Gerhard Winkler (1906–1977) was a German songwriter. His best-known song was "Mütterlein", co-written with
Fred Rauch
Fred Rauch ( Vienna, 28 September 1909 – Gmund am Tegernsee, 1 June 1997) was an Austrian singer and songwriter.
He wrote the original German lyrics "Schütt die Sorgen in ein Gläschen Wein, Mütterlein" with Gerhard Winkler, which became '' ...
which became "
Answer Me" in the English text of
Carl Sigman
Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was an American songwriter.
Early life
Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish-American family, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his bar exams to practice in ...
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[Billboard - 26 Jul 2003 - Page 57 "The Sigman song, co- written with Gerhard Winkler and Fred Rauch, was so popular in England that a competing ..."]
In the Netherlands it was translated in Dutch by Bob Scholte : Moeder mijn, Moeder mijn. Other songs he wrote include Heute wie for tausend Jahren, Alles ist Bestimmung im Leben!, Mach Dir um mich doch bitte keine Sorgen, Mowe, du fliegst in die Heimat, and Capri-Fischer.
Selected filmography
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Monika'' (1938)
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King of Hearts'' (1947)
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Southern Nights'' (1953)
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My Leopold'' (1955)
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The Beautiful Master'' (1956)
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Black Forest Melody
''Black Forest Melody'' (german: Schwarzwaldmelodie) is a 1956 West German romantic comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Carl Wery, Gardy Granass, and Willy Fritsch. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on locat ...
'' (1956)
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In Bed by Eight
''In Bed by Eight'' (German: ''...und sowas muß um acht ins Bett'') is a 1965 Austrian-West German black-and-white musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Gitte Hænning and Ingeborg Schöner.Von Dassanowsky p ...
'' (1965)
References
1906 births
1977 deaths
20th-century German composers
Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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