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Greta Keller
12+ albums
30s40sBroadwayFemale Voicessinger-songwriter
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Greta Keller-Bacon (February 8, 1903 – November 11, 1977) Vienna-born cabaret singer and Hollywood actress. Born Margaretha Keller, she studied dance from the age of 8 followed by acting classes. Her début was in "Pavillon" in Vienna. She also appeared on Stage with Marlene Dietrich in "Broadway", in which she sang and danced. A recording contract with Ultraphon in 1929 her singing took her from Vienna to Prague and Berlin, where she had a big success with Peter Igelhoff and Peter Kreuder. For over 45 years, through a life of triumphs and tragedies, her voice a legend-in radio shows, films, revues, concerts and musicals, but above all her records circled the globe. First called 'The Great Lady Of Chanson' in her native Vienna, it followed her to London and America. Career Her lieder voice carried the charm of the Parisian women but never lost the heart of the girl from Vienna. Greta's singing in what some call "a style reminiscent of Marlene Dietrich" comes from the fact she was the model for how Marlene Dietrich developed her own voice. Greta Keller made recordings throughout the world and from the earliest days of "schellack" to the dawn of CDs. She spent many years in the United States, notably in hotel club rooms at the Waldorf and (later) the Stanhope in New York, where her show always included "My Way", composed by Paul Anka, and a number of Noel Coward numbers. A 'singer's singer', Keller often drew other performers to the room, including the Nordstrom Sisters, Beve
top songs
albums
These Foolish Things
Gala Der Stars: Greta Keller
Cabaret
Remember Me
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These Foolish Things: 25 Romantic Songs 1931-1938
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Flashbacks #4: Heartbreakers Blue & Lonely, 1927-1946
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Top Hits of the 1930s
The Greta Keller Collection
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Flashbacks - Blue & Lonely
The Very Best Of
Blaue Stunde - Funkaufnahmen der 50er Jahre
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Diverse Songs and Moods of the 1940's: Stella Brooks and Greta Keller