[78-L] Lili Marleen

[David Sanderson]

Kristjan Saag wrote:
> There are many stories about the poem that became a song and a recording and 
> a hit on both sides of WW II: "Lili Marleen"/ "Lili Marlene".
> One is that Lale Andersen's August 1939 recording wasn't the first, that it 
> was done by a male singer before that. Can anyone confirm?
> Another rumour says that Lale Andersen recorded a second German language 
> version during the war, one with a more marked drum beat, more military. 
> According to the Lale Andersen discography at 
> http://www.lale-andersen.de/index1.htm there was no such recording, only 
> versions in English and Italian plus a German/English combined version, 
> which sound similar to the original 1939 recording. Her later German 
> recordings were all made after the war.
> I'm not sure how reliable this online discography is - and have no access to 
> Lotz.
> Can anyone cast light on these questions?
> Kristjan

There's a Lili Marlene Web page that I've seen in the past, includes 
multiple recordings and some history; try looking there.

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      David Sanderson
      East Waterford, Maine

      dwsanderson685 at roadrunner.com
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