Willi Ostermann
Biography
Wilhelm "Willi" Ostermann (1 October 1876 – 6 August 1936) was a lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs and songs about Cologne, primarily in the German dialect of Kölsch. The tune Homesick for Cologne is counted amongst his most famous pieces. In the year 1949, a monument was erected to commemorate the life and works of Willi Ostermann in the Seven Mountains' Nightingale Valley of Königswinter.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
413 releases · 103 albums · active 1957–2025
- Performance · 659
- Other credits · 64
Studios: EMI Studios, Cologne · BluHouse Studio · Spaceship Studios · Finchen Grosses Wohnzimmerstudio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- De Bläck Fööss
- Willy Millowitsch
- Willy Schneider
- Lotti Krekel
- Joe Raphael Und Die Party-Singers
- Kirmesmusikanten
- Bläck Fööss