Billy Mo - Ich Kauf Mir Lieber Einen Tirolerhut

Ich Kauf' Mir Lieber Einen Tirolerhut -is a 1962 song, which became successful both as an original recording, as well as a cover-version in other languages. The original version, Ich kauf’ mir lieber einen Tirolerhut, was recorded by Trinidad & Tobago-West German jazz musician Billy Mo. Music and lyrics were written by Charly Niessen and Franz Rüger. On February 1, 1963, the single reached the West German singles chart, where it stayed for 12 weeks, as one of the 10 most successful, spending four weeks on first position. In 1965, the music film "Ich Kauf' Mir Lieber Einen Tirolerhut" was released, which featured the song, and Billy Mo's made an appearance as an actor. The song was also recorded by Billy Mo himself in English as I'd Rather Buy Myself a Tyrolian Hat and in Dutch as Tiroler Hoed. In addition to other cover versions in German, the song was also recorded in Danish, by Jørgen Winckler (1963) and Ole Søltoft (1969), in Norwegian by Arne Bendiksen (1963) and Anita Hegerland (1969), and in Swedish by Östen Warnerbring (1969), as Du borde köpa dig en tyrolerhatt, with lyrics by Stikkan Anderson. The Östen Warnerbring recording charted at Svensktoppen for eight weeks between 21 September-9 November 1969, topping the chart. -- Billy Mo was a trained Jazz trumpeter and singer. He was born as Peter Mico Joachim on Februar 22, 1923 in Trinidad. Ebony Magazine called him "The Satchmo of Germany" in 1967. He died on Juli 16, 2004 in Hannover, Germany. ----- The Background Story: • "Billy Mo–The Satchmo of Germany", Ebony, edition Juli 1967 • https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mo • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_kauf%27_mir_lieber_einen_Tirolerhut ----- Sources: @ fair use Artist: © Billy Mo ----- ∆ - To add the Special Edition Podcasts to your music or podcast app for easy listening on demand, just sideload/add the following RSS feed URLs in your settings. Enjoy! ~ Mathilda ~ • Songs — https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1052603/s/81001.rss • Johann Sebastian Bach — https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1052610.rss • Ludwig van Beethoven — https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1064608.rss • George Frideric Handel — https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1064619.rss • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1052603.rss • American Dream — https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2818018.rss