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Amapola (J.R.LaCalle) -- Das Meistersextett, frűher Comedian Harmonists (formerly Comedian Harmonists) Electrola 1939 (Germany)

NOTE: In 1927, unemployed actor Harry Frommermann created a German male vocal group Comedian Harmonists, inspired by The Revelers. The members of the group were: Ari Leschnikoff (1st tenor), Erich A.Collin (2nd tenor), Harry Frommermann (tenor buffo), Roman Cycowski (baritone), Robert Biberti (bass) and Erwin Bootz on piano. The group's immediate success continued into the early 1930s, but eventually ran into trouble with the Nazi regime: three of the group members -- Frommermann, Collin, and Cycowski -- were of Jewish descent, and Bootz had married a Jewish woman. The Nazis progressively made the group's professional life more difficult, initially banning pieces by Jewish composers, and finally prohibiting them from performing in public. The group's last concert in Germany was in Hannover on March 25, 1934.
Frommermann, Cycowski, and Collin subsequently left Germany for Australia and the US, performing under the names "Comedian Harmonists" and "Comedy Harmonists" with a new pianist, bass, and high tenor. The remaining members in Germany formed a new group named "Das Meistersextett" (as the authorities forbade an English-language name). However, neither group was able to achieve the original success of the Comedian Harmonists. In America, the emiugrant group was unable to find permanent job, due to hostility to German entertainers, while in the nazi Germany the group was stifled by political in-fighting and heavy censorship. By 1941, both groups had broken up. Although all members survived the war, they never re-formed after the war.
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"Amapola" was a song composed in 1924, by José María La Calle García (b. 1860 in Cádiz, Spain -d. 1937 in Brooklyn, NY) who also used abbreviated name, Joseph Lacalle. He was a Spanish clarinetist, composer and bandleader who in the United States played in various bands (Le Sousa Band) until he formed his own orchestra (LaCalle Band) and started for Columbia. LaCalle also founded the Spanish Theatre Company in Brooklyn, featuring the original Spanish zarzuelas. In 1924, his song "Amapola" (in Spanish: a poppy) gained international popularity, especially ever since Deanna Durbin presented her own version in her movie "First Love", in 1939. In Europe, equally popular were versions recorded by Tino Rossi in Paris and by Joe Loss Orchestra, in United Kingdom.
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