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Horst Jankowski (30 January 1936 – 29 June 1998)[1] pianist , most famous for his internationally successful easy listening music.
Biography
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Born in Berlin ,[1] Berlin Music Conservatory and played jazz in Germany in the 1950s, serving as bandleader for singer Caterina Valente .
Jankowski's fame as a composer of easy listening pop peaked in 1965 with his tune "Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt", released in English as "A Walk in the Black Forest". The tune became a pop hit, reaching #1 on the US easy listening chart ,[2] Billboard Hot 100[3] UK Singles Chart .[4] gold disc .[5] BBC 's review of the 1960s music scene, Pop Go The Sixties BBC One and ZDF , on 31 December 1969. It can be heard years before 1965 in episodes of Perry Mason (1957 TV series) Plymouth Argyle F.C. , being played at the end of each game as the fans leave the grounds. The song also featured as a running joke in the episode Radio Goodies of the 1970s BBC TV series The Goodies, as the only record possessed by the group's radio station.
The Genius of Jankowski album, released in 1965, was also a million seller.[5] albums , but moved on in the 1970s to concentrate more on jazz, including covers of pop and rock hits.[6] Sonoton , Germany.
Jankowski died of lung cancer in 1998, at the age of 62.[1]
Discography
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My Fair Lady Mit Horst Jankowski (1964; Mercury Records )
The Genius of Jankowski! [7]
More Genius of Jankowski (1965; Mercury Records) US #65
Still More Genius of Jankowski (1966; Mercury Records) US #107
So What's New?
And We Got Love (1967; Mercury Records)
With Love (1967; Mercury Records)
Baby, But Grand (1967; Mercury Records)
Piano Affairs (1967; Mercury Records)
The Many Moods of Jankowski (1968; Mercury Records)
The Horst Jankowski Scene (1968; Mercury Records)
Play A Simple Melody (1968, Mercury Records)
Jankowski Plays Jankowski (1969; Mercury Records)
A Walk in the Evergreens (1969; Mercury Records)
Jankowski Meets Beethoven (1970; Mercury Records)
Piano on the Rocks (1970; Mercury Records)
Jankowskingsize – For Nightpeople Only (1970; MPS )
Jankowskeyboard (1970; MPS )
Jerusalem (1971; Rediffusion)
Jankowski Plays Latin (1971; Columbia Records )
Follow Me (1972; Intercord)
International (1973; Intercord)
Happy Polka (1973; Intercord)
Return to the Black Forest (1975; Rediffusion)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1976; EMI Records)
Happy Blue Piano (1982; Sonoton / Intersound)
The Best of Mr. Black Forest (1989; Sonoton / Intersound)
Piano Interlude (1994; Sonoton / Intersound)
Black Forest Explosion! (1997; Motor Music )
Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt (1998; Mercury Records)
Jankowskinetik (2003; Universal )
Jankowskeynotes (2004; Universal)
Remember Mr. Black Forest (2015; Memorylane / Intersound)
With Johnny Hodges
See also
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References
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^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001 . Record Research. p. 125.
^ Billboard Singles , #9 on the US Cash Box Top 100, Allmusic.com
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 279. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
^ a b Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs 191 . ISBN 0-214-20512-6
^ Biography , Allmusic.com
^ Billboard , Allmusic.com. passim.
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