Wolfgang Ambros is an Austria

Austria

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n singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

, most famously known for setting the then-new trend in the 1970s known now as Austropop

Austropop

Austropop is a musical movement, which started in Austria in the middle of the 1970s. However, Austropop is not much of a specific style, it is more a trademark of origin, because musicians of various styles, such as rock, Neue Deutsche Welle, New Folk and more recently perhaps Pop, are counted as...

. He is most famous for his song "Da Hofa" and "Schi foan".

Biography

His most famous songs are obviously "Schifoan", "Es lebe der Zentralfriedhof" and "Zwickt's mi". Schifoan is like an anthem for the Austrian ski tourism and industry. Many Austrian skiers - but also many others - know the lyrics of this song.

His musical styles are pop-rock and sometimes blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

-elements. His first LP Es lebe der Zentralfriedhof was very controversial, because many critics accused him of copying and plagiarizing Georg Danzer

Georg Danzer

Georg Franz Danzer was an Austrian singer-songwriter. Although he is credited as one of the pioneers of Austropop , he always refused to be part of this genre.Danzer was successful as a solo...

.

Ambros also released 3 cover albums (including songs by Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

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, Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...

 and Hans Moser

Hans Moser (actor)

Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film...

. His latest album Steh grod (2006) is very successful.

Cooperations

Since 1978 Ambros has cooperated with the duo Tauchen/Prokopetz, who were very successful with DÖF

DOF

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 in the 1980s. Also since 1978 Ambros has sung at live concerts with his band No. 1 vom Wienerwald.

In the 1980s Ambros sang together with André Heller

André Heller

Franz André Heller is an Austrian artist, author, singer and actor.- Biography :Heller was born in Vienna into a wealthy Jewish family of sweets manufacturers . His almost daily visits to the Café Hawelka were in his opinion a key element in the development of his literary orientation...

. One of his biggest concerts took place at the Wiener Weststadion. Another one on the Kitzsteinhorn

Kitzsteinhorn

The Kitzsteinhorn is a mountain in the main chain of the Alps in the district of Kaprun, Salzburg, Austria. The Kitzsteinhorn is part of the Hohe Tauern range in the eastern Alps and reaches a height of above sea level. It was first climbed in 1828 by Johann Entacher.The summit can be reached...

 was the highest place a rock concert ever took place.

There were also cooperative efforts with the Viennese blues-musicians Harry Stampfer, Hans Thessink, Günter Dzikowski and Dj kidpariz.

In 2005 he released die Album Der alte Sünder – Ambros singt Moser, which was a cover album recorded with Christian Kolonovits.

In 2002 he won the AMADEUS Austrian Music Award.

Albums

• 1972: Alles Andere Zählt Net Mehr
• 1973: Eigenheiten
• 1976: Es Lebe Der Zentralfriedhof
• 1976: 19 Class A Numbers
• 1977: Hoffnungslos
• 1978: Wie Im Schlaf (Lieder Von Bob Dylan - Gesungen Von W. Ambros)
• 1979: Nie Und Nimmer
• 1980: Weiß Wie Schnee
• 1981: Selbstbewusst
• 1983: Der Letzte Tanz
• 1984: Der Sinn Des Lebens
• 1985: No. 13
• 1987: Gewitter
• 1989: Mann Und Frau
• 1990: Stille Glut
• 1992: Äquator
• 1994: Wasserfall
• 1996: Verwahrlost Aber Frei
• 1999: Voom Voom Vanilla Camera
• 2000: Nach Mir Die Sintflut - Ambros Singt Waits
  Tom Waits
  Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
  
  
• 2003: Namenlos
• 2005: Der Alte Sünder - Ambros Singt Moser (songs by Hans Moser
  Hans Moser (actor)
  Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film...
  
   - sung by W. Ambros with the Ambassade Orchester Wien)
• 2006: Steh Grod

Live albums

• 1979: Live ...auf ana langen finstern Strassn (2 LPs)
• 1983: Ambros + Fendrich Open Air
• 1986: Selected Live (2 CDs)
• 1987: Gala Concert
• 1991: Watzmann Live (2 CDs with 25 Tracks; Re-Release, 2005, 2 CDs with 40 Tracks)
• 1997: Verwahrlost Aber Live
• 2002: Hoffnungslos Selbstbewusst
• 2007: Ambros Pur! (Duo Konzert mit G. Dzikowski - Live aus der Kulisse/Wien (DVD)

Hörspiels

• 1973: Fäustling
• 1974: Der Watzmann ruft
• 1978: Schaffnerlos (Die letzte Fahrt des Schaffners Fritz Knottek)
• 1981: Augustin (Eine Geschichte aus Wien)

Singles

1971: Da Hofa 1972: Kagran 1973: Tagwache 1973: I drah zua 1974: A Mensch mecht i bleib´n 1975: Zwickt's mi 1975: Gö da schaust 1976: Baba und foi ned 1976: Hoit da is a Spoit 1976: Schifoan 1977: Die Blume aus dem Gemeindebau 1979: Nie und nimmer 1981: Frage der Zeit 1983: Sei ned bled 1983: Für immer jung (with Andre Heller) 1984: S Naserl' 1985: Kumm ma mit kane Ausreden mehr' 1985: Geplante Zukunft' (Live) 1985: Warum?' (Austria für Afrika) 1986: Langsam wachs ma zamm' 1986: Mamma' 1987: Du und i (with Friedrich Gulda Friedrich Gulda Friedrich Gulda was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields.Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium, aged 7... )

1987: Gewitter 1987: V.I.P. 1987: I bins ned 1988: Rukuruku Bay 1989: Idealgewicht 1989: Erste große Liebe 1991: Abwärts und bergauf 1992: Die Gailtalerin 1992: Der Himmel soll noch warten 1992: Ich bin bei dir 1992: Bleib bei mir 1992: Richtung Süden 1993: Das Duell 1994: I denk an di 1994: Alt und Jung 1995: Der bessere gewinnt! 1996: Verwahrlost aber frei 1997: Open House 1999: Herz aus Gold 1999: Ich lieb Dich überhaupt nicht mehr 2001: Weihnachten wie immer

External links

• Official website