Elvis features on a centrespread poster in Bravo 12 August 1982 to mark the fifth anniversary of his death on 16 August 1977 — 40 years ago today.
OMD 1982
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark on a centrespread poster in Bravo 12 August 1982.They had hits in West Germany that year with “Joan Of Arc” and “Maid Of Orleans”
Bravo charts August 1982
The Readers’ charts (“Eure Top Hits”) and sales charts in Bravo 12 August 1982
Bounty ad 1982
An ad for Bounty chocolate bar (with coconut) in Bravo 12 August 1982
Adam Ant 1982
Adam Ant on a centrespread poster in Bravo 12 August 1982. His hit at the timer was “Goody Two Shoes”.
Bravo 12 August 1982
Annoying German new wave singer Hubert Kah features on the cover of Bravo of 12 August 1982. That week 35 years ago Germany’s youth read about:
• Footballers Toni Schumacher, the villain, and Pierrre Litbarski, the “sunnyboy”
• Your rights: May your parents throw you out?
• Asia in concert in Philadelphia
• New tennis hero Mats Wilander
• Nina Hagen’s new image (all new wave and Christian)
• A visit to Olivia Newton-John
Rolling Stones 1974
The Rolling Stones in a 1960s photo on a superposter in Bravo in August 1974.
Chris Roberts 1974
German Schlager singer Chris Roberts on a superposter in Bravo in August 1974. Nobody told him that cigarette smoke makes his hair, clothes and breath stink?
A softly-spoken singer of typical clap-along Schlager music, Roberts was born in 1944 as Christian Klusáček — a name that really does require a stage moniker. His mother was German; his father Yugoslavian. Since that liaison was illicit under the Nazis, young Christian didn’t get German citizenship. For 72 years, Roberts remained without citizenship. He applied for a German passport in April 2016, received it a year later, and died in July 2017.
(h/t www.bravo-archiv.de)
T. Rex 1971
T. Rex’s Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn on a centre-spread poster in a Bravo of August 1971. “Get It On’, the follow-up to “Hot Love” was about to become a hit in West-Germany for the glam band.
(h/t www.bravo-archiv.de)
Fritz Wepper 1970
German actor Fritz Wepper on a “Star of the Month” calendar poster in Bravo of 3 August 1970. Wepper was on TV at the time as junior police detective Harry Klein in the hugely popular series Der Kommissar. Towards the end of that series, he transferred — character and all — to the new detective series Derrick, where the titular character’s command to Harry to fetch the car has become a cultural reference in Germany.
He also appeared in the 1972 film Cabaret as Fritz Wendel, the guy who has a crush on Liza Minelli’s Sally Bowles. “And here’s the craziness: I like it. God damn it!”
(h/t www.bravo-archiv.de)
