Vinyl records

Obernkirchen Children's Choir vinyl records

2 albums with 22 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Schaumburger Märchensänger. German children's choir. conducted a small amateur children's and youth choir, many of whose original members were war orphans, in Schaumburg County, Northern Germany. Internationally named Obernkirchen Children's Choir, in Germany named Schaumburger Märchensänger. The choir gained international success in 1953 when a BBC radio broadcast of the choir's winning performance at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod turned the song (The Happy Wanderer) into an instant hit. On January 22, 1954, the song entered the UK singles chart and stayed on the chart—only a Top 12 at the time—for 26 non-consecutive weeks, peaking at Number 2 (for five consecutive weeks).