Frankie Goes To Hollywood on the back-page poster of Bravo of 12 July 1984. Their new hit is “Two Tribes”
Bravo 12 July 1984
Italian singer Raff (later Raf), writer of the Laura Branigan hit “Self Control”, on the cover of Bravo of 12 July 1984. This week 38 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:
• Cyndi Lauper: “Nuns beat the evil out of me”
• German rock band BAP’s hot concerts
• Nik Kershaw in pics with autograph card
• How Raff wrote “Self Control”
• Conan the Barbarian is back
• Fans beg Nena for money
• Duran Duran and their partners
• New wave star Peter Schilling’s fear for the earth
• Mötley Crüe: “Wild, sexy, loud!”
• Germany goalkeeper Schumacher’s Euro 1984
• The rise and fall of Elvis Presley
• Alphaville mini-magazine
• Interviews with Rick Springfield and Limahl
• Howard Jones brings a good mood on stage
• New in the cinemas: “Strassen in Flammen” (Streets of Fire)
• Three full-page ads for tampons
Les Humphries Singers 1971
The Les Humphries Singers, still to taste big success and pictured incomplete, on the back-cover of Bravo of 5 July 1971. Their current single, (We’ll Fly You to the) Promised Land, peaked at #9 in the German charts. Five of their next six singles hit the German top 3, including We Are Goin’ Down Jordan (a song with a religious rather than raunchy theme), which got to #2 later in 1971.
Jimi Hendrix 1971
Jimi Hendrix, not yet a year dead, on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 5 July 1971.
Hannelore Elsner 1971
German actress Hannelore Elsner on a single-page poster in Bravo of 5 July 1971. A child actress in the later 1950s, she became one of Germany’s best-known actresses by the time she died at 76 in 2019.
Wolfgang 1971
Austrian singer-songwriter Wolfgang on a single-page poster in Bravo of 5 July 1971. He was having a hit with the song “Trödler Abraham”.
Ramona 1971
Teenage schlager singer and actress Ramona Wulf on the cover of Bravo of 5 July 1971. A few years later, the daughter of a German mother and US father was one-third of disco legends Silver Convention.
This week 51 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:
• Danyel Gérard, the Butterfly singer
• Led Zeppelin: Hard rock is more important than hard dollars
• Jimi Hendrix lives on in his music
• Schlager singer Michael Holm, in private
• Wencke Myhre’s and her newborn son
• John Wayne and his 200th Western
• The latest nightie fashions
Jimmy Page 1972
Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page on the back-page poster of Bravo of 5 July 1972.
Langnese ice cream ad 1972
An advert for Langnese ice cream in Bravo of 5 July 1972. Push the thingy, it says. Then lick it.
Rod Stewart 1972
Rod Stewart on a calendar poster in Bravo of 5 July 1972.
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