Who was/is Bert Suplie ? - CDs, Vinyl LPs, DVD and more
Bert Suplie
All encyclopaedias have forgotten the Berlin guitarist and singer. Born Adalbert Suplie on 3 February 1928, he was a member of the (Die) Floridas vocal ensemble from the very early 1950s. With changing players (including Rolf Dieter Jage, Harald Mai, Alfred Lohmann) they also called themselves Florida Terzett and Florida Quartett until 1966.
Bert Suplie recorded four solo singles for Polydor in 1958/59 and four more as a duet with Jage as Die Zwei Jollies/The Two Jollies for the Austrian Amadeo label. With his wife Karin Rossoll and Wolfgang Achim Pliverics (later known as Norman Ascot or Tom Schütt), Suplie formed Die/The Folket Singers in the mid-sixties (one 45 each for Polydor and Decca.) After his singing career, he opened a pet shop at 17 Blumenweg in Berlin, among other things. For his last Polydor single Das mach ich nur für dich, lyricist Jean Nicolas (= Camillo Felgen) had reworked the Jackie Wilson title That's Why I Love You So.
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