A series of great  Opera Oratorio and Lied Records from early G&T to German War Time Pressings

In two great Norwegian pop songs with Orch and vocal trio


Olav Werner – Sjømannen Og Stjernen / Tommy Min Egen
Odeon – D-6882

A Sjømannen Og Stjernen
Written-By – Bror Carlsson*, K. Svendsen*
B Tommy Min Egen
Written By – C. O. Matsson, H. M.





10" 78 rpm record

Condition:

Excellent Minus, unworn light rubs, plays very quiet faint crackle

A GREAT COPY

Singer, 29.07.1913–10.03.1992, born in Modum. Werner started as a hit singer, but early in his singing career he switched to a religious repertoire. He studied singing with Sigurd Hoff at the Conservatory of Music in Oslo, and with Erik Herseth. Werner became for many a well-known and beloved voice in NRK, with countless appearances in the Wish Concert, and as a participant in programs where he sang religious folk tunes and romances. He also sang in opera productions, including in A. Eggens Cymbelin at the National Theater, and has given concerts in Scandinavia, England and Germany.

In the autumn of 1945, Olav Werner made his concert debut at Margaretakirken in Oslo. In the years that followed, there were a large number of church concerts, and in over 300 of the concerts he was accompanied by the organist Rolf Holger. As a record artist, he debuted as a hit singer for Columbia with the waltz "It Shines in a Window" (1938). There were to be several hundred records, 78 records, singles and LPs. From his hit period, all the Hawaiian tunes are especially remembered. In Norwegian popular music history, there was a period in the 30s and 40s when everyone had to listen to languorous Hawaiian tones, accompanied by romantic lyrics. One of the best-selling was "Under Swaying Palm Trees" / "My Paradise" (Odeon), where Werner sang with Eva Bereng to Guttorm Frølich's Hawaiian Orchestra. Other popular hits sung by Werner were the film tunes "Te Quero" and "Our Melody". His religious songs had a large audience, both during the period with 78 records, and later with singles and LPs.