Born: July 11th, 1934, Stolp, Pomerania (Germany, modern-day Słupsk, Poland)
Died: April 1st, 2010, Munich (Germany)
Nationality: German
In due course, the short impression below will be replaced with a more extensive career overview
BIOGRAPHY
Wolfgang Rödelberger was a guitarist who played in several jazz ensembles. From the early 1970s onwards, he worked as a studio arranger in Munich, often with artists contracted by producer Ralph Siegel. Rödelberger’s wrote orchestrations for Nicole, Costa Cordalis, Roberto Blanco, Karel Gott, Dschinghis Khan, and Peter Alexander. For Katja Ebstein, he wrote the magnificent arrangement to ‘Ich bin ein Berliner Kind’. Compositions by Rödelberger were recorded by Freddy Quinn and Peter Maffay.
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
Wolfgang Rödelberger arranged and conducted two West German entries, both composed and produced by Ralph Siegel: ‘Theater’ by Katja Ebstein in 1980 and ‘Johnny Blue’ by Lena Valaitis in 1981. Both songs finished in second place on the scoreboard.
EUROVISION INVOLVEMENT YEAR BY YEAR
Country – West Germany
Song title – "Theater"
Rendition – Katja Ebstein
Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger
Composition – Ralph Siegel
Studio arrangement – Wolfgang Rödelberger
Live orchestration – Wolfgang Rödelberger
Conductor – Wolfgang Rödelberger
Score – 2nd place (128 votes)
Country – West Germany
Song title – "Johnny Blue"
Rendition – Lena Valaitis
Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger
Composition – Ralph Siegel
Studio arrangement – Wolfgang Rödelberger
Live orchestration – Wolfgang Rödelberger
Conductor – Wolfgang Rödelberger
Score – 2nd place (132 votes)
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