Bill Ramsey
German-American jazz and Schlager singer, journalist and actor (1931-2021) · Germany · On the map · Musicians · Died at 90
William McCreery Ramsey was an American-German jazz and pop singer, journalist and actor famous for his German-language hits. He returned to Germany a year after he had served compulsory military service with the U.S. Air Force there.
Bill Ramsey is read about 137 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.
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Artur Brauner Produced Old Shatterhand (1964)
Trude Herr Also in Our Crazy Aunts (1961)
Vivi Bach Also in The Adventures of Count Bobby (1961)
Géza von Cziffra Directed The Adventures of Count Bobby (1961)
Gunther Philipp Also in The Adventures of Count Bobby (1961)
Rolf Olsen Also in The Adventures of Count Bobby (1961)
Hubert von Meyerinck Also in Love, Dance and a Thousand Songs (1955)- Carl Szokoll Produced Maskenball bei Scotland Yard (1963)
Rex Gildo Also in Maskenball bei Scotland Yard (1963)
Peter Alexander Also in Love, Dance and a Thousand Songs (1955)
Franz Antel Directed Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett (1962)
Fritz Muliar Also in The Adventures of Count Bobby (1961)
Rudolf Platte Also in Love, Dance and a Thousand Songs (1955)
Beppo Brem Also in Homesick for St. Pauli (1963)
Ted Herold Also in La Paloma and No Man to Marry
Domenico Paolella Directed Maskenball bei Scotland Yard (1963)
Harald Juhnke Also in La Paloma (1959)
Bibi Johns Also in La Paloma and Adieu, Lebewohl, Goodbye
Edith Hancke Also in My Sweetheart Wants to Go Sailing on Sunday (1961)
Werner Fuetterer Also in Love, Dance and a Thousand Songs (1955)
Wolfgang Schleif Directed Between Shanghai and St. Pauli (1964)- Helmuth M. Backhaus Wrote The Adventures of Count Bobby (1961)
Kurt Großkurth Also in No Man to Marry (1959)
Hannelore Kramm Also in Maskenball bei Scotland Yard (1963)
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Active as a singer of jazz and pop already as a soldier, he made a career in different fields of musical entertainment. He sang and recorded German schlager, also German-language cover versions of English hits, jazz and swing. He appeared in films and television series, and ran popular series on radio and television as presenter.
