James Last
James Last (Hans Last, * April 17, 1929 in Bremen, † June, 9, 2015 in Florida) was a German composer and big band leader with a large fan base in Europe and world-wide. Last's trademark was arranging pop hits in a big-band style; his series of "party albums" is equally well-known. Over the course of his career, he has sold well over 100 million albums.
Last learned how to play piano as child, switching to bass as a teenager. He joined Hans-Gunther Oesterreich's Radio Bremen Dance Orchestra in 1946, when he was 17 years old. Read Full BioJames Last (Hans Last, * April 17, 1929 in Bremen, † June, 9, 2015 in Florida) was a German composer and big band leader with a large fan base in Europe and world-wide. Last's trademark was arranging pop hits in a big-band style; his series of "party albums" is equally well-known. Over the course of his career, he has sold well over 100 million albums.
Last learned how to play piano as child, switching to bass as a teenager. He joined Hans-Gunther Oesterreich's Radio Bremen Dance Orchestra in 1946, when he was 17 years old. In 1948, he became the leader of the Becker-Last Ensemble, which performed for seven years. During that time, he was voted as the best bassist in the country by a German jazz poll for three consecutive years, from 1950-1952. After the disbandment of the Becker-Last Ensemble, he became the in-house arranger for Polydor Records, as well as for a number of European radio stations. For the next decade, he helped arrange hits for artists like Helmut Zacharias and Caterina Valente.
Last released his first album "Non-Stop Dancing" in 1965. The record of brief renditions of popular songs, all tied together by an insistent dance beat and joyous crowd noises. It was a hit and helped make him a major European star. Over the next four decades, Last has released over 190 records, including several more volumes of Non-Stop Dancing. On these records, he varies his formula by adding different songs from different countries and genres, as well as guest performers like Richard Clayderman and Astrud Gilberto.
Though his concerts and albums are consistently successful — especially in England, where he had 52 hit albums between 1967-1986, which made him second to Elvis Presley in terms of number of charting records — he has only had two hit singles with "The Seduction," the theme from American Gigolo (1980) and Biscaya from the album "Biscaya".
He has won numerous polls and prizes, for example Billboard magazine's "Star of the year" trophy in 1976, and has been honored for his lifework with the German ECHO prize in 1994.
The song "The Lonely Shepherd", written by Last and performed by Gheorghe Zamfir and the James Last Orchestra, was featured in the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's film "Kill Bill Vol. 1" (2003).
Personally, he divides his time between Florida and Germany. He gives much credit to his wife and son, who helps with the music.
Last learned how to play piano as child, switching to bass as a teenager. He joined Hans-Gunther Oesterreich's Radio Bremen Dance Orchestra in 1946, when he was 17 years old. Read Full BioJames Last (Hans Last, * April 17, 1929 in Bremen, † June, 9, 2015 in Florida) was a German composer and big band leader with a large fan base in Europe and world-wide. Last's trademark was arranging pop hits in a big-band style; his series of "party albums" is equally well-known. Over the course of his career, he has sold well over 100 million albums.
Last learned how to play piano as child, switching to bass as a teenager. He joined Hans-Gunther Oesterreich's Radio Bremen Dance Orchestra in 1946, when he was 17 years old. In 1948, he became the leader of the Becker-Last Ensemble, which performed for seven years. During that time, he was voted as the best bassist in the country by a German jazz poll for three consecutive years, from 1950-1952. After the disbandment of the Becker-Last Ensemble, he became the in-house arranger for Polydor Records, as well as for a number of European radio stations. For the next decade, he helped arrange hits for artists like Helmut Zacharias and Caterina Valente.
Last released his first album "Non-Stop Dancing" in 1965. The record of brief renditions of popular songs, all tied together by an insistent dance beat and joyous crowd noises. It was a hit and helped make him a major European star. Over the next four decades, Last has released over 190 records, including several more volumes of Non-Stop Dancing. On these records, he varies his formula by adding different songs from different countries and genres, as well as guest performers like Richard Clayderman and Astrud Gilberto.
Though his concerts and albums are consistently successful — especially in England, where he had 52 hit albums between 1967-1986, which made him second to Elvis Presley in terms of number of charting records — he has only had two hit singles with "The Seduction," the theme from American Gigolo (1980) and Biscaya from the album "Biscaya".
He has won numerous polls and prizes, for example Billboard magazine's "Star of the year" trophy in 1976, and has been honored for his lifework with the German ECHO prize in 1994.
The song "The Lonely Shepherd", written by Last and performed by Gheorghe Zamfir and the James Last Orchestra, was featured in the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's film "Kill Bill Vol. 1" (2003).
Personally, he divides his time between Florida and Germany. He gives much credit to his wife and son, who helps with the music.
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1974solar
https://youtu.be/6Q00HQwO2Sg?list=PLDB3551A67945DD28
Ist von Jean-Michel Jarre - ein wenig Techno-Ähnlich - War sowas wie der Vorreiter von Enya.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw
Desweiteren könnte ich dir auch Enya vorschlagen, anzuhören
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiumJ_nDkhs
Klangkarussell - Sonnentanz wirst du wohl vielleicht kennen. Ging auch rauf und runter in den Charts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT6XCvDUUsU
Oder in meiner Zeit, als ich in etwa in deinem Alter, vielleicht auch schon älter war - Moby
https://youtu.be/g3ENX3aHlqU
&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciawICBvQoE
Bsp. bin ich nicht wirklich so oft der Zuhörer bei Opern. Aber Andrea Bocelli.....er hat wirklich sehr schöne Songs. Da kommen mir ab und wann mal die Tränen - weil es so mit viel Gefühl gesungen wird.
https://youtu.be/otAu5twqDpk?list=PL96hSmMbe1Z2A-wYiyQv69ugzwAfEIuvO
Luciano Pavarotti und Celine Dion / Luciano Pavarotti & Tina Turner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icIbZYvEtk
Queen & Montserrat Caballe
Die Liste könnte noch sehr weitläufig weiter geführt werden. Bis ins Klassik oder Opera.
Lass dich öffnen - denn Opern ist der Vorläufer von Pop, Rock, Techno.....die Urmusik und einige/viele sind Bombastisch.
iPlatinus
Das nenne ich mal richtige Musik. Ich bin 15 Jahre alt und habe das tatsächlich heute das erste mal gehört und finde es einfach nur toll. Schade, dass sich die meisten Jugendlichen von heute für sowas nicht interessieren.
Thomas Müller
Ich war nie James Last Fan, aber dieses Lied höre ich wieder, wieder, wieder und immer wieder !!! Wirklich geil.
iPlatinus
@libramusic 21 Da hast du Recht! Ich höre jeden Tag Musik und es macht immer wieder Spaß, Lieder wie Biscaya o.ä. zu hören!😁
libramusic 21
Dass du ,,dass" mit ,,ss" schreibst, spricht dafür, dass dir die Musik gefällt! Leider nicht mehr der Normalfall
marco thommen
Junge Leute, die Musik schätzen... Hi5 an Dich! --> 48 jahre .....
1974solar
https://youtu.be/6Q00HQwO2Sg?list=PLDB3551A67945DD28
Ist von Jean-Michel Jarre - ein wenig Techno-Ähnlich - War sowas wie der Vorreiter von Enya.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw
Desweiteren könnte ich dir auch Enya vorschlagen, anzuhören
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiumJ_nDkhs
Klangkarussell - Sonnentanz wirst du wohl vielleicht kennen. Ging auch rauf und runter in den Charts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT6XCvDUUsU
Oder in meiner Zeit, als ich in etwa in deinem Alter, vielleicht auch schon älter war - Moby
https://youtu.be/g3ENX3aHlqU
&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciawICBvQoE
Bsp. bin ich nicht wirklich so oft der Zuhörer bei Opern. Aber Andrea Bocelli.....er hat wirklich sehr schöne Songs. Da kommen mir ab und wann mal die Tränen - weil es so mit viel Gefühl gesungen wird.
https://youtu.be/otAu5twqDpk?list=PL96hSmMbe1Z2A-wYiyQv69ugzwAfEIuvO
Luciano Pavarotti und Celine Dion / Luciano Pavarotti & Tina Turner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icIbZYvEtk
Queen & Montserrat Caballe
Die Liste könnte noch sehr weitläufig weiter geführt werden. Bis ins Klassik oder Opera.
Lass dich öffnen - denn Opern ist der Vorläufer von Pop, Rock, Techno.....die Urmusik und einige/viele sind Bombastisch.
Ronald van den Boogaardt
My mother danced with me on this song when I was 3 years old. She held me in her arms with the warm orange sunset shining into the room.
She died yesterday and 2 days before I listened to this song and talked with my girl about that day. I said goodbye to my mom and reminded her of this moment. (Ps I was born in 1981)
Alice Kovács
🇭🇺🎶🎵🎧🇭🇺🧡
jános varjaskéri
Örök béke és nyugalom kísérje édesanyádat hosszú útján.
VIPOOL PATEL
Sorry for your loss.....but keep on to the Sweet Memories