- Joined the Comedian Harmonists in 1928, through Ari Leschnikoff.
- Learned to play piano at the age of 4.
- Grew up in Szczecin with his six siblings.
- Sisters, Gerda and Erna, and brother, Erich.
- His father was originally from Rothemühl/Ueckermark.
- Parents, August and Martha.
- Three of his siblings were actually his half-siblings from his father's first marriage which ended when his first wife died.
- Lived in Canada between 1959 and 1971, where his sister Gerda and her husband Fritz were also based.
- He was a cat lover and enjoyed playing chess.
- Son, Michael (born 1944).
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