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Dietrich sang "Lili Marlene" in her television special An Evening with Marlene Dietrich, which aired on the BBC in the UK and on CBS in the US in 1973, and was featured on four of her six original albums. She also recorded and performed it in both the original German version and the English adaptation.
A memorial to Lale Andersen and "Lili Marleen" on Langeoog Island, Germany.Lale Andersen (23 March 1905 – 29 August 1972) was a German chanson singer-songwriter born in Lehe (now part of Bremerhaven).
Marlene Dietrich: Released: 1958; Label: Decca Records; Formats: LP; Includes 8 Dietrich's previously released Decca's singles. This compilation contains several re-releases, with the same tracklisting, but vary order: Lili Marlene, Original Favorites, Stars Of The Forties, Ritratto Di... and Her Complete Decca Recordings. [11] Lili Marlene ...
The lyrics contain references to the German love song "Lili Marlene," to Scientology, and to Clinton Street. Cohen lived on Clinton Street in Manhattan in the 1970s when it was a lively Latino area. [2] In 1994 Cohen said that "it was a song I've never been satisfied with". [1]
Hans Leip (22 September 1893 – 6 June 1983), was a German novelist, poet and playwright, best remembered as the lyricist of Lili Marleen. Leip was the son of a former sailor and harbour-worker at the port of Hamburg. He was educated there, and in 1914 became a teacher in the Hamburg suburb of Rothenburgsort.
(1940), "Be Like the Kettle and Sing" (1943), "Lili Marlene" (for which he wrote the English words, 1944), "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (1952), and "Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo" (1956). [3] "I'm Sending a Letter to Santa Claus" was published with words and music by Lanny Rogers and Spencer Williams, Rogers being a pseudonym for Connor. [4]
Like Once Lili Marleen (German: ...wie einst Lili Marleen) is a 1956 West German romantic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Adrian Hoven, Marianne Hold and Claus Holm. [1] The title refers to the popular wartime song " Lili Marleen " popularised by Lale Anderson , who performs it at a concert at the end of the film.
The song became a standard part of her repertoire, second only to "Lili Marlene". She also sang a German version called "Gib doch den Männern am Stammtisch ihr Gift". [4] The song appeared in several other movies. It was featured in the Audie Murphy Western Gunsmoke (1953), sung in the town saloon by Cora Dufrayne, played by Mary Castle.