- Twardy started his musical career as well-known jazz pianist, working with famous bandleaders such as Charly Tabor, Fred Bunge, Joe Wick and Kurt Edelhagen.
- With his recording of the title Geisterreiter (= Riders in the Sky/Columbia), composed by Stan Jones, he and his orchestra reached number 21 in the German single charts on May 6, 1961.
- In 1958 he started working for Cologne based producers Kurt Feltz and Hans Bertram, primarily as composer and arranger, and became highly successful with his work for Roy Black and Chris Roberts.
- In his later career he founded and managed his own publishing company Eppy Music and worked for television productions like Musik Ist Trumpf.
- Werner Twardy was a German pianist, organist, composer and producer.
- Because of his "snow-white Caesar's head" and stature, he was nicknamed the "White Giant" - a trademark given to him by singer and actor Roy Black.
- Most recently he worked as musical director for the ZDF programs "Musik ist Trumpf" with Peter Frankenfeld and "Spiel mir eine alte Melodie" with Lou van Burg. Twardy made his last television appearance as orchestra leader of the program "Musik ist Trumpf "on November 27, 1976 in Berlin.
- Twardy studied harmony and composition at the Folkwang School in Essen and initially worked as a jazz pianist, especially in American officers' messes.
- He also performed under the pseudonyms Daddy Monrou, T. W. Ardy and Dicky Gray.
- Between 1969 and 1972, Twardy was also responsible for the music for several films in which the popular German pop singers of that time appeared.
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