Drei Katakomben-Jungens - Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär

Telefunken master 19513, rec. Berlin, December 1933 ca.
Wilhelm Meissner (tenor), Heinz Woezel (baritone), and Manfred Dlugi (bass) with Edmund Nick (piano).
Less an easy-listening group then a cabaret act, the "Teddies", as they originally called themselves, made their debut in July 1933in Bad Lauterbach, a (very) small village basically known as a spa with no cultural ambitions whatsoever. But at that evening, the famous Berlin cabaret artist Rudolf Platte saw their act, and only two months later they were performing to considerable acclaim in Berlin at Werner Finck's "Katakombe", which was one of the places to be for the (still existant) politically more left and sophisticated audience. Here a collaboration with composer Edmund Nick started, who in turn was a friend of the legendary poet Joachim Ringelnatz, and a collaboration between the two was the first title ever recorded by the trio, accompanied by the composer. The lyrics, by the way, are reproduced in quite a few anthologies, but it is hardly ever mentioned that this parody of a well-known German folk song was actually meant to be sung! Woezel left the group in 1934 and was replaced by singer and pianist Helmut Buth. Nothing was heard from him for almost 15 years before he resurfaced as one of the most succesful German crooners of the late 40s and early 50s. The Katakomben-Jungens continued their performances until the too-political "Katakombe" was closed by Goebbels in May 1935. The trio went undergroud for some time and six months later reemerged as the "Drei Ruland", of whom I'll upload something later.

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