Bill Ramsey | |
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 Ramsey performing in 1977 | |
| Born | William McCreery Ramsey 17 April 1931 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | 2 July 2021 (aged 90) Hamburg, Germany |
| Education | Yale University |
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| Awards | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
William McCreery Ramsey (17 April 1931 – 2 July 2021) was an American-German jazz and pop singer, journalist and actor famous for his German-language hits.[1][2] He returned to Germany a year after he had served compulsory military service with the U.S. Air Force there. Active as a singer of jazz and pop already as a soldier, he made a career in different fields of musical entertainment. He sang and recorded German schlager, also German-language cover versions of English hits, jazz and swing. He appeared in films and television series, and ran popular series on radio and television as presenter.
- ^ Junker, Detlef; Philipp Gassert (2004). The United States and Germany in the Era of the Cold War, 1945–1990: 1945–1968. Cambridge University Press. p. 447. ISBN 978-0-521-79112-0.
- ^ Applegate, Celia; Pamela Maxine Potter (2002). Music and German national identity. University of Chicago Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-226-02130-0.