Wolfgang Sauer was a German jazz and schlager singer and pianist born on January 2, 1928, in Elberfeld. He was visually impaired due to glaucoma and studied music at the Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt in Marburg. Sauer made his first radio appearance in 1948 and formed the No Name Band in 1950. He signed with the Electrola label in 1952. His discography included the recordings “Du hast ja Tränen in den Augen” (1954) and “Glaube mir” (1954), the latter of which sold 500,000 copies. The recording “Cindy, Oh Cindy” reached Number 1 on the German charts in 1957. Sauer released the studio album Sweet und Swing in 1959. He worked as a radio moderator for Radio Luxemburg, Deutsche Welle, and WDR. His later work included the recording “Tango für den Kommissar” (1974). Sauer died on April 26, 2015, in Cologne.
