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Lilli Marlen
Last updated: 11.10.23
"Lilli Marlen" (German spelling) is a song I grew up and there cannot be very many people in the English and German speaking worlds that have never heard of it. Even as a child, I always loved to hear Marlene Dietrich singing it and I knew the first verse of the English version of Lilli Marlene by heart. Wilfried Drygala, much to the surprise of Brian Kelly and myself, decided one fine day to take this, somewhat for the Idle Fellows inappropriate song into our repertoire. I well remember some autumn day in 1984 spending almost a whole Saturday afternoon learning Wilfried's lyrics for "Lilli Marlen" by heart while taking a hot bath at the same time.
On turning solo I was obliged to find the melody for my concertina which I duly came across in Busking for Special Occaisions. The music is accredited to Norbert Schultze.
  Issue Instruments Performer
       
  Midi File(s)   Sequencer(s)
audiomidi15.gif Midi Frank Petersohn
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
cd15.gif Marlene Dietrich Sei lieb zu mir CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Marlene Dietrich The Essential Marlene Dietrich CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists All The Best From Germany flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Party 3-Pack Drinking Songs flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15ca.gif
     Title Performer Composer
       
youtube15.jpg Lilli Marlen (3:07) Marlene Dietrich