Horst Jankowski
Horst Jankowski (30 January 1936 – 29 June 1998)[1] was a classically trained German pianist, most famous for his internationally successful easy listening music.
Biography
Born in Berlin,[1] Jankowski studied at the Berlin Music Conservatory and played jazz in Germany in the 1950s, serving as bandleader for singer Caterina Valente.
Jankowski's fame as a composer of easy listening pop peaked in 1965 with his tune "Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt", released in
The Genius of Jankowski album, released in 1965, was also a million seller.[5] Jankowski went on to score a string of successful albums, but moved on in the 1970s to concentrate more on jazz, including covers of pop and rock hits.[6] Between 1989 and 1994 Jankowski composed and performed easy listening music for Sonoton, Germany.
Jankowski died of lung cancer in 1998, at the age of 62.[1]
Discography
- My Fair Lady Mit Horst Jankowski (1964; Mercury Records)
- The Genius of Jankowski! (1964; Mercury Records) US #18[7]
- More Genius of Jankowski (1965; Mercury Records) US #65
- Still More Genius of Jankowski (1966; Mercury Records) US #107
- So What's New? (1966; Mercury Records)
- And We Got Love (1967; Mercury Records)
- With Love (1967; Mercury Records)
- Baby, But Grand (1967; Mercury Records)
- Piano Affairs (1967; Mercury Records)
- The Many Moods of Jankowski (1968; Mercury Records)
- The Horst Jankowski Scene (1968; Mercury Records)
- Play A Simple Melody (1968, Mercury Records)
- Jankowski Plays Jankowski (1969; Mercury Records)
- A Walk in the Evergreens (1969; Mercury Records)
- Jankowski Meets Beethoven (1970; Mercury Records)
- Piano on the Rocks (1970; Mercury Records)
- Jankowskingsize – For Nightpeople Only (1970; MPS)
- Jankowskeyboard (1970; MPS)
- Jerusalem (1971; Rediffusion)
- Jankowski Plays Latin (1971; Columbia Records)
- Follow Me (1972; Intercord)
- International (1973; Intercord)
- Happy Polka (1973; Intercord)
- Return to the Black Forest (1975; Rediffusion)
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1976; EMI Records)
- Happy Blue Piano (1982; Sonoton / Intersound)
- The Best of Mr. Black Forest (1989; Sonoton / Intersound)
- Piano Interlude (1994; Sonoton / Intersound)
- Black Forest Explosion! (1997; Motor Music)
- Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt (1998; Mercury Records)
- Jankowskinetik (2003; Universal)
- Jankowskeynotes (2004; Universal)
- Remember Mr. Black Forest (2015; Memorylane / Intersound)
With Johnny Hodges
See also
References
- ^ a b c Thedeadrockstarsclub.com Accessed March 2010
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 125.
- ^ Billboard Singles, #9 on the US Cash Box Top 100, Allmusic.com
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ Biography, Allmusic.com
- ^ Billboard, Allmusic.com. passim.