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Hans Blum

real name Hans-Bernd Blum

Hans Blum is credited on 2,334 releases across 657 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,334

Credits

657

Albums

8

Decades active

39

In collections

Biography

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German songwriter, composer, arranger, producer, and singer, born 23 May 1928 in Hannover, Germany. Died 15 March 2024 in Overath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Starting in 1941, Blum studied double bass, tuba, and piano at the Heeresmusikschule Bückeburg (Army Music School in Bückeburg). Drafted in April 1945, just before the war's end, he became a French prisoner of war. After his discharge from the POW camp, he first joined the Bernd Rabe-Swingtett.
Later, Blum founded Das Geller-Quintett (1948) and Das Hansen-Quartett (1951). Married.
As a songwriter, Blum composed countless hit records for the likes of Alexandra, Hildegard Knef, and many others. Took part as a songwriter and conductor in the Eurovision Song Contest on four occasions between 1965 and 1986.

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Credited work

2,334 releases · 657 albums · active 1957–2025

  • Performance · 2,846
  • Other credits · 368
  • Production · 66
  • Mastering · 3
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Union Studios, Munich · Europasound Studios · Вильнюсская Студия Грамзаписи · Austrophon Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Alexandra (7)
  • Boney M.
  • Ivan Rebroff
  • Howard Carpendale
  • Graham Bonney
  • Lale Andersen
  • Wencke Myhre

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