Willy Schneider (5 September 1905 – 12 January 1989) was a German
schlager singer who was born and died in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
.
Songs
*1937: "Auf der Heide blüh'n die letzten Rosen"
*1937: "Das kannst Du nicht ahnen"
*1937: "Kornblumenblau"
*1938: "Grün ist die Heide"
*1938: "Blaue Donau, grüner Rhein" (on occasion of the
Anschluss
The (, or , ), also known as the (, ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.
The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a "German Question, Greater Germany") arose after t ...
)
*1939: "Gute Nacht, Mutter"
*1940: "Herzliebchen mein unter'm Rebendach"
*1942: "Heimat, deine Sterne"
*1948: "Heimweh nach Virginia"
*1949: "Heimweh nach Köln"
*1949: "O Mosella"
*1949: "Am Zuckerhut" (together with and
René Carol
Gerhard Tschierschnitz, known as René Carol (Berlin, 11 April 1920 - Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the largest town in population between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the c ...
)
*1950: "Wenn das Wasser im Rhein gold'ner Wein wär"
*1950: "Kleine Kellnerin aus Heidelberg"
*1952: "Schütt' die Sorgen in ein Gläschen Wein"
*1953: "Man müsste nochmal zwanzig sein"
*1956: ""
*1968: "Behüt' Dich Gott, es wär' so schön gewesen"
*1973: "Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag"
Awards
*
Willi-Ostermann-Medaille
* 1973:
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...
, 1st class
* 1975:
* 1983:
Hermann-Löns-Medaille
The Hermann-Löns-Medaille, awarded since 1974 in the categories platinum, gold, silver and bronze, is a prize of the magazine ''Das Neue Blatt'' from the Bauer Media Group, awarded for special merits in the field of popular music. The prize is na ...
External links
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100 years Willy Schneider
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20th-century German male singers
German folk singers
German schlager musicians
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Musicians from Cologne
1905 births
1989 deaths