Born 1921 as Friedel Berlipp near Hannover, Germany, Berry Lipman became one of Germany's most successful heroes of 60s and 70s groovy lounge-pop. Before that, he was an in-house composer for the record label EMI, working for Gitte, Conny Froboess, Chris Howland, Lale Andersen, Cliff Richard, Charles Aznavour, Dalida, Zarah Leander and many more. His biggest success was keep on smiling , sung by James Lloyd. In 1967 he became a freelance music producer and founded the Berry Lipman Orchester.