Evelyn Künneke
Evelyn Künneke was a singer, dancer, and actress who saw some considerable success in Germany from the early '40s through the end of the 1950s. Born Eve-Susanne Kunneke, she was the daughter of opera and operetta composer Eduard Künneke. She spent her youth very much in the shadow of her father's renown, and achieved her first success under the stage name Evelyn King, as a dancer. Her most prominent fan during the mid- to late '30s was Adolf Hitler. She took back her family name as a performer at the end of the decade and scored her first success as a singer in the 1942 with "Sing, Nightingale, Sing." But she fell out of favor with the government when she gave unfavorable observations of the progress of the war and was imprisoned, and it was only the reported intercession of filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl -- a personal friend of Hitler and perhaps the most influential artistic figure in his circle of acquaintances -- that prevented worse from happening to her and her family. After the war she continued as a cabaret artist and even recorded a considerable about of pseudo-rock & roll/rhythm numbers during the mid-'50s, such as "Bongo Boogie" -- of the sort that would have gone onto compilations such as Rockin' Is Not Our Business! She began appearing in movies -- mostly music-oriented features -- in the late '50s, but her recording career faded in the 1960s. Her film work never ceased entirely, however, and she was visible as an actress on television and in occasional film work throughout the decade in Germany. Künneke made something of a comeback in the mid-'70s when director/producer Rainer Werner Fassbinder cast her in Fox and His Friends (1975), and from then on was busy on-stage and in movies. She passed away in 2001 from lung cancer.
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Schlager - Lançado por Musictales em 10/06/2016
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Germany - Lançado por Picobello em 03/01/2020
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Germany - Lançado por Antikbuero em 01/01/2011
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Ilse Werner, Johannes Heesters, Evelyn Künneke
Pop - Lançado por P4Y em 06/04/2015
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Unsere Lieblinge: Evelyn Künneke
Schlager - Lançado por Elite Special em 30/06/1997
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Sing, Nachtigall Sing...
Schlager - Lançado por Elite Special em 27/09/1999
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Wozu hat man den Mund (Remix)
Disco - Lançado por DA Records em 25/03/2011
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Evelyn Künneke - The Essential
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Jukebox em 03/05/2022
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Evelyn Künneke (Vintage Charm)
Jazz - Lançado por Don't stop the music em 06/05/2022
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Jary: Das Karussell
Germany - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/10/1942
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Schlager - Lançado por Monopol Records em 20/08/2001
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Evelyn Künneke
Schlager - Lançado por Alojado em 06/11/2009
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World Masters: Meinen Hut Behalte Ich Auf
World - Lançado por Carinco AG em 21/02/2006
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Sing Nachtigall Sing
World - Lançado por Rooster Records em 15/09/2014
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Sing, Nachtigall, Sing
Pop - Lançado por Goldstar Records em 13/06/2016
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