CAPRI-FISCHER

Created on 03/11/2005
Latest update on 16/11/2023

Artist: Magda Hain
Author: Gerhard Winkler/Ralph Maria Siegel
Label: Odeon
Year: 1943

With choir and orchestra conducted by Gerhard Winkler, who also wrote Mütterlein, Chianti-Lied and Heideröslein (see there).

Covers:

1943:

Rudi Schuricke [his new recording of late '47 was a gigantic smash]

1948:

Orkest Zonder Naam [as De Vissers Van Capri]

1948:

Leroy Green [as Bella Bella Marie]

1948:

Andrews Sisters [idem]

1948:

Jan Garber [idem]

1969:

Johnny Hoes [& De Lichtmatroosjes as Vissers Van Capri]

1974:

Eddy Wally [idem]

1974:

Zangeres Zonder Naam [idem; hit NL]

1981:

Barbara Sukowa [in R.W. Fassbinder film Lola, eine Deutsche Frau]

1984:

Frank & Mirella [as Vissers Van Capri]

1994:

Bobby Prins [idem; album title track]

1997:

Jo Vally [idem]

War was not over yet, when the signs of a fatal outcome became clear throughout Germany. So the misery was washed away with daydreams about an exotic isle like Capri. Long as Italy was a German allie, no problem. From the moment Italy changed camp, Capri-Fischer along with anything reminding Italy, was banned in Germany. Soon as the war was over, Capri-Fischer was reïntroduced big time on German playlists, making it a symbol of the Nachkriegszeit and Wirtschaftswunder. Call it the first Schlager.

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