Born: October 13th, 1926, Mjölby (Sweden)
Died: November 21st, 1977, Hjärnarp (Sweden)
Nationality: Swedish
In due course, the short impression below will be replaced with a more extensive career overview
BIOGRAPHY
As a young boy, Arne Lamberth played the church organ in the village where he grew up and studied the violin, but he gave all of that up for the trumpet. He became a member of the Södermanlands Regemente military music band in Strängnäs. Just after the war, in 1946, he was contracted by ‘Valencia’, a restaurant-dancing in Copenhagen, to be a musician in their band. Lamberth stayed there for only three months, but he did not return to Sweden afterwards.
He started working as a trumpet player for the Radio Orchestra (Underholdningsorkester) of Danish public broadcaster DR, which, from 1951 onwards, was under the baton of Kai Mortensen. Somewhat later, Lamberth started arranging and occasionally conducting this ensemble as well. Meanwhile, Lamberth recorded instrumentals which climbed the Danish charts, for example ‘Oh mein Papa’ and ‘En natt i Moskva’. In the late 1960s, Lamberth decided to return to Sweden and worked as a music teacher at the Kungsgårdsskolan in Ängelholm until his untimely death.
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
Arne Lamberth wrote many orchestrations for the DR Orchestra, including the winning Eurovision entry 'Dansevise' by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (1963). When Kai Mortensen withdrew from the contest after it had been held in Copenhagen in 1964, Arne Lamberth took over as the Danish conductor. He accompanied Birgit Brüel (‘For din skyld’) to Naples in 1965 and Ulla Pia (‘Stop, mens legen er go’) to Luxembourg in the following year. After that, DR decided to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest, only to return in 1978.
EUROVISION INVOLVEMENT YEAR BY YEAR
Country – Denmark
Song title – “Skibet skal sejle i nat”
Rendition – Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler
Lyrics – Poul Sørensen
Composition – Erik Fiehn
Studio arrangement – Arne Lamberth
(Statsradiosinfoniens Danseorkester conducted by Kai Mortensen)
Live orchestration – Arne Lamberth
Conductor – Kai Mortensen
Score – 3rd place (10 votes)
Country – Denmark
Song title – “Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog”
Rendition – Raquel Rastenni
Lyrics – Harry Jensen / Sven Ulrik
Composition – Harry Jensen / Sven Ulrik
Studio arrangement – Arne Lamberth
(Statsradiosinfoniens Danseorkester conducted by Kai Mortensen)
Live orchestration – Arne Lamberth
Conductor – Kai Mortensen
Score – 8th place (3 votes)
Country – Denmark
Song title – “Uh - jeg ville ønske jeg var dig”
Rendition – Birthe Wilke
Lyrics – Carl Andersen
Composition – Otto Lington
Studio arrangement – Arne Lamberth
(Radio Danseorkestret conducted by Arne Lamberth)
Live orchestration – Arne Lamberth
Conductor – Kai Mortensen
Score – 5th place (12 votes)
Country – Denmark
Song title – “Dansevise”
Rendition – Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann
Lyrics – Sejr Volmer-Sørensen
Composition – Otto Francker
Studio arrangement – Otto Francker / Arne Lamberth
Live orchestration – Otto Francker / Arne Lamberth
Conductor – Kai Mortensen
Score – 1st place (42 votes)
Country – Denmark
Song title – “For din skyld”
Rendition – Birgit Brüel
Lyrics – Poul Henningsen
Composition – Jørgen Jersild
Studio arrangement – Arne Lamberth
(studio orchestra conducted by Arne Lamberth)
Live orchestration – Arne Lamberth
Conductor – Arne Lamberth
Score – 7th place (10 votes)
Country – Denmark
Song title – “Stop, mens legen er go’”
Rendition – Ulla Pia
Lyrics – Erik Kåre
Composition – Erik Kåre
Studio arrangement – Arne Lamberth
(Grand-Prix Orkestret conducted by Arne Lamberth)
Live orchestration – Arne Lamberth
Conductor – Arne Lamberth
Score – 14th place (4 votes)
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