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Doris Inge Wegener (; 18 August 1943 – 13 February 2001), better known by her stage name Manuela , was a German singer.


Life

Manuela was born and died in
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. She worked in Germany as a singer of Schlager songs. She played in some German films like ''Im singenden Rößl am Königssee'' (1963), ''
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'' (1971) and ''Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova'' (1992).


Discography


Singles

*1962 ''Hula-Serenade'' *1963 ''Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova'' (cover-version of: ''Blame It on the Bossa nova'' from
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*1963 ''Ich geh noch zur Schule'' (cover-version of: ''On Top of Old Smokey'') *1963 ''Mama, ich sag' dir was'' *1963 ''Hey, Manuela'' EP *1964 ''Mama'' (EP Spain) *1964 ''Schwimmen lernt man im See'' (cover-version from: ''Just So Bobby Can See'' by Diane Ray) *1964 ''Horch, was kommt von draußen rein'' (English version ''There Goes Charly'') *1964 ''Schneemann'' *1964 ''Manuela'' (Spanien) *1964 ''Schwimmen lernt man im See'' (EP) *1965 ''Küsse unterm Regenbogen'' *1965 ''Love and Kisses'' *1965 ''The Nitty Gritty'' *1965 ''Things Are So Different'' (Brazil) *1966 ''Es ist zum Weinen'' *1966 ''Dumme sterben niemals aus'' *1966 ''Spotlight on Manuela'' (Netherlands) *1966 ''Die goldene Zeit'' (together with
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) *1967 ''Lord Leicester aus Manchester'' *1967 ''Monsieur Dupont'' *1967 ''Wenn es Nacht wird in Harlem'' (cover-version from: ''When a Man Loves a Woman'' by
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*1968 ''Guantanamera'' *1968 ''Stille Nacht Heilige Nacht'' *1968 ''Que-Sara'' *1968 ''Señor Gonzales'' *1968 ''Bobby'' *1969 ''Wenn du liebst''/''Jingle Jangle'' (same cover-version) *1969 ''Helicopter U.S. Navy 66'' *1966 ''Manuela macht Mode mit Musik'' *1970 ''Alles und noch viel mehr'' (Cover-version of: ''All Kinds of Everything'' from Dana) *1970 ''ABC'' *1970 ''Verliebt in Amsterdam'' *1970 ''Daddy'' (Cover-version of: ''Grandad'' from
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*1970 ''It Takes a Lot of Tenderness'' *1971 ''Monky Monkey'' (USA) *1971 ''I Hear Those Church Bells Ringing'' *1971 ''Der schwarze Mann auf dem Dach'' (Cover-version of: ''Jack in the Box'' from
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*1971 ''Prost, Onkel Albert'' *1972 ''Es lebe das Geburtstagskind'' *1972 ''Ich hab' mich verliebt in dich'' *1972 ''Gitarren-Boy'' *1973 ''Etwas in mir wurde traurig'' (Cover-version of: ''
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*1973 ''Da sagen sich die Füchse gute Nacht'' *1973 ''Komm wieder'' *1973 ''Was hast du gemacht'' *1973 ''Ich war noch nie so glücklich'' *1973 ''Hey Look at Me Now'' *1973 ''You Are My Music'' (USA) *1974 ''Gestohlene Orangen'' *1974 ''Ich möcht gern dein Herz Klopfen hör'n '' *1974 ''Twingel Dingel Dee'' *1974 ''Boing,Boing die Liebe'' *1975 ''Was hast du gemacht'' *1975 ''Fudschijama-Hama-Kimono'' *1975 ''Ein schöner Tag mit viel Musik'' *1980 ''Doch mein Herz bleibt immer in Athen'' *1980 ''I Believe in the USA'' *1980 ''You Are My Sunshine'' *1980 ''Was soll ein Bayer in der Hitparade'' (together with Sepp Haslinger) *1980 ''Friede auf Erden'' *1981 ''It's Hard to Explain'' *1984 ''Und der Wind'' *1984 ''Ich bin wieder da'' *1985 ''Rhodos bei Nacht'' *1986 ''Auf den Stufen zur Akropolis'' *1987 ''Ewiges Feuer'' *1988 ''Oh, Mandolino'' *1990 ''Heimatland'' *1990 ''Für immer'' (Cover-version of: ''You Got It'' by
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*1990 ''When a Man Loves a Woman'' *1991 ''Friede auf Erden'' *1991 ''Freiheit ohne Glück'' (''Manuela and Cantus'')


Albums

*1963 ''Manuela!'' *1965 ''Die großen Erfolge'' *1966 ''Manuela & Drafi'' *1968 ''Rund um die Welt'' *1968 ''Manuela – Manuela – Manuela (USA) *1968 ''Star-Boutique Manuela. Die großen Erfolge 2'' *1968 ''Die großen Erfolge 3'' *1969 ''Weihnachten wie wir es lieben'' (together with the
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) *1970 ''Die großen Erfolge. Made in Germany & USA'' *1970 ''Lieder aus dem Märchenland'' (together with Schöneberger Sängerknaben) *1971 ''Songs of Love – Manuela in USA'' *1972 ''Wenn du in meinen Träumen bei mir bist'' *1972 ''Portrait in Musik'' *1973 ''Manuela in Las Vegas'' *1973 ''Die Liebe hat tausend Namen'' *1973 ''Ich war noch nie so glücklich'' *1980 ''I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweethart'' *1980 ''Manuela – The golden Hits'' *1980 ''Manuela singt Manuela'' *1980 ''Manuela ein musikalisches Porträt'' *1980 ''Manuela 80'' *1984 ''Ich bin wieder da'' *1988 ''Goldene Hits – Das Jubiläumsalbum'' *1988 ''Ein schöner Tag mit viel Musik'' *1988 Olé Mallorca und 14 goldene Hits *1989 ''Manuela – Ihre größten Erfolge'' *1991 ''Sehnsucht nach der Heimat'' *1992 ''Jive Manuela – Die Original Schlager-Tanz-Party'' *1993 ''Wenn ich erst wieder Boden spür' '' *1993 ''St. Vincent'' *1994 ''Die größten Erfolge – Neuaufnahmen'' *1995 ''...für den Frieden – gegen den Krieg'' *1997 ''Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova'' (Sonia) *1999 ''Manuela – Das Beste – Die Original Hits 1963–1972'' *2000 ''Manuela – Das Beste – Die Original Hits 1962–1978 – Folge 2'' *2001 ''Hey Look at Me Now'' *2001 ''Dich vergessen kann ich nie'' *2001 ''Golden Stars – The Best of Manuela'' *2001 ''Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova'' (3 CDs mit Manuelas größten Erfolgen) *2003 ''Alles und noch viel mehr...'' *2003 ''Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova'' *2003 ''Portrait Manuela'' (gold-serie) *2004 ''Das Beste von Manuela'' *2005 ''Manuela. Die Liebe hat tausend Namen'' *2007 ''Manuela Erinnerungen (ihres Komponisten)Chris Brown (Christian Bruhn)'' *2008 ''Wenn Augen sprechen'' *2010 ''Manuela Special Edition'' *2011 ''Weißt du´s noch'' *2011 ''Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova (Doppel-CD)'' *2011 ''Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova''


Awards

* Bronze-Lion (1964), special award „Goldene Bonny" (1964) and Silver Lion (1968) by
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, Italy (1965, 1966 and 1967) *
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four times in gold (1966, 1969, 1970 and 1971) and also four times in silver (1965, 1967, 1968 and 1972) *
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(1968) *
Goldene Stimmgabel The Goldene Stimmgabel (English: Golden tuning fork, Tuning Fork) was an annual prize awarded within the Germany, German music scene from 1981 to 2007. The prizes were awarded according to the number of records sold from October of the previous ye ...
(1991 and 1992)


Literature

* Kraushaar, E.: ''Mutmaßungen über Manuela'', in: Kraushaar, E.: ''Rote Lippen. Die ganze Welt des deutschen Schlagers.'' Hamburg 1983, pages 137–150. * Herrwerth, T.: ''Partys, Pop und Petting. Die Sixties im Spiegel der BRAVO.'' Marburg 1997 * Hoersch, T.: ''BRAVO 1956–2006.'' Munich 2006. * Rentzsch, P.: ''Einmal zu den Sternen und zurück. Das Buch der Wahrheit.'' Freier Falke Verlag 2008, pages 203–211, 283 f.


References


External links

*
fanclub Manuela (german)


{{DEFAULTSORT:Manuela Schlager musicians Musicians from Berlin 1943 births 2001 deaths 20th-century German women singers Folk-pop singers