
Italian actor Giuliano Gemma on a calendar poster in Bravo of 31 July 1967.
(h/t www.bravo-archiv.de)

Italian actor Giuliano Gemma on a calendar poster in Bravo of 31 July 1967.
(h/t www.bravo-archiv.de)

South African-born Schlager crooner Howard Carpendale, then 21, on the cover of Bravo of 31 July 1967. He had left South Africa only a year earlier. His German debut, “Lebenslänglich” sold 60,000 copies, but success would come two years later with a German cover of The Beatles’ Obladi-Oblada..

An advert for Philips products, including the new-fangled cassette recorders, in Bravo of 31 July 1967.

Michel Polnareff on the cover of Bravo of 31 July 1967.

Glam rockers Slade on the back-page poster of Bravo of 26 July 1973.

Neil Diamond on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 26 July 1973.
Bravo “Girl of the Year” and actress Ute Kittelberger on the cover of Bravo of 26 July 1973. Sadly Ute died suddenly at only 62 on September 4, 2021.
This week 49 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:
• How Bravo Girl Ute Kittelberger became World Miss Teen
• Slade drummer Don Powell’s life-threatening car crash
• 14 Topstars on Schlagerfestival tour
• England’s new star: David Essex
• Bravo undercover in a home for homeless youths
• Neil Diamond star album
• Terence Hill and Henry Fonda in one Western
• Jean-Paul Belmondo’s trouble with women