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- Hugo Strasser was born on April 7, 1922 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Nebelmörder (1964), Dangerous Journey (1961) and Pulverschnee nach Übersee (1956). He died on March 17, 2016 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- A great advantage for this famous Strasser sound was that his arrangers were always musicians in his orchestra. Particularly noteworthy are the tenor saxophonist Werner Tauber, who died in 2001, the trombonist Hans Ehrlinger (1931-2010), the trumpeter Etienne Cap and the guitarist Dirk Schweppe, who died in 2012.
- Strasser made his first public appearance at the age of seven on the German hour radio station in Bavaria, the forerunner of Bavarian radio. He played the piece ( Großmütterchen = Granny) on his harmonica.
- At the age of 16 he came to the State Academy of Music in Munich. In his eighth semester (1940) he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. However, he did not have to actively participate in the war as a soldier, but played in Stettin and later in the Ruhr area with soldiers' bands.
- In 2008 the orchestra consisted of five saxophones, three trumpets, three trombones, keyboards, guitar, bass and drums in addition to Strasser's clarinet.
- Together with Dieter Hildebrandt and Klaus Havenstein, Hugo Strasser and his orchestra performed in the legendary Schimpf New Year's Eve cabaret in the 1960s and 1970s in front of Schimpf vor 12 der Lach- und Schießgesellschaft (Schimpf vor 12 der Lach- und Schießgesellschaft).
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