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Dec 21, 1911 Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland Died on 06 Sep 1977 (aged 65)
Swiss composer (1911-1977)
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About Paul Burkhard
- Paul Burkhard (21 December 1911, Zürich – 6 September 1977, Zell) was a Swiss composer.
- He primarily wrote oratorios, musicals and operettas.
- The contemporaneous and similarly named Swiss composer Willy Burkhard was no relation to him. Probably his most famous artistic creation was the song "O mein Papa" ("Oh! My Pa-Pa") about the death of a beloved clown-father, written for the musical Der schwarze Hecht (re-issued in 1950 as Das Feuerwerk) that premiered in April 1939.
- The song rose to #1 on the Sheet Music Chart and stayed in the chart for 26 weeks.
- The song has been performed and recorded by numerous artists since then, including Alan Breeze, Billy Cotton, Billy Vaughn, Connie Francis, Diana Decker, Eddie Calvert, Eddie Fisher, The Everly Brothers, Harry James, Lys Assia, Ray Anthony & his Orchestra, Russ Morgan & his Orchestra, and many others.
