Swing from Berlin (23) Peter Igelhoff - Peter, Peter ! (Wo warst du heute Nacht? - 1941)

"Peter, Peter!" (Wo warst du heute nacht? / Where were you last night?) is a popular tune from 1941 of which many versions exist - those by Willy Berking, Michael Jary and R.A. Dvorsky come to mind . This version by the great Peter Igelhoff (1904-1978) is a perfect example of one-man-swing : Igelhoff accompanies himself on the piano with a small orchestra. In typical Igelhoff style this version is very light, airy and jazzy...

Austrian born Peter Igelhoff studied music in Vienna and London started his career in 1936 in Berlin - playing in bars and the "Kabarett der Komiker". In his career he would compose over 1000 songs of which he recorded many. He also wrote music for several movies - most famously for "Wir machen Musik" (1942) and he sometimes appeared in on the silver screen singing his own compositions - in "Zwei Frauen" (1938) he sang his popular "Der Onkel Dokor hat gesagt..." (Ich darf nicht küssen / Uncle doctor told me I'm not allowed to kiss), in "Eine Nacht im Mai" he sang "Im Café am Zoo" . Other extremely popular songs were "Babarabmbu", "In meiner Badewanne bin ich Kapitän" (In my bathtub I'm the captain) and "Dieses Lied hat keinen Text" (This is a song with no lyrics). His light and airy music which was clearly influenced by American jazz and swing music was very popular with the public but not with the nazi government. He was expelled from the Reichsmusikkammer in 1942 and sent to the front. After the war he succesfully resumed his career. He became an honorary professor in 1969.

The video is a combination of musical sequences from "Traummusik", "Napoleon ist an allem Schuld" and "Hallo Janine" and a stroll through Berlin in late 1930s showing the famed "Columbushaus" at the Potsdamer Platz, the spectacular Karstadt department store at the Hermannplatz - both casualties of the Second World War as well as the "Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche" and the Kursfürstendamm....

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[snookerbee]

Toll wie das swingt. Hier spielt übrigens das Personal der "Goldenen Sieben".

[Leotaurus1975]

Dabke für die Info!

[records78]

Igelhoff mag ich sehr! Danke für das Video. Schade, dass man so selten von ihm Platten auf dem Flohmarkt findet ...

[Leotaurus1975]

Danke sehr! Ja, seine Platten sind eher selten... Ich habe diese Platte schon sehr sehr lange. Ich weiss nicht mehr ob ich sie in Belgien oder mal in Deutschland gekauft habe... Diese Fassung hat mir immer gut gefallen. Die B-Seite - "Friedericke" ist auch gut - kommt aber später.

[tomboiXde]

@FalconSupreme Das ist das alte Kaufhaus Karstadt am Hermanplatz in Berlin Neukölln. 1927-29 gebaut. Wer sich für Architektur interessiert : Für die damalige Zeit, gigantisch !

[mrktyb]

Danke Leo, aus Montréal !

[delamartv]

Gut gemacht :)

Lieben Gruss

[bhsisthebest]

Peter Igelhof and the musicians (Teddy Willson's style piano) in this number as well as in many others - so relaxed and swingy... Thank you very much and keep posting, please :-)

[noticiasdeamor1]

schreckliche Musik!

[FalconSupreme]

Die Bilder im Video haben mich sehr viel Freude bereitet. Damals gab es Karstadt schon.

[camille885]

On dirait plutôt une chanson comme on en faisait au début des années 1930, simple et légère, loin de la sophistication des big-band. Et pourtant, elle date de 1941! Merci pour le partage