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Like most of his pop orchestral contemporaries, Wende's popularity had faded by the 1980s, and he gradually retired from playing music professionally. In recent years, his music has become popular again, and some of his recordings have been reissued on CD. His work is still much loved and remembered
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The
Delgado recordings were initially Latin-oriented, but they eventually covered a number of different musical genres including African, Italian, Jewish, Oriental, Russian, Greek and Jamaican music as well as Broadway musicals and current pop hits. It could be argued that Wende/Delgado helped to
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opened up several international subsidiaries. It is interesting to note that Wende recorded his albums using the same group of studio musicians who recorded for
Kaempfert and Last; in fact, guitarist
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pioneer world music. He managed to break into the German singles market with his version of "Mexico" in 1962. He also arranged music for other German artists such as German folk/pop singer
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and dance band music under his own name. He also started with Middle & South
America music recordings under the alias of Roberto Delgado, and with piano albums as
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The following complete Horst Wende
Orchestra / Mister Pepper / Roberto Delgado Orchestra list is from Marty Goorts.
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19:(5 November 1919 – 23 January 1996) was a German bandleader, arranger and composer. He made
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RD (This album - Polydor 184 094 - is incorrectly billed as a
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by the many who heard his work. His song "Skokiaan", from the 1958 album
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also provided the distinct knack-bass guitar to the
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released under the name Ladi
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German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United
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label in the 1950s, as a composer, producer and musician he made
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Jamaica Disco & Tropical Sun Dance & Dancing Queen
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records under his own name as well as under the name
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772:Die Grosse Aktuelle Hammond Schlager-Parade
800:The Best Of The Best Of Roberto Delgado
786:Die Grosse Aktuelle Akkordeon Hitparade
475:Wenn Das Schifferklavier An Bord Ertönt
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867:Fiësta Colombiana & Los Paraguayos
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356:Die Original Schwarzwaldfamilie Seitz
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174:released under the name Horst Wende
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607:The Very Best Of Roberto Delgado
943:Fiesta & Fiesta For Dancing
704:Dance Time With Roberto Delgado
627:Samba Caramba South America Olé
384:Tanz Durch's Musical Wunderland
765:Die Grossen Orchester Der Welt
205:International Polka Favourites
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922:20 South America Dancing Hits
854:Roberto Delgado Meets Kalinka
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683:Happy South America Stargala
274:Portrait Of Roberto Delgado
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908:Happy Holiday Collection
697:Wir Stehen Auf Akkordeon
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813:Roberto Delgado In Gold
573:This Is Roberto Delgado
314:This Is Roberto Delgado
268:Portrait Of Horst Wende
538:Latin Rendez-Vous With
454:Holiday In Scandinavia
349:Along Mexican Highways
280:Along Mexican Highways
261:Bei Pfeiffers Ist Ball
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613:Vibraphone A La Carte
482:Tanz Im Weissen Rössl
833:Die Balalaika klingt
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552:Accordion A La Carte
412:Accordion A La Carte
247:Blaue Nacht Am Hafen
168:Selected discography
69:Leipzig Conservatory
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860:Vacation In The Sun
793:Fiësta Caramba 2000
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419:Tanz In Der Taverne
363:South Of The Border
300:Olé Roberto Delgado
254:In Strikt Danstempo
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489:Marimba A La Carte
377:Night Club Dancing
307:Night Club Dancing
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426:Holiday In Israël
212:Romance Em Veneca
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461:Acapulco Holiday
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447:Happy Harmonica
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140:Daliah Lavi
92:Edmundo Ros
76:German Army
17:Horst Wende
974:Categories
808:Vol. 4 RD
781:Vol. 3 RD
753:Vol. 2 RD
718:Vol. 2 RD
699:Vol. 2 HW
692:Vol. 1 RD
678:Vol. 1 RD
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88:Reeperbahn
33:James Last
641:Accordéon
351:Vol. 2 RD
104:accordion
61:xylophone
57:accordion
39:Biography
226:Africana
164:(1990).
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152:Africana
43:Born in
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962:2014
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96:Hamburg
78:during
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190:LG -
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178:RD -
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53:piano
45:Zeitz
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