Bill Ramsey
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Biography
[Edit]Though born in the United States, vocalist/pianist Bill Ramsey became one of the most popular jazz and pop vocalists in Germany during the '50s and '60s. Born in Cincinnati, OH, on April 17, 1931, Ramsey first became interested in music via his amateur pianist father, who introduced him to such artists as Meade "Lux" Lewis and Albert Ammons. Consequently, inspired by those artists, as well as his hometown's eclectic music scene — centered around the R&B, soul, and jazz coming out of Cincinnati-based King Records — the young Ramsey taught himself how to play boogie-woogie piano by ear and began absorbing the sounds of such legendary blues and jazz artists as Big Bill Broonzy, Louis Jordan, Fats Waller, and Joe Williams.
Although he entered Yale University to study sociology, after the Korean War broke out he joined the Air Force and was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany. Ramsey's musical abilities soon came in handy as he acquired the position of "chief producer" for the American Forces Network in Frankfurt. Fortuitously, his program director at the station was Johnny Vrotsos, who himself was famed producer Norm Granz's connection in Germany. Subsequently, jobs recording any and every jazz artist that traveled through Frankfurt fell to Ramsey.
Eventually, Vrotsos caught on that his assistant was more than a good producer and began helping Ramsey book gigs singing and playing piano often at jazz festivals around Germany. These performances were wildly successful and Ramsey was even voted the number one jazz singer in Germany in a poll in a German jazz magazine.
After leaving the Air Force, Ramsey spent much of the mid-'50s studying music off and on at Frankfurt University, performing jazz throughout Europe and even appearing in some films. Such was his growing popularity in Germany that around 1957 he was approached by German producer Heinz Giezt to record some more pop and novelty-oriented material. The move paid off and a list of hit recordings followed, including a German version of "Purple People Eater," which became somewhat of a trademark song for Ramsey. Since the '60s, Ramsey has remained a popular performer and radio personality in Germany.
Title: UBUNTU - We Are One
Artist: Gert Zimanowski, Karoline Höfler / Karoline Hofler, Axel Pape, Judith Erb, Bill Ramsey, Barbara Dennerlein, Bernhard Hering
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Title: Zuckerpuppe (Die Größten Hits) / Zuckerpuppe (Die Großten Hits)
Artist: Bill Ramsey
Genre: Pop
Title: Hamburg – Keine ist wie du - EP / Hamburg - Keine ist wie du - EP
Artist: Bill Ramsey
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Schlagerjuwelen
Artist: Peter Kraus, Connie Francis̀ / Connie Francis, Bill Ramsey, Vico Torriani
Genre: Pop
Title: Supposed 2 B (feat. Yvette Babygirl Preyer) - Single
Artist: Bill, Bill Ramsey, Bruno, Gio Bruno
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Collections
Title: More Blues Rarities (The Whiskey Collection)
Genre: Blues
Title: Schlager – Fiesta / Schlager - Fiesta
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Heinz Erhardt: Seine Lieder
Genre: Pop
Title: Schlager Festival Vol.1
Genre: Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Rexy zähl‘ auf mich / Rexy zahl' auf mich
Genre: Pop
Title: Deutsche Gassenhauer Folge 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Deutsche Gassenhauer zum Mitsingen, Folge 2
Genre: Folk
Title: Goldene Zeit des Schlagers, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Aus der deutschen Hit-Küche / Aus der deutschen Hit-Kuche
Genre: Pop
Title: Fernsehstars und Showmaster, Folge 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Ü 40 - Party, Folge 2 / U 40 - Party, Folge 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Schlager Vol. 2
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Fifty Fifty CD1
Genre: Folk
Title: Super-Kult-Schlager, Folge 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Super-Kult-Schlager, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Musicbox-Giganten, Folge 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Die 60er, Folge 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Als Mama noch ein Teenie war
Genre: Pop
Title: Die Stars der grossen TV-Shows
Genre: Pop
Title: Die 60er, Folge 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Die Farbe der Liebe
Genre: Pop
Title: Mondschein Rock
Genre: Pop
Title: Goldene Zeit des Schlagers, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Das 50er Jahre Schlager Karussell Folge 2
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Alle Mädchen wollen küssen / Alle Madchen wollen kussen
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Ballads
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Reference Highlights High-Tech-Sound-Sampler, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Telefon aus Paris
Genre: Pop
Title: Goldene Zeit des Schlagers, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Schlager Delikatessen
Genre: Pop
Title: Die 60er Schlagerparty, Folge 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Das 60er Jahre Schlager Karussell, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Die 50er Jahre Schlager-Hits & Stars
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Wirtschaftswunder-Hits
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Musicbox-Giganten, Folge 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Schlager Festival, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 26
Genre: Pop
Title: Die grosse Schlagerwelt, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Schlager Allerlei
Genre: Pop
Title: Die 50er Schlagerparty, Folge 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Schlager-Palette (Originalaufnahmen)
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Wassertropfenweltreise (Musical)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best of Reference Highlights
Genre: Jazz
Title: 25 Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Als Papa noch zum Dorf-Schwof ging, Folge 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Willkommen in Deutschland
Genre: World Music
Title: Unvergessliche Gassenhauer
Genre: Pop
Title: Wirtschaftswunder-Hits, Folge 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Deutsch und gut!
Genre: Pop
Title: Souvenirs - Die Gassenhauer
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Manfred Krug - Seine Lieder
Artist: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, Manfred Krug Band
Genre: Vocal Jazz
