O Mia Bella Napoli ! (1) .....Herbert Ernst Groh ! (1939)

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The theme of the previous 2 videos was holiday and tourism in the 1930s. The following two videos feature Italy and a massive hit of the late 1930s : Gerhard Winkler's "O mia bella Napoli", composed in 1937. Although a German song it was made famous by none other than Tino Rossi while performing at Berlin's Scala music hall in 1938.

Gerhard Winkler (1906-77) was a tremedously succesful composer who featured the beauty of Italy in many of his songs : "Italienische Nacht", "Wenn in Florenz die Rosen blüh'n", "Chianti-Lied", "Frühling in Sorrent" and especially "Capri Fischer" - recorded by Rudi Schuricke and Magda Hain...

A website is dedicated to his work and his music in German
http://www.capri-fischer.de/

and English :
http://www.capri-fischer.de/startGB.htm

This version by the very popular Swiss tenor Herbert Ernst Groh (1906-82) was recorded in 1939 and released as flip side to "Wenn in Florenz die Rosen blüh'n". Throughout his long career Groh recorded many Winkler songs.

The video features images of Italy taken from issues of "En Voyage" magazine from 1933 and 1935. Included are images of the Italian luxury liners "Conte di Savoia" and "Rex". Both were lost in the Second World War.

About the record :



Parlophon (Dutch Pressing)
D.P.H. 50/ mx. Be. 12388
Berlin,
1939

The record is in average condition

This record was transferred and equalized using the Ortofon Om78 cartridge and stylus as well as a 78rpm phono preamp in order to get an acceptable 78rpm equalization!

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[saltburner2]

There is another - quite different - song with the same title from 'Venus in Seide' by Robert Stolz that was recorded by Richard Tauber.

[Leotaurus1975]

@saltburner2 Yes, very true!

[4717946]

I can hardly believe it! I remember this song from when I was very young living in Germany. Did a search for it and here it was!!!!!!!!!! Brings back a lot of memories

[GrammophonPlatten]

Wunderbar, vielen dank

[dairyman716]

Wundervoll! Danke!