Gus Backus
Gus Backus - American musician and schlager singer
Person from Germany
Genres: schlager, reggae, schlager music, gus backus, Schlager, schlageroldies, Deutsche Schlager, german
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About Gus Backus
Donald Edgar "Gus" Backus (September 12, 1937 – February 21, 2019) was an American singer and a member of The Del-Vikings. After he was stationed as an Airman in the U.S. Air Force at Wiesbaden Air Base in 1957, Backus had to leave The Del-Vikings but he later became a popular singer of Schlager music in 1960s West Germany. He sang all his songs in German with an American accent. 19 of his songs between 1960 and 1967 made the charts, including eight Top Ten hits. He landed a Number 1 hit in the German charts with his song Der Mann im Mond (The Man in the Moon) in 1961. Backus also did German cover versions of songs by Elvis Presley, Paul Anka and Conway Twitty. Backus came back to America for some years in the 1970s and worked as a foreman on oil fields in Texas, later returning to Germany. He lived for the rest of his life in Germering near Munich and retired from singing in 2014. He was married and was the father of four children.
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Gus Backus — Top 30 songs of 70
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Backus | Mir kann keiner helfen | ||
| Gus Backus | Da sprach der alte Häuptling | ||
| Gus Backus | Autumn Breeze | ||
| Gus Backus | Brauner Bär und weisse Taube | ||
| Gus Backus | Jeder Traum hat ein Ende (The End) | ||
| Gus Backus | Da Sprach Der Alte Haeuptling Der Indianer | ||
| Gus Backus | Das Haben Die Mädchen Gern | ||
| Gus Backus | Bohnen In Die Ohren | ||
| Gus Backus | Brauner B�r Und Wei�e Taube | ||
| Gus Backus | Das Lied Vom Angeln | ||
| Gus Backus | Geisterstunden-Tango | ||
| Gus Backus | Brauner Bar und die weisse Tau | ||
| Gus Backus | Momories of Heidelberg | ||
| Gus Backus | Bohnen in Die Ohren | ||
| Gus Backus | No Bier, No Wein, No Schnaps | ||
| Gus Backus | Muss I denn zum Städtele hinaus | ||
| Gus Backus | In Ulm und um Ulm und um Ulm herum | ||
| Gus Backus | Regen, Regen | ||
| Gus Backus | Da Sprach Der Alte Häuptling | ||
| Gus Backus | Da sprach der alte Hauptling | ||
| Gus Backus | Da Sprach Der Alte Häuptling Der Indianer | ||
| Gus Backus | Sauerkraut-Polka | ||
| Gus Backus | Bohnen in die Ohr'n | ||
| Gus Backus | Wir mieten uns einen alten Zeppelin | ||
| Gus Backus | Sauerkraut-polka | ||
| Gus Backus | Linda | ||
| Gus Backus | Wenn ein junges Maedchen weint | ||
| Gus Backus | No Bier, No Wein, No Schnaps | ||
| Gus Backus | Brauner Baer und weisse Taube | ||
| Gus Backus | Der Mann Im Mond |