Fritz Muschler was a German musician, record producer, arranger and composer. He had success with his compositions and production during the 1970s and he later provided music for film.

Background During the 1960s, Fritz Muschler was a member of The Blackberries, a German beat band.Music Metason - ArtistInfo, The BlackberriesCligg Music - Biography, The Blackberries

As a producer and composer, Muschler worked with artists such as Daffi Cramer, Peter Maffay, Love Generation, and Marianne & Michael etc.Pumuckl Homepage - Fritz Muschler - Musik

Working with co-producer Paul Birmingham brought Muschler success with disco releases in Europe and North America during the 1970s.RPM Weekly, Volume 27 No. 7 May 14, 1977 - Page 15 RPM New Albums, JACKIE ROBINSON I'm Different Direction DLD-10000-N He composed the disco song "Don't Boogie Mr. Tango" for Ebony,Hitparade.ch - Fritz Muschler, Songs von Fritz Muschler, Ebony Don't Boogie Mr. Tango, 1976 KomponistMusic Week, April 23, 1977 - Euroscene 10 GERIG a group featuring Isetta Preston, Jannette Kania and Judy Archer.Who Sampled - bony (Disco Group)

Career 1960s During the 1960s, Muschler was a member of the Blackberries, a beat group that also included Oliver Freytag. They recorded a handful of singles from 1966 to 1968 that were released on the Stellina, Philips and Vogue Schallplatten labels.Music Metason - ArtistInfo, The BlackberriesCligg Music - Biography, The BlackberriesUltratop - The Blackberries, Discographie 1970s Working with co-writers Michael Kunze and , Muschler co-wrote the song "S-t-e-f-a-n" which was recorded by . It peaked at no. 46 in Germany in 1972.Ultratop - Marion Maerz – S-t-e-f-a-n

Muschler worked on Peter Maffay's 1973 Omen album, playing piano and handling the arrangements.Discogs - Peter Maffay – OmenRock Record 6 - Page 237 Peter Maffay M61

Muschler produced the Marion and Antony single, "Du gehst fort" which was released in Germany on Ariola 16 222 AT in 1975. It spent thirteen weeks in the German charts, peaking at no. 15.Dutch Charts - Marion & Antony - Du gehst fort Working with Jackie Robinson the same year, he produced her recording of the Jean-Luc Drion Jack Donder composition, "Moving Like a Superstar". Backed with "Let Me Be" it was released on Ariola 89 749 XT in late 1975.Ultratop - Jackie Robinson – Moving Like A Superstar It charted in Canada, making it to no. 82 on the RPM Weekly RPM Top 100 singles for the week of 3 July 1976.RPM Weekly, Volume 25 No. 14 - July 3, 1976 - Page 24 RPM 100 Top Singles (51-100) RPM 100 Top Singles (51-100), 1012 .... (1) MOVING LIKE A SUPERSTAR Jackie Robinson IGM KV10-KRPM Weekly, Volume 25 No. 15 - July 10, 1976 - Page 30 RPM TOP 100 SINGLES ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE In the US it would eventually make it to no. 10 on the Dance chart and no. 61 on the R&B chart.MusicVF.com - Movin' Like a Superstar By: Jackie Robinson

In 1976, he worked with Daffi Cramer, producing her single, "Charly, laß dir einen Bart steh'n" which was released on Ariola 16 780 AT. The single spent a total of nine weeks in the chart, peaking at no. 27.Ultratop - Daffi Cramer – Charly, laß dir einen Bart steh'n

In 1977 Jackie Robinson released her I'm Different album which was produced by Fritz Muschler and Paul Birmingham. Muschler had also composed half of the songs on the album. It was reviewed in the 14 May 1977 issue of RPM Weekly. With the successes that Birmingham and Muschler had in the past, the reviewer said that Robinson should be receiving a warm welcome in Canada.RPM Weekly, Volume 27 No. 7 May 14, 1977 - Page 15 RPM New Albums, JACKIE ROBINSON I'm Different Direction DLD-10000-N

He wrote the song "Don't Boogie Mr. Tango" for Ebony which was released in 1976.Hitparade.ch - Fritz Muschler, Songs von Fritz Muschler, Ebony Don't Boogie Mr. Tango, 1976 Komponist The song was performed on the Musikladen show on 11 December that year.Old Time TV - MUSIKLADEN POP SHOW, Musikladen 30, 11.12.1976< Ebony - Don't Boogie Mr. Tango It was also aired on the Notturno Italiano program.Radiocorriere, - Page 38 notturno italiano, e giornale di mezzanotte, 23.31 Ascolto la musica e penso: According to the 23 April 1977 issue of Music Week, it was released in most European countries.Music Week, April 23, 1977 - Euroscene 10 GERIG

Working with Daffi Cramer, Muschler produced her version of the song "Angelo, which was released on Ariola 11 620 AT.Hitparade.ch - Daffi Cramer – Angelo

Fritz Muschler and Paul Birmingham composed the song "Living on the Breadline" which was the B side of Ebony's 1978 single, "Then He Kissed Me".Music Metason - ArtistInfo, Ebony, Then He Kissed Me

1980s Muschler provided the music for the 1987 film, Hatschipuh which was directed by Ulrich König which starred Toni Berger, Adelheid Arndt and Henry van Lyck.Lexikon des internationalen Films, Redaktion Horst Peter Koll, Mitabeit Hans Messias - 1989 - - Page 280 Hatschipuh

Working with Joe Kleindienst, Muschler co-produced the song "I'm on Fire" for Chalice. The cover version of the 1975 5000 Volts song was released in Austria on Koch Records International AS 145.447 and Musicata 2051 in Portugal in 1989.Who Sampled - I'm on Fire by Chalice (Italo Disco) Koch 1989Discogs - Chalice (10) – I'm On Fire

1990s - 2000s Muschler composed the music for the film Pumuckl und sein Zirkusabenteuer which was released in 2003.Filmportal - Pumuckl und sein Zirkusabenteuer, Credits, Musik Fritz Muschler

Further reading Pumuckl Home Page - Fritz Muschler - Musik

Film and television music Television shows Franz Xaver Brunnmayr - 1985 - composer (13 episodes) Master Eder and His Pumuckl - 1982 - 1989 - composer (52 episodes) Chiemgauer Volkstheater - 1992 - composer (1 episode) Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie - 1994 - composer Pumuckls Abenteuer - 1999 - composer (9 episodes) Film Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl - 1982 - composer Hatschipuh - 1987 - composer Ein Fall für TKKG - Drachenauge - 1992 - composer Pumuckl und der blaue Klabauter - 1994 - composer Visioner (TV movie) - 1998 - composer Pumuckl und sein Zirkusabenteuer - 2003 - composer Imdb - Fritz Muschler, credits

References

External links Discogs - Fritz Muschler Imdb - Fritz Muschler(1945-2010) Ultratop - Fritz Muschler Deutsche Filme - Fritz Muschler paraparaguy channel, Aug 30, 2024 - Ebony " Don't Boogie Mr. Tango / Slacker " (1976) (audio)