Claire Waldoff - Immer ran an´ Speck

Claire Waldoff , born Clara Wortmann) was a famous cabaret singer and entertainer in Berlin during the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.

Clara Wortmann was born in 1884 the eleventh child of 16. Her parents owned a tavern in Gelsenkirchen. After completing school, she studied theatre and chose as her pseudoynm Claire Waldoff. In 1903, she got her first theatre jobs in Bad Pyrmont and in Kattowitz. In 1907, she went to Berlin, where she performed at the Figaro-Theater on Kurfürstendamm. In 1907, she also began a working as a cabaret singer. Rudolf Nelson gave her a job at the theatre Roland von Berlin on Potsdamer Straße. She had great success during the next several years in German cabaret. She sang at Chat Noir on Friedrichstraße and at the Linden-Cabaret on Unter den Linden. Waldoff was known for singing her songs in distinctive Berliner slang. Waldoff's success reached its peak in the 1920s. She performed at the two great Berlin varietés, Scala and Wintergarten, sang together with Marlene Dietrich, and had her songs played on the radio. Her repertoire included around 300 original songs.

Waldoff lived together with Olga von Roeder. The lesbian couple lived happily in Berlin during the 1920s. Together they met often other lesbian friends in the club, Damenklub Pyramide, in Berlin. After the German Nazis won the elections 1933 and Hitler came to power, Waldoff's success ended. In 1939, she and Olga von Roder left Berlin together, and they lived in Bayerisch Gmain. After World War II, she lost her money in German Monetary reform in 1948. In 1953 she wrote her autobiography. 1954 she got a little monetary support by senate of city Berlin. Waldoff died in 1957 and she was buried on the cemetery Pragfriedhof in Stuttgart. Waldoff has a star in Walk of Fame of Cabaret.

Tracklist:

1. Mir hab'n se die Gurke vom Schnitzel weggemopst
2. Na Dann Lass Es Dir Mal Jut Bekommen
3. Warum Soll Er Nicht Mit Ihr
4. Immer Ran An' Speck
5. Raus Mit Den Männern Aus Dem Reichstag
6. Im Nussbaum Links Vom Molkenmarkt
7. Mich Hat Ein Fremder Mann Geküsst In Der Nacht
8. Wat Braucht Der Berliner Um Glücklich Zu Sein?
9. Meine Maxe
10. Emilie Vom Kurfürstendamm
11. Der Schlips Im Kohlenkasten
12. Lied Der Harvenjuhle
13. Er Ist Nach Mir Ganz Doll
14. Wenn Der Bräut'gam Mit Der Braut
15. Wenn Die Soldaten Durch Die Stadt Marschieren
16. Mein Paulchen Ist Weg
17. Verliebt, Verlobt, Verheiratet
18. Unsere Minna
19. Dann wackelt die Wand

Claire Waldoff - Immer ran an´ Speck
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