Charlie & His Orchestra
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Biography
Charlie & His Orchestra, a German band also known as the Templin band, was formed in 1940 under Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Led by singer Karl Schwedler ("Charlie"), the group performed jazz music with pro-German lyrics to counter American influences. Their first recordings, including "Ich hab' dich und du hast mich / Sing mit mir", were released in 1943. As an official Reichsministerium band, Charlie & His Orchestra made over 90 recordings between March 1941 and February 1943. Their music was broadcast on shortwave radio to the United Kingdom and the United States, distributed on 78 rpm records to POW camps and occupied countries. Post-World War II, the band reorganized under Fritz Brocksieper as Freddie Brocksieper and performed at US Armed Forces clubs in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg.
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- FDR Jones
- Dinah
- I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
- I Got Rythm
- The King's Horses
- South of the Border
- Hold Tight
- Tea For Two
- I Double Dare You
- United Air Man
- Elmer's Tune
- Lilli Marleen
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- I'm Sending You the Siegfried Line
- Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
- Japanese Sandman
- Under an Umbrella in the Evening
- And So Another Lovely Day Is Over
- St. Louis Blues
- Makin' Whoopee
- I'll Never Say Never Again
- Blue Moon
- Bei mir bist Du schön
