Dutch postcard by Hercules, Haarlem, no. 1350 A. Photo: CBS. The Geschwister Jacob during a visit of miniature town Madurodam in The Haghe.
The Geschwister Jacob or Jacob Sisters was a group of four, later three German sisters who sang Schlager songs. The sisters were Johanna (1939-2015), Rosi (1941), Eva (1943) and Hannelore Jacob (1944-2008) together. After Hannelore Jacob's death, but also occasionally in earlier times, the group appeared as a trio.
The four siblings come from the Saxon Schmannewitz (municipality Dahlen). Already in childhood they started their common career as the 'Schmannewitzer Heidelerchen' in the Café Jacob in Schmannewitz. Later, they appeared in and around Leipzig. They attended the Musikhochschule Weimar (Weimar Music Academy), moved to the Federal Republic in 1958 and continued their studies in Frankfurt am Main. Lia Wöhr gave them an appearance on the television program Zum Blauen Bock. In 1963 they had their greatest success in Germany with the Gartenzwerg-Marsch (Garden gnome march), a cover version of a song of British singer Billy Sanders. At that time they still called themselves the Geschwister Jacob. In 1966 they took part in the German Schlager Festival. Their song So ist ein Boy came in at the eights place. Their biggest international successes have been appearances in Las Vegas and New York in the 1960s. There they performed with Louis Armstrong , Sammy Davis Jr. and Duke Ellington. Since then they call themselves Jacob Sisters. Since 1960, they are accompanied during their performances by white poodles that have become their trademark. During the 1960s, they also performed in several films, such as Dr. Murkes gesammelte Nachrufe/Dr. Murkes collected obituaries (Rolf Hädrich, 1965) ith Dieter Hildebrandt and Dieter Borsche, and Quartett im Bett/Quartet in Bed (Ulrich Schamoni, 1968).
At the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s the Jacob Sisters appeared several times as star guests at the Madame Lothár Theater in Bremen, where they also took part in a gala show in June 2002 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the theater. They often appeared on German television and radio, especially in folk music programs such as in the TV series Feste der Volksmusik, Lieder sind die besten Freunde (Songs are the best friends) and Musikantenstadl, but also in many other shows. They also appeared in the film Ausziehn!/Undress! (Peter Morlock, 2001) and in the TV series Polly Adler (2008). In 2008 Hannelore Jacob died of heart failure as a result of pneumonia. In 2011 Eva Jacob participated in the 5th season of the RTL show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! (I am a star - get me out of here!). Johanna Jacob died on in 2015 in Sana Klinikum Offenbach from the effects of a stroke. She was buried next to her sister Hannelore on the forest cemetery Buchenbusch.
Sources: Wikipedia (German) and IMDb.
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