Keith Richards 1972

Keith Richards on a centre-spread poster in Bravo of 5 July 1972.

Fritz Wepper 1972

TV actor and Cabaret star Fritz Wepper on the cover of Bravo of 5 July 1972. This week 50 years ago, Germany’s youth read about

• Neil Diamond would have loved to remain in Germany
• Charles Bronson: the tough guy who makes girls’ hearts go faster (really?)
• The New Seekers’ German-born singer
• Teenager: How I became a gangsterbride
• The life of Norwegian child singer Anita
• Preview of World Teenprincess 1972 in Germany next week
• 1000 letters demand sex-ed in Bravo

Kessler Twins 1959

The Kessler twins, Alice and Ellen, on the backpage poster of Bravo of 11 July 1959. The acting, dancing and singing twins were hugely popular in Germany and Italy especially.

O.W. Fischer 1959

Austrian actor O.W. Fischer on the cover of Bravo of 11 July 1959. Massively popular in films the 1950s and early 1960s, he largely left acting in 1969 to become a philosopher and theologian in Switzerland. Fischer died at 89 in 2004.

Kinks 1965

The Kinks on the backpage poster of Bravo of 5 July 1965

Marie Versini 1965

French actress Marie Versini on the cover of Bravo of 5 July 1965.

Nancy Sinatra 1966

Nancy Sinatra with her Bravo readers’ poll trophy in Hamburg, on the backpage poster of Bravo of 4 July 1966

Rex Gildo 1966

Schlager singer-actor Rex Gildo on the cover of Bravo of 4 July 1966.

Pepsi Cola/The Lords 1967

German pop group The Lords endorse a competition by Pepsi Cola with five bright red Volkswagen Beetle Cabrio as prizes in Bravo of 26 June 1967.

Bee Gees 1967

The Bee Gees on the backpage poster of Bravo of 26 June 1967.