Biography
John Dattelbaum is a German schlager singer (real name: Wolfgang Graf). He was born in 1938 in Berlin.
He started working as "a singing waiter" in one of the big international hotels in Berlin, then in the same hotel he worked as a waiter, then worked many years as salon steward on a panamanian passenger ship. Afterwards he got employed in the Berlin airport-restaurant, where he was singing and playing guitar.
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His demo tape reached the music producer Heinz Gietz, and Wolfgang started releasing his original songs.
Under the name John Dattelbaum he has released only a 7" Mädchenschreck in 1961.
He has also released music under his own name and other pseudonyms: Johnny, Jonny and Wolf Graf.
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