Cornelia
Froboess (born 28 October 1943, Wriezen) was the first child singing star in
Germany's history and subsequently became a teen idol during the late '50s and
early '60s. During that time, Froboess appeared in many West German and
Austrian musical films, especially after the rock and roll wave had hit Germany
Born Cornelia
Froboess in 1943, she grew up in postwar Germany and was a natural singer as
well as an actress. Working under the professional name Conny Froboess --
although she also later recorded as Cornelia Froboess -- she had her first hit
in 1951 at age eight, in the form of a pop number titled "Pack die
Badehose Ein" (aka "Pack Your Swimsuit"), which had been written
by her father and was so popular that it became a lingering pop culture catch
phrase.
She continued
singing throughout the decade and remained a popular figure, using both of her
names on different occasions. As rock & roll's influence began to be felt
in Germany, Froboess -- who was still a teenager and, thus, a natural fit for
the new music --
began doing occasional rhythm numbers that incorporated a livelier, quasi-rock & roll beat into her music, roughly akin to what Connie Francis was doing in America and Petula Clark was doing in England and France at around the same time.
began doing occasional rhythm numbers that incorporated a livelier, quasi-rock & roll beat into her music, roughly akin to what Connie Francis was doing in America and Petula Clark was doing in England and France at around the same time.
Meanwhile, on
screen, she further cultivated this shift in image in a series of
music-oriented movies in which she was teamed romantically with actor Peter
Kraus, using their real first names -- the "Conny und Peter" series
ran into the early '60s and made use of both her acting and singing talents.
Conny Froboess was for many years the embodiment of the ideal Berlin girl, sort
of the German equivalent of what Sandra Dee embodied in America in the role of
Gidget, representing a quintessential Southern California teenager.
Froboess reached
the peak of her music career in 1962, when she placed sixth in the Eurovision
Aong Contest with the number "Zwei Kleine Italiener" (aka "Two
Little Italians"), which became her only chart-topping single in Germany. It
sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.The same year she
appeared as herself in Jean Renoir's comedy film The Elusive Corporal.
Though Conny
enjoyed further hits in 1963 with Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet (a duet
with Peter Alexander), Skip-du-bi-du and Drei Musketiere, sessions in the
recording studio began to become less and less frequent. In 1964, she was teamed with Peter
Alexander again, this time in the film Hilfe, meine Braut klaut, and enjoyed
just one top 40 solo hit, Hey, Baron Münchhausen.
If Conny had
been in any doubt as to which direction to take her career in, public and
critical acclaim for her role in the 1965 TV film Wahn oder der Teufel in
Boston proved decisive. After that, her efforts at maintaining a pop career
were half-hearted at best.
Ich geh’ durch
den Regen became her last chart hit, reaching number 38 in May 1966. She switched to
Polydor for one final 45 and an LP, both issued in 1967 under the name of
Cornelia Froboess (the name she would use from then on), but her pop career was
all but over by this time.
Indeed, she
married Austrian theatre director Hellmuth Matiasek that year, and cut short
her honeymoon to be able to star in the film Rheinsberg. She won the Ernst
Lubitsch prize for her role, and in 1968 she won a Golden Camera for the title
role in the film Matilde Möhring.
She became an
in-demand actress and continued to work throughout the rest of the decade and
into the 1970s. In 1972, she joined Munich’s Kammerspiele theatre, and appeared
in numerous plays over the following 20 years. Among her best-known stage roles
is that of Eliza Doolittle in the musical My fair lady at Munich’s Theater am
Gärtnerplatz in the 1980s. At the Salzburg Festival 2004, she played Mary
Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night. The same year she
played the title role in Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children.
She continues to work to this day.
(Compiled from
an All Music bio by Bruce Eder, info from readysteadygirls.eu & Wikipedia)
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For “Conny Froboess – Die Singles 1958 – 1959“ go here:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ihle63xco01rr7o/Conny_Froboess_1958.rar
1 Diana 2:12
2 Teenager Suzann 2:22
3 I Love You Baby 2:09
4 Schicke, Schicke Schuh 2:35
5 Auch Du Hast Dein Schicksal In Der Hand 1:55
6 Glockengiesser Rock 1:53
7 Blue Jean Boy 2:13
8 Sunshine 2:12
9 Hey Boys, How Do You Do ? 1:53
10 Jolly Joker 2:11
11 Teenager Melody 2:32
12 Ich Möcht' Mit Dir Träumen 2:08
13 Holiday In Honolulu 3:00
14 Ob 15, Ob 16, Ob 17 Jahre Alt 2:02
15 Mister Music 2:48
16 Wenn Das Mein Grosser Bruder Wüsste 2:32
17 Kleine Lucienne 2:45
18 Such Das Glück Des Lebens 2:02
19 Little Girl 1:51
20 Ein Mädchen Mit 16 2:34
21 Lieber Disc Jockey 2:39
22 Billy, Jack And Joe 1:32
23 Kleine Lucienne (Holländisch) 2:48
24 Aan Meisje Van Zestien (Holländisch) 2:34
25 Liefde Als Zonneschijn (Holländisch) 2:02
A big thank you to mijas @ ACM2 blog for original link
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