Autographs of James Last

James Last

James Last (born Hans Last; 17 April 1929 – 9 June 2015), also known as Hansi, was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. Initially a jazz bassist (Last won the award for "best bassist" in Germany in each of the years 1950–1952), his trademark "happy music" made his numerous albums best-sellers in Germany and the United Kingdom, with 65 of his albums reaching the charts in the UK alone. His composition "Happy Heart" became an international success in interpretations by Andy Williams and Petula Clark. More about James Last

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Current items with a signature of James Last

These are the most current items with a signature of James Last that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail2 x James Last Signed Autographed LP Vinyl Records£49.99logo
thumbnailHAND SIGNED 6 x 4 AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE - JAMES LAST - MUSICIAN£8.99logo
thumbnailJames Last (Autographed) Non-Stop Dancing Party Power Vinyl Preowned A1/B1 VGC£10.00logo
thumbnailReduced - Vintage Autographed James Last Concert Programme 1980£45.00logo
thumbnailVintage Autographed James Last Concert Programme 1980 @ Blackpool Opera House£25.00logo
Last is reported to have sold an estimated 200 million records worldwide in his lifetime (figures vary widely, for example British Hit Singles & Albums (2006) reports 100 million at that time), of which 80 million were sold by 1973 - and won numerous awards including 200 gold and 14 platinum discs in Germany, the International MIDEM Prize at MIDEM in 1969, and West Germany's highest civilian award, the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) in 1978. His album This Is James Last remained a UK best-seller for 48 weeks, and his song "Games That Lovers Play" has been covered over a hundred times. Last undertook his final tour months before his death at age 86, upon discovering in September 2014 that an illness (the exact illness was never disclosed) had worsened. His final UK performance was his 90th at London's Royal Albert Hall, more than any other performer except Eric Clapton.

Last's trademark sound employed big band arrangements of well-known tunes with a jaunty dance beat, often heavy on bass and brass. Despite at times being derided by critics and purists as the "king of elevator music" or "acoustic porridge", his style and music were popular in numerous countries and cultures, including Japan, South Korea, the former Soviet Union, the US and UK, and his native Germany, where it became "the archetypal soundtrack of any German cellar bar party", and made him the "most commercially successful bandleader" of the second half of the 20th century. Last's composition Jägerlatein is known in Ireland as the theme tune to The Sunday Game, a live sporting show which follows GAA hurling and Gaelic football All Ireland Championships since 1979. Read even more about James Last at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of James Last

The most expensive item with a signature of James Last (SYLVA TRILCK-JAMES LAST AND HIS ORCHESTRA-SIGNED x 2-1ST-HB-2003-VG-RARE) was sold in January 2022 for £99.99 while the cheapest item (James Last Vinyl Collection Some Signed) found a new owner for £0.99 in July 2019. The month with the most items sold (3) was December 2022 with an average selling price of £2.95 for an autographed item of James Last. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2015 with £31.01 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was July 2018. In average, an autographed item from James Last is worth £5.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of James Last were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailJames Last - German Big Band Leader 'James Last Orchestra' I/P Signed Card.£5.00logo
thumbnailJames Last - German Composer - Original Hand Signed Autograph - 1992£2.95logo
thumbnailJAMES LAST autograph£1.99logo
thumbnailJAMES LAST autograph£2.99logo
thumbnailJames Last Orchestra 1979 Double Album. Signed. £6.00logo
thumbnailJames Last Orchestra. ‘ Paintings ‘Rare Japanese LP. Signed. 1979.£12.00logo
thumbnailJames Last Orchestra..1978. Signed. Classics Up To Date 4. LP.£5.00logo
thumbnailJAMES LAST signed card Big band Leader £12.00logo
thumbnailNurse With Wound – Livin' Fear Of James Last  CD 2005 Signed Edition£16.00logo
thumbnailPicture of James Last Autograph - Pre Printed 1983,£1.50logo