Hans Albers

Aliases: Hans Albers mit Orchester
Real name: Hans Philipp August Albers
Born: September 22, 1891
Died: July 24, 1960
Country: Germany
Comments: Actor and singer and the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. When the Nazis came to power in 1933 Albers and his Jewish girlfriend Hansi Burg moved to Starnberger See in Bavaria. While Albers himself never showed public support for the Nazi regime he became the most popular actor under Nazi rule. The actor nevertheless avoided an overly close association in public. As the ultimate sign of his popularity, the Nazis even silently accepted his relationship with Hansi Burg for a long time, who went to Switzerland and then to Great Britain in 1939, but they secretly remained a couple with him even managing to send her financial support. They were reunited after the war, when she returned to Germany in a British uniform. After the war he never again enjoyed the huge stardom of the 1930s and early 1940s.

Covers by Hans Albers

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins	Hans Albers		(unknown)
Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins	Hans Albers und Waldo Favre-Chor - F.F.B-Orchester, Berlin. Dir.: Werner Eisbrenner	1953	(unknown)
Einmal noch nach Bombay	Hans Albers	1955	Lale Andersen
Good bye, Jonny!	Hans Albers mit Orchester - Leitung: Werner Eisbrenner	1947	Peter Kreuder mit seinem großen Tanzorchester - Refraingesang: Kurt Mühlhardt REC,REL, Hans Albers BRD
La paloma	Hans Albers mit Orchester - Leitung: Werner Eisbrenner	September 1945	Sebastián Yradier PRF, Cornet Duet REL Covered by (9 artists)
Nimm mich mit, Kapitän, auf die Reise	Hans Albers und Waldo Favre-Chor - F.F.B-Orchester, Berlin. Dir.: Norbert Schultze	1952	Richard Germer mit Chor - Alfred Hause mit seinem Tanz-Streichorchester