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Born in Coburg, he is a German
lyricist who, at the age of three conducted a group of Bohemian
musicians.
He learned to play the violin and piano but was then
called for service during WWII, where he was a wireless operator and
provided “light music” for the soldiers at the front. He was put in wartime punishment
detention and started to arrange music for the prison camp orchestra. After
release he wrote cabaret texts for the Bavarian Radio.
He then decided to leave arranging and composition and
concentrate on lyrics. He has
written and co-written songs for many bands and artists including
“Monsieur” for Petula Clark and
“Desert
Land” for the
successful German group “Djinghis
Khan”. He has also
written songs for German films which have included Einmal Noch die Heimat
Sehen in 1958 and Fraustrecht de Freiheit
(Fox and his Friends) in 1975.
He is also known under the pseudonym Felix Prost. He only writes in green, with a
green pen, has green ribbon in his typewriter and has green carbon
paper.
He is quoted as having said he “would have no
doubt become a great musician if his music teacher had chosen Mozart and
not Wagner to plague him”.
He studied astronomy and built an observatory on top of
his house at Grunwald.
Genghis Khan
Recordings
Desert Land
(Ralph Siegel/Kurt Hertha - Bernd Meinunger – Christian Dornaus)
Sources:
- http://imdb.com/name/nm0381039/
- www.gema.de/engl/press/news/n156/rede_dehmelpreis.shtml
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