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Weisser Holunder

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She must be the only German chanteuse to have a record in the U.S. top ten after World War II (she managed that in 1960). Probably had something to do with Elvis just out of the army and Bert Kaempfert topping the charts already. Still "Seemann" was and is a lovely, enchanting song from yesteryear. And "Der weisse Mond.." was one of her greatest Continental hits. Lovely music, with a scent of exotica to it. Actually her version of "Wo die Nordseewellen" is better than Lale Andersen's! Buy this if you like to hear what half of Europe listened to in the postwar years.

I am ordering the CD and Album for one reason;

an extremely beautiful song called "Seemunn Deine Heimat

ist das Meer". It is possibly the most beautiful song

ever written and sung in German. I have NEVER,

in my 60 years, heard a more beautiful one.

Lili Marlein comes in a close second. BOTH songs are

on that CD, making it a 5 star rating,

without even knowing anything about the other songs at

all. Just "Seemunn" and "Lili Marlein" by themselves

make this CD a MUST BUY!

Truly outstanding collection of melodical, pleasing german songs, sung by a very talented song-bird. Buy it, by all means, it is worth listening to, over and over.

This is a delightful album of Germany songs sung by a native Austrian artist who is well known in Germany and her native Austria!

Like most Americans of a certain age, I can recall Lolita's 1960 Top Ten hit of "Sailor." It's a striking song that includes spoken English lyrics partway through. The version on this German import CD is not that old KAPP single we hold so dear (there's no English in it).

Yet it is still a great pleasure to hear this lovely gal sing.

Ditta Zusa Einzinger was born 1/17/31 in St. Pölten, Austria. In the mid 1950s, "Lolita" was a grade school teacher who also sang in local clubs. Signed to a recording contract in '57, she initially waxed tunes with an exotic locale theme. Her only hit single, known in the U.S. as "Sailor," was a product of this era.

"Seemann, deine Heimat ist das Meer" with its predominantly male chorus backup, is an undeniable classic. That "deine Heimat" refrain is irresistible; one just wants to sing along even without a command of its German lyrics. On the original American single, those English repetitions and a top-riding soprano absolutely sell the record.

Other tracks that may be familiar to Americans:

"Muß I denn zum Städtele hinaus" was issued by RCA Victor in 1960 as an Elvis Presley single entitled "Wooden Heart." It also appears in his G.I. BLUES film.

"Lili Marleen" is based on a 1915 poem whose title translates to "the girl under the lantern." During WWII, this was adapted into a love song that was very popular in Germany. Many English lyric versions have been recorded, but as Marlene Dietrich's character in JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961) notes, it's far more beautiful in the original language.

In closing, if you can listen with compehension to the 16 tracks on Lolita's "Weißer Holunder," I totally envy you!

Enjoyed the CD. Also found that Amazon very efficient in sending it to me from the USA to New Zealand.

If you enjoy calm, lyrical folkmusic, then you will really love this CD. Lolita's renditions of "Jeder Traum hat ein Ende" and "Lili Marleen," among others, are strikingly beautiful. Fortunately for those of us who are not native Germans, Lolita's annunciation is clear enough to make the German lyrics easily understandable! I would highly recommend this CD to anyone.

This is my second purchase of this CD - the first was a gift. "Seemann" by Lolita was a popular song my teen years, and I've enjoyed it and the other songs on the disc. I was pleasantly surprised by the quick delivery to my Hawaii address.

For those who cannot understand her absolutely beautifully articulated German, here is an English translation of her major hit, "Seemann".

1. Sailor, Leave your Dreaming. Don't think about Home. Sailor, Wind and Waves are Calling you Away.

2. Sailor, Leave your Dreaming. Don't think about Me. (Ooh!) Sailor, For the Foreign Lands are Already Waiting for You.

Chorus: Your Homeland is the Sea; your Friends are the Stars.

Over Rio and Shanghai; over Bali and Hawaii.

Your Love is your Ship; your Yearning is for Distant Places.

And to them only will you be true all your Life.

Lolita, my gosh, ever since i heared in 1960 singing 'Seeman', her voice was just absolutely unforgetable to an impressional 14 yr old kid, now at age 60, she still is most hauntingly & ravishingly beautiful vocally,& in

appearance , just look at her photos on the album covers. The true grand lady of wholesome charm & of values in a world gone souless, she is what musicians should be about. Give all her music 6 - 10 stars as far as i am concerned....i do have a few albums that includes her songs & i have only begun to collect all that i can of Lolita's songs. She is one hard one to ever match in talent & ability. any one not familiar with her, or if heared only one or two songs of her's needs to hear more of her, wish songsters would return to the standards examplified by Lolita. A vision & voice of beyond imagination of beauty. Her singing voice is impossible to forget. Forever Lolita, your singing occupies my ears ... & vision...