JAMES LAST in figures

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platinum records
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gold records
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gold music cassettes
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million sound recordings sold
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of all Germans know James Last
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live concerts
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concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London
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tickets sold, the 1999 tour was the most successful tour production of the year

His music is heard in more than

150 countries around the world

1950 - 1952

Best jazz bass player of the year (German Jazzpoll)

1969

German Record Award (“Deutscher Schallplattenpreis”) from “Fono Forum” for his new arrangement of “The Threepenny Opera” by Bertholt Brecht

1969 - 1971

Favourite orchestra of the year (German Musikpoll -–forerunner of the “Echo”)

1969

“Goldene Europa” from Europawelle Saar

1971

“Goldenes Grammophon”, Munich

1971

“Silbermöwe” from Hamburger Abendblatt

1971

“RPM Gold Leaf Awards” (Canada) for “Super Non Stop Dancing” and for “James Does His Thing”

1971

“Golden Award”, Record World, for “Top German Orchestra”

1971

“Country Music Award” (ASCAO) for “When The Snow Is On The Roses”

1971

“ASCAP Award” (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) for Elvis Presley´s recording of “Fool”

1974

“Ehrenlöwe” TV award from Radio Luxemburg

1975

“Goldene Westfalenhalle”

1975

“Goldener Notenschlüssel” of the German music publisher Sikorski

1976

“Star Of The Year” trophy from English trade publications Music Week and Billboard London

1977

“Robert Stolz-Preis” from the Robert Stolz Foundation

1978

“The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany” awarded by Federal President Walter Scheel

1978

“The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany” awarded by Federal President Walter Scheel

1979

“Die goldene Kamera” from magazine HörZu

1980

Cashbox Award for “The Seduction” as the best instrumental production of the year
Special award for 52 records on the British chart

1991

„Goldene Stimmgabel“ from ZDF

1994

„Goldene Eins“

1994

“Echo” in the category “Lifetime Award”

2000

“Platin Stimmgabel” from ZDF

1998

„Goldene Europa“

2009

“Senatsmedaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft” (Senate Medal for Art and Science)” from the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (presented on 15 April)

Appointed Honorary Senator by the University of the Arts / Bremen (29 May)

“Lifetime Award” from Universal for 80 million sound recordings sold

2012

GEMA’s 2012 German Music Author Award in recognition of his life’s work

2013

Golden Order of Merit for services rendered to the State of Vienna (8 April)

2014

Hamburg citizen of the year 2014” in the category „lifetime award” by Radio Hamburg 1 (dec 8th)