Werner Böhm

Werner Böhn (June 5, 1941), better known by his former stage name Gottlieb Wendehals, was a German jazz pianist and schlager music performer. Born in Thorn during the German occupation of Poland, he was the pianist of the popular jazz band Cabinet Jazzmen until the early 60s. Throughout the early 70s, Werner Böhm played piano in some of Hamburg’s most iconic venues, including Jazz House, Riverkasematten, Logo, Dennis Swing Club, Cotton Club, Remter, and Onkel Po, accompanying legendary figures such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Erroll Garner. Shortly after his 1977 studio debut Bitte Recht Freundlich…, he found success through his comedic alter ego Gottlieb Wendehals, a kitschy schlager singer that scored the Top 10 hit “Polonäse Blankenese” in 1981. The following year, he participated in the preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Der Ohrwurm,” finishing in eleventh place. Over the course of the next few decades, Werner Böhm continued releasing albums and performing live, participating in reality shows like Big Brother and Das Supertalent before passing away in 2020 at the age of 78.

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