
Katja Holländer
A: Er heißt Peter
B: Wenn ich deinen Namen hör' (Come and Stay with me)
Polydor 52 700 (1966)
This doll has quite a pedigree: Katja Holländer is the daugther of composer Friedrich Hollaender (who wrote amongst many other hits Marlene Dietrich's "Falling in Love again") and grand daughter of classical composer Victor Hollaender. In 1966 Katja decided to step into the footprints of her famous family and released this delicious slice of go-go-esque pop perfection "Er heißt Peter" (His name is Peter), written and produced by the Kurt Feltz and Werner Scharfenberger, the same team that was responsible for Gitte's career at the time.
Like many other songs in 1966 this track borrows heavily from the über-doll mega hit of that year "These Boots Are Made For Walking". However Katja's sales figures were nothing like Ms Sinatra's, in fact she did not even make it into the charts.
More surprisingly so that Scharfenberger and Feltz went on and cut a whole album with Katja, and quite a good one too. This is not just the typical blend of cover versions and earlier singles, but a full LP of brandnew songs, amost a concept album, all tracks courtesy of Scharfenberger/Feltz, plus the one cover version that became the b-side of the single: "Wenn ich deinen Namen hör'" is a german version of Marianne Faithfull's "Come and Stay with Me" (in America Jackie De Shannon's version is better known). It's a fresh and modern LP (well, by german standards) full of perky tunes and slightly saucy lyrics. You just what she means when she sings that his name is Peter and "he loves to promenade" (LOL).
Just like the single the album didn't sell and after one more 45 on another label Katja's recording career faltered, making the LP a hard-to-find rarity nowadays. I give you two options for the download: just the lead track "Er heißt Peter" or the whole album plus her later 45 as a .zip file.
Katja went to the States to manage the musical heritage of her family, but Feltz and Scharfenberger started to work on the their next project, the debut LP of danish doll Gitte "Gitte's Boy-Party", arguably the best german doll LP ever.

Katja Holländer - Er Heißt Peter (1966)
Katja Holländer - Hallo Katja! (LP, 1966) .zip file!