Horst Fischer was the star in most of the well-known German orchestras specializing in light musical entertainment which, in those days, achieved a far different level of popularity than nowadays. A child of the German Wirtschaftswunder, he was born and raised in Chemnitz which he left in 1951 to become a member of Erwin Lehn's radio dance orchestra in Stuttgart. There he soon featured as their soloist and lead trumpet player. There soon followed one successful solo production after another with his own orchestra and others, for example, the legendary "River Song" with the orchestra of Willy Berking. After the time spent with Erwin Lehn he had engagements between 1960 and 1969 as the soloist and lead trumpeter of the RIAS Orchestra in Berlin under the direction of Werner Müller and then, until 1971, as a soloist with Kurt Edelhagen in Cologne. From 1971 he was under contract with the radio orchester in Zürich. In the fifties the American magazine Downbeat placed him among the world's top trumpet players, but he nevertheless rejected an offer made by Stan Kenton to join his world-renowned band as a solo and lead player and remained loyal to the German orchestras.
Horst Fischer died at the age of just 55 years, completely forgotten by the world of music.
Side 1
01-Horst Fischer & Orchester Rudi Bohn - Strangers In The Night 02-Horst Fischer & Orchester Rudi Bohn & Der Rubino Chor - The House Of The Rising Sun 03-Horst Fischer & Orchester Rudi Bohn - Letzte Rose 04-Horst Fischer & Orchester Rudi Bohn - This Guy Is In Love With You 05-Horst Fischer & Studio-Orchester Bert Brac - Liebeslied 06-Horst Fischer & Orchester Heinz Geese - O Mein Papa
Side 2
07-Horst Fischer & Orchester Heinz Geese & Botho Lucas Chor - Wunderland Bei Nacht 08-Horst Fischer & Studio-Orchester Bert Brac - Air 09-Horst Fischer & Orchester Heinz Geese - La Strada 10-Horst Fischer & Studio-Orchester Bert Brac - Song Of Flower 11-Horst Fischer & Orchester Heinz Geese & Botho Lucas Chor - La Montanara 12-Horst Fischer & Orchester Heinz Geese - Il Silenzio