Willy Schneider
Willy Schneider (5 September 1905 – 12 January 1989) was a German schlager singer who was born and died in Cologne.
Willy Schneider
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- Born
- Willy Schneider was born on 5 September 1905. · Cologne.
- Died
- Willy Schneider died on 12 January 1989. · Cologne.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- singer · musician
- Honours
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Willy Schneider (5 September 1905 – 12 January 1989) was a German schlager singer who was born and died in Cologne.
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• Illustration — Willy Schneider (left) and Hans Bund with orchestra at WDR studio • 1937: "Auf der Heide blüh'n die letzten Rosen" • 1937: "Das kannst Du nicht ahnen" • 1937: "Kornblumenblau" • 1938: "Grün ist die Heide" • 1938: "Blaue Donau, grüner Rhein" (on occasion of the Anschluss) • 1939: "Gute Nacht, Mutter" • 1940: "Herzliebchen mein unter'm Rebendach" • 1942: "Heimat, deine Sterne" • 1948: "Heimweh nach Virginia" • 1949: "Heimweh nach Köln" • 1949: "O Mosella" • 1949: "Am Zuckerhut" (together with Danielle Marc and René Carol) • 1950: "Wenn das Wasser im Rhein gold'ner Wein wär" • 1950: "Kleine Kellnerin aus Heidelberg" • 1952: "Schütt' die Sorgen in ein Gläschen Wein" • 1953: "Man müsste nochmal zwanzig sein" • 1956: "Bergisches Heimatlied" • 1968: "Behüt' Dich Gott, es wär' so schön gewesen" • 1973: "Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag"
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1989
Willy Schneider died on 12 January 1989.
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Awards
• Willi-Ostermann-Medaille • 1973: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1st class • 1975: Deutscher Weinkulturpreis • 1983: Hermann-Löns-Medaille
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Willy Schneider is recorded as having received Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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