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Hans Hammerschmid
real name Johann Hammerschmid
Hans Hammerschmid is credited on 591 releases across 200 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
591
Credits
200
Albums
8
Decades active
7
In collections
Biography
Austrian pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor, born 12 March 1930 in Vienna, Austria, died 30 November 2024 in Gräfelfing, Germany. Worked as a pianist and arranger in various jazz ensembles in the 1950s. Later on, he turned to composing and arranging pop records, working with the likes of Curd Jürgens, Hildegard Knef, and Inge Brück. In 1966, in Luxembourg, he arranged and conducted Udo Jürgens' winning Eurovision Song Contest entry 'Merci chérie'.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
591 releases · 200 albums · active 1956–2024
- Performance · 904
- Other credits · 199
- Production · 25
Studios: NDR Studio 10 · Gaga Studio · Studio 70, Munich · Trixi Tonstudios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Hildegard Knef
- Udo Jürgens
- Extrabreit
- Esther & Abi Ofarim
- Oscar Pettiford
- Knef
- Die Bambis
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