Ben Berlin - Fliegerlied or Flieger Grüß Mir Die Sonne

Ben Berlin - Fliegerlied also known as "Flieger Grüß Mir Die Sonne"
Hermann Bick.
b. 1896, Tallinn, Estonia, d. ? Hollywood, CA, USA)
Instruments: bandleader, pianist, and arranger
This Estonian citizen was touring all over Europe in the early part of the 1920s eventually settling in Berlin, Germany when he found work as the Vox recording company's Musical Director. In the decade of the 1920s, he recorded as leader of his own dance band, and also recorded some piano novelty solos. From time to time, some fine 'hot' soloists worked in his band, including Danny Polo, Billy Barton, Louis de Vries, and RenT Weiss. In 1933, When the Nazis came to power, he left Germany and first toured in Europe, and finally emigrated to the USA, where he found work in the Hollywood studios.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Flieger
• Grüß
• Mir
• Die
• Sonne
• ben
• berlin
• fliegerlied
• oldies
• german
• 1930s
• weimar
• band

[valdo2est]

Jonjamg, can you say me the numbers on the record (Cat no., Ord. no. and mx no.)? And which year no. stands on record after "Mechan Copr." - 1932 or 1933?

[jonjamg]

Grammophon 21952

1830 BK 3

Wings - Fliegerlied

Ben Berlin und sein Orchester

1928!

[jonjamg]

Sorry this was earlier recording which is wrongly attributed on various CDs -will look again through records, but I think I do not have this any more!

[valdo2est]

Hermann Biek (artist name Ben Berlin) was born in 1896, not in 1900. I recently found the corresponding documents from Estonian National Archives. By the way, you can read his short biography from view_play_list?p=1273674AFD367­169 (as fas as it is known for me up to present).

[jonjamg]

@valdo2est

Thank you for that - there is little information on him.

[valdo2est]

This tune gained its huge popularity in 1932-33 when it was used in UFA-film "F.P.1 antwortet nicht" (1932, English and French versions 1933). The tune was composed by Allan Gray (real name Josef Zmigrod) for this film. But Ben Berlin (Hermann Biek) made from it an excellent swing-like arrangement which sounds quite different from the original.

[valdo2est]

Does anyone have the vocal version of the same tune? I certainly know that Ben Berlin has recorded it...

[testomatic12345]

I had never heard this one. Great!!

[Herold38]

Herrlich! Super! Diese Version habe ich auch noch nie gehört!

Besten Dank!