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BLP sources|date=May 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Freddy Quinn| image = Freddy Quinn Hamburg 1971 003.jpg| caption = Quinn performing in Hamburg, Germany in 1971| landscape = Yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Franz Eugen Helmut Manfred Nidl| alias =| origin =| birth_date = birth date and age|1931|09|27|df=y|birth_place = Hardegg (Niederösterreich)|Niederfladnitz Austria | death_date =| instrument = Singing|Vocalist , guitar | genre =| occupation = Musician , Actor | years_active =| label =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.freddy-quinn.de Die Freddy Quinn Seite - The official Freddy Quinn page (in German)| notable_instruments = Freddy Quinn (born Franz Eugen Helmut Manfred Nidl , 27 September 1931, Hardegg (Niederösterreich)|Niederfladnitz , Austria ) is an Austria n singer and actor whose popularity within the German language|German-speaking world soared in the late 1950s and 1960s. Similar to Hans Albers two generations before him, Quinn adopted the persona of the rootless wanderer who goes to sea but longs for a home, family and friends. Quinn's Irish-sounding name comes from his Irish born salesman father, Johann Quinn. His mother, Edith Henriette Nidl, was an Austrian journalist. He is often associated with the Schlager scene.
Biography
Quinn was born in Lower Austria and grew up in Vienna . As a child he lived in Morgantown, West Virginia (USA) with his father but moved back to live with his mother in Europe. Through his mother's second marriage to Rudolf Anatol Freiherr von Petz, Quinn adopted the name Nidl-Petz . However, having left the landlocked country of Austria for Germany , he was "discovered" in St. Pauli , Hamburg , and was offered his first recording contract in 1954.cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p277028|pure_url=yes|title=Biography: Freddy Quinn|last=Leggett|first=Steve|publisher= All Media Guide|AMG |accessdate=10 May 2010 He represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 in Lugano , Switzerland with the atypical song, " So geht das jede Nacht ", about an unfaithful girlfriend who dates lots of men and he finished 3rd . His other songs are mostly about the endless sea and the solitary life in faraway lands. His first hit record was "Heimweh" (" Homesickness ", aka "Brennend heißer Wüstensand", "Dort wo die Blumen blüh'n" and "Schön war die Zeit", (1956), a German version of Dean Martin 's " Memories Are Made of This ". It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a music recording sales certification|gold disc .cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | pages= 82 & 175 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6
Other hits, often with him simply billed as Freddy , followed: "Die Gitarre und das Meer" (1959), "Unter fremden Sternen" (1959), "Irgendwann gibt's ein Wiedersehn" (1960), " La Paloma " (1961), "Junge, komm bald wieder" (1963). His 1964 offering "Vergangen, vergessen, vorueber" was another million selling release.
His popularity petered out in the 1970s, but Quinn continued performing. "Junge, komm bald wieder" was sung by Alpay Nazikioglu|Alpay on 7 Dilde Alpay ("In Seven Languages Alpay" in Turkish language|Turkish ) album , which was released in 1973. Starting in the late 1950s, Quinn also acted in several movies, again frequently cast as the seafaring loner. Titles include Freddy, die Gitarre und das Meer (1959), Freddy unter fremden Sternen (1959), Freddy und das Lied der Südsee (1962), and Heimweh nach St. Pauli (1963). Subsequently, Quinn also performed on the stage in such diverse roles as Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus , the king in The King and I , and Lord Fancourt Babberly in '' Charley's Aunt .
Quinn was also an accomplished circus performer who stunned television audiences as a tightrope walking|tightrope walker performing live and without a safety net. On another occasion, which was also televised, he rode a lion inside a circus cage while the lion was balancing atop a moving surface.
Quinn still lives in Hamburg.
Selected filmography
Homesick for St. Pauli (1963)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703843/ Freddy Quinn at the IMDb
http://www.freddy-quinn.de Die Freddy Quinn Seite - The official Freddy Quinn page (in German)
http://www.triepke-music.de/freddyquinn.htm A Freddy Quinn fan page (in German)
http://freddyquinn.bravehost.com An Irish based Freddy Quinn fan page
S-startSuccession box|before=N/A | title= Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | years= Eurovision Song Contest 1956|1956 (and Walter Andreas Schwarz with Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück )| after= Margot Hielscher with Telefon, Telefon | S-endEurovision Song Contest 1956 Persondata | NAME = Quinn, Freddy | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 27 September 1931 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Hardegg (Niederösterreich)|Niederfladnitz Austria | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Quinn, Freddy Category:1931 births Category:Living people Category:People from Hollabrunn District Category:German-language singers Category:Austrian male singers Category:Austrian actors Category:German Eurovision Song Contest entrants Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1956 Category:Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Category:Austrian people of Irish descent Category:Circus performers
