Werner Böhm, better known under his artist name Gottlieb Wendehals (5 June 1941 – 2 June 2020) was a German singer and musician.

Biography

Böhm was born in Thorn in German-occupied Poland. In the late 1950s, he was the pianist with the "Cabinet Jazzmen" in Hamburg until the early 1960s, at the time one of the most popular jazz bands in Northern Germany. From 1970 to 1971 he was a jazz pianist in Hamburg at "Jazz House", "Riverkasematten", "Logo", "Dennis Swing Club", "Cotton Club", "Remter" and in the legendary "Onkel Po". Böhm accompanied on piano singers such as

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and

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and Helga Feddersen he appeared in the comedy film '' Sunshine Reggae auf Ibiza'' (1983). In 1982 he took part in the preliminaries of the

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and David Hanselmann. He died in

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, three days short from his 79th birthday.

Discography

Singles

* 1979: ''Herbert'' * 1980: ''Morgens Fango – Abends Tango'' * 1981: ''Mensch ärgere Dich nicht'' * 1981: ''Polonäse Blankenese'' * 1982: ''Jap dadel dip, dadel dup dadel'' * 1982: ''Der Ohrwurm'' * 1982: ''Polonäse mit Getöse'' * 1982: ''Damenwahl'' * 1983: ''Schick, Schick Bum, Bum'' * 1984: ''Get On Up'' * 1984: ''I’m a Winner'' * 1985: ''Schlappi Räp'' met Klaus Schlappner * 1986: ''Alles hat ein Ende, nur die Wurst hat zwei'' * 1990: ''Wenn die Nordlichter feiern'' * 1990: ''Wenn die Kirschblüten blüh'n im Alten Land'' * 1997: ''Samba Ramba Zamba'' * 2000: ''Polonäse 2000'' * 2004: ''King of the Jungle (Werner Böhm vs. Gottlieb Wendehals)'' * 2004: ''Old Mac Donald'' * 2004: ''Summertime – Sunny Days (Werner Böhm vs. Gottlieb Wendehals)'' * 2006: ''Saalrunde'' * 2006: ''Tarzan ist wieder da'' * 2008: ''Fernsehen macht dumm dumm'' * 2010: ''Polonäse Blankenese'' (Haidie vs. Gottlieb Wendehals) * 2010: ''Der neue Böhm'' * 2011: ''Der Yeti (Es läuft ein Yeti durch die Serengeti)'' * 2011: ''Ein Eisbär in Sibirien'' * 2015: ''Gehen wir noch wohin''

Albums

* 1979: ''Polonäse Blankenese'' * 1982: ''ErVolksLieder'' * 1982: ''Polonäse mit Getöse'' * 1983: ''Da kommt Freude auf'' * 1983: ''Gran Canaria'' * 1984: ''84 AHEAD'' * 1988: ''Polonäse Blankenese'' * 1990: ''Freibier für Deutschland'' * 1991: ''Wenn die Kirschblüten blüh'n'' * 1998: ''Schmarozza'' * 2009: ''Darf ich bitten, Polonäse'' * 2020: ''Let's Party ohne Ende''

References

External links

Gottlieb Wendehals – Werner Böhm – Das karierte Verhängnis
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Werner Böhm

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