He was gratuated as sporteacher. He was not only a singer, but he was also an actor, writer and a journalist. In the fifties he was popular in Germany as a singer of country-songs, but he made a comeback as a singing artist in the seventies with gospels. He was gratuated as sporteacher. He was not only a singer, but he was aloso an actor, writer and a journalist. In the fifties he a comeback as a singing artist in the seventies with gospels.