Will Höhne

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Will Höhne (born February 24, 1909 in Münnerstadt as Wilhelm Höhne ; † February 9, 1993 in Munich ) was a German pop singer of the late 1940s and 1950s .

Live and act

After graduating from high school, Höhne first completed a commercial training in the chemical industry . He also took singing lessons before taking an acting exam in Munich. Through a recital for the winter relief organization , he received a scholarship from the National Socialist People's Welfare , which enabled him to study. He played various small roles and danced in ballet. He was then as operatic bass in Rudolstadt and Klagenfurt committed before 1940 by Willi Schaeffer in the cabaret comedian was brought, where he also songs by Hermann Lons recited. In 1941 he had to go to the front to look after the troops.

Soon after the end of the war he worked again in the comedian cabaret, but also sang for the various radio companies and also recorded records, e. B. his detective couplet "Die Leiche", in which he accompanied himself on the guitar, or " Theodor in the football goal " with accompaniment by the Hamburg Radio Dance Orchestra under Franz Thon . In 1949 he played the title role in the musical sailor comedy "Käpt'n Bay Bay" in the Hamburg Theater am Besenbinderhof , where he also played titles such as "Take us with you, Captain, on a journey" by Norbert Schultze (music) and Fritz Grasshoff (text) presented.

With the recording of Das Wirtshaus an der Lahn he fell out of favor with the public broadcasters , as the text with ambiguous allusions to " Frau Wirtin " seemed too daring to those responsible for the prudish post-war period. Not only the stumbling block, but all of his hits were banned from the radio program. On the disk label the note appeared "Only for stag parties!"

The entertainer Götz Alsmann called him a "master of the subject of humorous to ambiguous hits". Höhne later worked in the hospitality industry.

Discography (selection)

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Take me with captain
  DE 22nd 04/01/1954 (12 weeks)
The Foreign Legionnaire
  DE 24 10/01/1954 (12 weeks)
  • The inn on the Lahn
  • Little white seagull
  • Take me on a journey with the captain
  • Sun follows rain
  • Farmer's rumba
  • Robber ballad
  • Theodor in the football goal
  • I am the first helmsman
  • The corpse
  • Madame Goulou (Grasshoff / Schulze)
  • Blown on the comb (Grasshoff / Höhne)
  • Seeing English isn't that difficult
  • The Hungarian Rosczy
  • In the evening in the harbor pub
  • I'm looking for an anchorage
  • The man who was before me
  • De Hamburger Veermaster
  • Casanova (G. Neumann)
  • Yes those were times (Höhne)
  • Away from the big road
  • There is not so much luck on earth
  • I wish you all the best for your birthday (Höhne m. Sigi-Stenford-Sextet)
  • Wi - Wa - Wo - desert sand

The titles shown are copied from the album cover "Mitten im Nacht" (GEMA No. YRX 1370) and CD LC 0194.

Web links

Audio samples:

  • YouTube The tricky story 'song by Fred Sporer u. Fred Rauch . Polydor 48 112 A.
  • YouTube The corpse (Heino Gaze) Polydor 48 113 B
  • Robber Ballad (Once Upon a Time A Robber) (Bully Buhlan) Will Höhne with the Hamburg Radio Dance Orchestra, conducted by HHSpitz . Polydor 48 115 A, Mat. O 720 KK
  • YouTube Theodor in the football goal (Bochmann - Feltz) Will Höhne with the Hamburg Radio Dance Orchestra, conducted by Franz Thon . Polydor 48 115 B, Matr. O 721 KK - Aufn. March 30, 1948. Manufactured under No. C. 30. 212. E. of the intelligence control of the Mil.-Reg.
  • YouTube We're building a house. Song and Foxtrot by Josef Niessen and Kurt Feltz . Will Höhne with the Arthur Schanze dance string orchestra and choir. Polydor 48 141 A, Matr. 641KK - Aufn. July 21, 1948
  • YouTube With an old cowboy song and slow fox by Josef Niessen and Kurt Feltz. Will Höhne with the Arthur Schanze dance string orchestra and choir. Polydor 48 141 B, Matr. 642 KK - Aufn. July 21, 1948
  • YouTube Too bad that music is so terribly difficult to learn (Gent) Polydor 48 153 A
  • YouTube Will Höhne: Learn English with Will Höhne (learning English is not difficult) (Fred Rauch) Polydor 48 154 A, Matr. 1050 KK
  • YouTube Will Höhne: The long Lene (Josef Niessen and Kurt Feltz) Polydor 48 154 B, Matr. 1051 KK
  • YouTube Will Höhne: The man who was in front of me ( Just Scheu - Ernst Nebhut ) Polydor 57 342 B
  • YouTube Madame Goulou. Tango chanson from the film "Käpt'n Bay-Bay". Music by Norbert Schultze , text by Fritz Grasshoff . Will Höhne with orchestra Alfred home and organ accompaniment. Philips PH 403 ......? (mx. PA 3048)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the sixth Brummlg'schicht “Der Mord” from the popular radio play series “Brummlg'schicht'n” by Kurt Wilhelm , which was broadcast at the end of the 1940s , Höhne made a guest appearance as a lute singer at Radio Munich, later Bayerischer Rundfunk, with his most appropriate lecture “ The corpse".
  2. ↑ cf. purple record label [Polydor] 8046 at jazz-dreams.de ( memento of the original from January 26th, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazz-dreams.de
  3. ↑ in his article "Jazzschlager July 2010"  : Theodor in the football goal - WILL HÖHNE (1949) "
  4. ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Sneer, Will
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Höhne, Wilhelm (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer and cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Münnerstadt
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1993
Place of death Munich