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Seemann (Deine Heimat ist das Meer)" (English translation "Sailor (Your Home is the Sea)") is a song originally written in German by Werner Scharfenberger and lyricist Fini Busch . A 1959 German-language recording by Lolita became an international hit in 1960–61.
"Sailor" is the title of the English-language rendering of the 1959 schlager composition "Seemann (Deine Heimat ist das Meer)" originally written in German by Werner Scharfenberger and lyricist Fini Busch : featuring lyrics in English by Norman Newell (writing as David West), "Sailor" would in 1961 afford Petula Clark her first UK #1 hit ...
The Sailor's Song was conceived in aftermath of the Socialist Unity Party's Conference on Cultural Affairs at October 1957, during which the East German establishment embraced a conservative line and ended the brief period of liberalization that begun after Nikita Khrushchev's Secret Speech. [1]
Early recordings typically were songs with a Latin American, South Sea Island, or similar 'exotic' theme. In December 1959, she recorded what would become her only gold record , [ 1 ] " Seemann, deine Heimat ist das Meer " ("Sailor, Your Home is the Sea"), which was a hit single in the United States, peaking at number five, number one for two ...
Sail On, Sailor; Sailing, Sailing; Sailor (song) The Sailor Song; A Sailor's Life; The Saucy Arethusa; Seemann (Lolita song) Seemann (Rammstein song) Ship Ahoy! (All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor) Son of a Son of a Sailor (song) The Song of the Marines; Song of the Yue Boatman
This is a list of the German Media Control Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1955. Issue date Song Artist January "Jim, Johnny & Jonas" Hula Hawaiian Quartett February
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The song peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart dated 26 August 1961. [2] Despite peaking lower than her No. 1 UK comeback hit "Sailor", "Romeo" earned Clark her first Gold record by selling 400,000 units in the UK. In Ireland "Romeo" reached No. 2.