Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 04. Juni 1927 |
Geburtsort | Wien |
Todesdatum | Freitag, 15. Mai 2015 |
Todesort | Wiesbaden |
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Beschreibung | Willy Hagara (4 June 1927 – 15 May 2015) was an Austrian schlager pop singer and actor. Born in Vienna, he worked for the Austrian postal service before winning a talent competition in the Vienna Konzerthaus in 1946. Credited at the time as "the best jazz singer in Vienna", he took singing and acting lessons and began a career as a popular baritone singer and entertainer. His song "Casetta in Canada" reached number 3 on the German pop chart in 1958. He made numerous television appearances, and appeared in popular West German films such as Weißer Holunder, Der Haus-Tyrann, and Paprika. |
