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Heino
Heino performing in Düsseldorf, August 2006
Background information
Birth name	Heinz Georg Kramm
Born	13 December 1938 in Düsseldorf
Website	heino.de

For the town in the Netherlands see Heino (Netherlands).

Heino (born 13 December 1938 in Düsseldorf as Heinz Georg Kramm) is a German singer of popular music (Schlager) and traditional Volksmusik.

With his booming voice, bright blond hair, and ever present sunglasses (due to exophthalmos), Heino is considered by many an icon of kitsch and in the English-speaking world the Latin American themes of many of his songs lending themselves to jokes about German emigration to South America after World War II. Heino currently resides in the small town of Bad Münstereifel and he now ownes a cafe near the town hall, where he plays his own music in the background.

[edit] Heino's biggest hits

• "Jenseits des Tales" (1966)
• "Wenn die bunten Fahnen wehen" (1967)
• "Wir lieben die Stürme" (1968)
• "Zu der Ponderosa reiten wir" (1968)
• "Bergvagabunden" (1969)
• "Bier her, oder ich fall um" (1969)
• "Wenn die Kraniche zieh'n" (1969)
• "Karamba, Karacho, ein Whisky" (1969)
• "In einer Bar in Mexico" (1970)
• "Hey Capello" (1970)
• "Mohikana Shalali" (1971)
• "Blau blüht der Enzian" (1972)
• "Carneval in Rio" (1972)
• "Tampico" (1973)
• "La Montanara" (1973)
• "Edelweiß" (1973)
• "Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss"
• "Das Polenmädchen" (1974)
• "Die schwarze Barbara" (1975)
• "Komm in meinen Wigwam" (1976)
• "Bier, Bier, Bier" (1980)

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Heino

• Heino's official homepage
• The Heino Worship Page A tongue-in-cheek look at Heino and his music

Persondata
NAME	Heino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Heinz Georg Kramm
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Singer of Schlager songs an German folk music
DATE OF BIRTH	December 13, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Düsseldorf-Oberbilk
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH