Who Are Those Guys? - Fred Bertelmann

 

Fred Bertelmann was born in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on October 7, 1925. A well-known German singer, his light operatic tenor was omnipresent on German radio and television in the late 1950s. Darkly handsome and engaging before the cameras, he was briefly, if arguably, Germany’s most popular singer - though commercial penetration into other territories was minor at most. He was signed to Electrola, where he enjoyed domestic chart success until the end of the decade, his biggest hit being 1958’s ‘Der Lachend Vagabund’ (The Laughing Vagabond), on which he was accompanied by the vocal harmonies of the Hansen Quartet. Selling over two million copies, ‘Der Lachend Vagabund’ was one of Germany’s all-time bestsellers. Between 1955 and 1963 he had 12 Top 40 hits in his homeland. Fred appeared as an entertainer in the musical Euro-western “A Fistful of Songs” (1966).

 

BERTELMANN, Fred (aka Fred Berthelmann) [10/7/1925, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany -     ] - singer, actor, married to actress Ruth Kappelsberger [1927-    ] (1966-    ).
A Fistful of Songs - 1966 (entertainer)