Many times, library composers/artists would disguise their real names with aliases. Sometimes it was for tax/license purposes, and other times, it was just so the label wasn’t seemingly composed by only one person! Here’s a list of German aliases I dug up:
Al Blackstick = Heribert Thusek
Alf Saro = Conti Eckert
Ben Nabor = Gerhard Mohr
Bert Heri = Hermann Egger
Bert Loska = Heribert Thusek
Bert Petri = Gerhard Quaas
Boris Schoska = Manfred Minnich
Can Candid = Heinz Stiersdorfer
Chris Baden = Christian Stalling
Claude Carrasu = Roman-Withold Zajaczek
Dave Rosenholz = Michael Stenz
David Sebro = Fritz Maldener
Denny Motion = Harald Winkler-Rauter
Ed Lewis = Eduard Koeck
Ed Wernov = Werner van Overheidt
Fernand Moreno = Ferdinand Jochem Slothouwer
Frank Harvest = Hans-Joachim Reinow
Frank Syman = Heribert Thusek
Fred Assner = Alfred Jack
Fred Langen = Fritz Ihlau
Fred Marius = Gerhard Mohr (and co-writers)
Friedrich Shlagenweit = Helmuth Brandenburg
George Callert = Roman-Withold Zajaczek
George Potella = Manfred Minnich
Gerd Kadenbach = Gerd Schmitz
Gil Flat = Hans Ehrlinger
Hans Heinz Westen = Heinz Schlueter
Hans Martin Preda = Hans Gisha
Heidi Pehofer = Rotheide Narholz
Heinz Laduskow = Fritz Maldener
Hendric Haydegg = Claudius Cojocar
Hilmar Doetsch = Dietmar Horst Kindler
Horst Bredow = Dietmar Horst Kindler
Jan Olek = Hans Walter Kienemann
Jan Tyski = Jan Tyskiewicz
Jean-W. Glückert = Arthur Schmittenbecher
Joe Brook = Josef Sirowy
Joe Satory = Hans Ehrlinger
Johann Einsiedel = Hans Ehrlinger
John Burgham = Horst Lubitz
John Finten = Franz Frankenberg
Jurgen Jaenner = Gerhard Narholz
Klaus Fischer = Konrad Wolf
Klaus Koester = Klaus Werker
Lucky Foss = Josef Huber
Luis Faraz = Ferenc Aszodi
Manuel Riga = Fritz Maldener
Marc Pale = Conti Eckert
Norman Candler = Gerhard Narholz
Norman Werder = Konrad Wolf
Otto Sieben = Gerhard Narholz
Paul Rothman = Rüdiger Piesker
Peer Remar = Quirin Amper
Peter Deryng = Jan Tyszkiewicz and co-writers
Peter Oscarsson = Teddy Leyh
Peter Seiber = Gerhard Kanzian and co-writers
Peter Xanten = Helmuth Brandenburg
Ralf Heninger = Reimund Hess
Richard Kilian = Roman-Withold Zajaczek
Robert Konar = Jan Markowski
Rolf Asberg = Horst Kirsch
Rolf Cardello = Rüdiger Piesker
Ronald Sekura = Konrad Wolf
Sammy Burdson = Gerhard Narholz
Stefan Kling = Hermann Egger
Sven Björnsson = Heinz Matschurat
Sven Perner = Harald Winkler-Rauter
Ted Rideout = Helmuth Brandenburg
Terence Yucca = Helmuth Brandenburg
Tony Tape = Gerhard Narholz
Ty Roler = Hermann Egger
Ulli Gigg = Lothar Nakat
Walt Rockman = Gerhard Narholz
Walter Rauxel = Helmuth Brandenburg
Wolf Helling = Helmut Schmidt
Wolfgang Brenk = Wolf Niggeling
Wolfgang Kaltenbach = Rotheide Narholz
Wolfgang Kriszt = Arthur Bolko & Thaddaeus Okuljar
Finally, here are some pics of Gerhard Narholz, the founder of Sonoton library, and the most-aliased German library composer out there. He’s still working and he’s one of the best there’s ever been.
