Some people think that the 7" I will post later was the first reactionary German pop record in history but this piece of plastic was released one year earlier. Freddy Quinn was a beat-music singer asociated to the 'Schlager' scene from Austria who had his most success in Germany in the 1950ies and 1960ies, he was also actor in many, many strange films. While many songs of him dealt with being a sailor and everything connected to this, he later stated that he has never been a sailor and he was also making too many concessions to his record company - that's also the case with the next 7".
The first song here is a cover version of "The ballad of the Green Berets" by Sgt. Barry Sandler, all sung in German, but with less martial lyrics compared to the original. Maybe the record label just wanted to cash in on the success of the original version; this was also Freddy Quinn's last number 1 hit.
Just pay attention to the rolling "r".
FREDDY - Hundert Mann und ein Befehl/ 24 Stunden (7") Polydor #52681 1966
side a:
1. Hundert Mann und ein Befehl
side b:
1. 24 Stunden
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And while you think: what the fuck did those Krauts do? I can offer you a matchable version from the GDR. It was released for the anniversary of a radio operator unit of the GDR army - the National People's Army - named after Konrad Wolf. Have fun (if you understand the lyrics).
LIEDER DES TRUPPENTEILS "KONRAD WOLF" - Richtfunkerlied/ Konrad Wolf (7") 19??
side a:
1. Richtfunkerlied
side b:
2. Konrad Wolf
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