 2009 Original: Cindy & Bert - I'll be back soon
2012	Always tired in the morning Laing	DE9 gold (23 weeks)DE	AT49 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 28, 2012 Sales: + 150,000; Original: Trude Herr
	Number one singles	DE4thDE	AT1AT	CH-CH	UK1UK	US-US	BE-BE	NL-NL
	Top 10 singles	DE28DE	AT5AT	CH1CH	UK1UK	US1US	BE4thBE	NL-NL
	Singles in the charts	DE101DE	AT9AT	CH1CH	UK1UK	US2US	BE8thBE	NL5NL

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Awards for music sales and

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold3	platinum1	1,900,000	musikindustrie.de , individual records
Norway (IFPI)	gold-	-	50,000	Individual evidence
Austria (IFPI)	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.at
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold-	-	250,000	Individual evidence
All in all	3 × gold3	platinum1

literature

• Jürgen Wölfer and Roland Löper: The great lexicon of film composers . Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89602-296-2 .

Web links

• Werner Scharfenberger in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joseph Murrells, Million Selling Records , 1985, 144
2. ↑ SWR 4 of February 3, 2010, About the unpredictability of hits
3. ↑ Fifties-Rock-Records about Ted Herold ( Memento of the original from July 26th, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Billboard Magazine, December 31, 1960, Results of German Juke Box Disc Poll , p. 37
5. ↑ Chart sources: DE, AT, CH, BE , UK , US , NL (search required)
6. ↑ Discography: 45cat.com , hitparade.ch , rateyourmusic.com (search required)
7. ↑ Peter Kraus, Erich J Lejeune: I Love Rock 'n' Roll: No time to grow old. 1st edition. Redline, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-636-01432-3 , pp. 160 .
8. ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 445 .
9. ↑ Espen Eriksen: 'Can Can' Show Hikes Sale of LP . Billboard Music Week, Apr 3, 1961, p. 38.
10. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1985, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 144 .
11. ↑ Ted Herold. ( Memento of July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) fifties-rock-records.com, 2010, accessed on November 29, 2019.
12. ^ Jo Rice: The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits . 1st edition. Guinness Superlatives Ltd, Enfield, Middlesex 1982, ISBN 0-85112-250-7 , pp. 55 (English).
13. ↑ Mark Dezzani: RTI Buys Switzerland's PDU label Home of Mina. Billboard, May 11, 1996, accessed November 29, 2019 . 
14. ^ ^{A b} Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 443 .