Bernhard Brink

Last updated

Bernhard Brink, 2018 2018-05-27 ZDF Fernsehgarten Bernhard Brink-9531.jpg
Bernhard Brink, 2018

Bernhard Brink (born 17 May 1952 in Nordhorn) is a German Schlager singer, TV and radio presenter.

Contents

Life

After school Brink studied German law in Berlin but never graduated. Brink is a German singer of Schlager songs. Since the 1970s he has been famous for his songs in Germany. [1]

Awards

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Schlager music</span> Genre of popular music

Schlager is a style of European popular music generally defined by catchy instrumental accompaniments to vocal pieces of pop music with simple, easygoing, and often sentimental lyrics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Anders</span> German pop singer and songwriter (born 1963)

Bernd Weidung, known by his stage name Thomas Anders, is a German singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the pop duo Modern Talking.

Volkstümliche Musik is a modern popular derivation of the traditional Volksmusik genre of German-speaking regions. Though it is often marketed as Volksmusik, it differs from traditional folk music in that it is commercially performed by celebrity singers and concentrates on newly created sentimental and cheerful feel-good compositions. Volkstümliche Musik is sometimes instrumental, but usually presented by one or especially two singers and is most popular amongst an adult audience in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and also in South Tyrol (Italy), Alsace-Moselle (France), Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium), Slovenia, Silesia (Poland) and northern Croatia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marion Rung</span> Finnish pop singer (born 1945)

Marion Rung is a Finnish pop singer. She is known for having represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 and 1973. Her 1962 Eurovision song placed 7th, and in 1973, she managed to bring Finland's second best result in the contest until 2006 by finishing in 6th place. She also won the Grand Prix of the Sopot International Song Festival in 1974 and the Intervision Song Contest 1980 with "Where is the Love."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ralph Siegel</span> German record producer and songwriter (born 1945)

Ralph Siegel is a German record producer and songwriter. Siegel is one of the most notable figures at the Eurovision Song Contest, in which he has participated with 24 songs so far, among them the 1982 winner song Ein bisschen Frieden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicole Seibert</span> German singer

Nicole Seibert, known professionally as Nicole, is a German singer, songwriter, musician and producer. In 1982, she became the first German representative to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She has released more than 25 studio albums and 80 singles, some of which she performed and recorded in, among other languages, English, Dutch, and French. She wrote the music and lyrics for some of her recordings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hans-Jürgen Bäumler</span> German figure skater

Hans-Jürgen Bäumler is a German former pair skater, actor, and Schlager singer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guildo Horn</span> Musical artist

Horst Heinz Köhler, known under his stage name Guildo Horn, is a German Schlager singer. He is best known for his eccentric stage persona, which includes outrageous clothes and extroverted antics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Primaballerina</span>

"Primaballerina" is a 1969 song performed in German by Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist and written by Hans Blum. It was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. Malmkvist was the second of three female Scandinavian schlager artists to represent Germany in the contest in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the first being Norwegian Wenche Myhre in 1968 with "Ein Hoch der Liebe" and the third Danish Gitte Hænning with "Junger Tag" in 1973. Malmkvist had previously also represented her native Sweden in the 1960 contest with "Alla andra får varann".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jan Smit (singer)</span> Musical artist

Jan Smit is a Dutch singer, television host, and actor. Smit mostly sings songs in the Dutch language, in a genre known as palingsound. In addition to his solo career, in 2015 Smit joined the schlager trio KLUBBB3, and in 2017 The Toppers. As a TV presenter, he has worked on programs like the Beste Zangers and Sterren Muziekfeest op het Plein Since 1999, Smit has been serving as an ambassador for the SOS Children's Villages.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristina Bach</span> Musical artist

Kristina Bach is a German Schlager and full Opera singer, lyricist, and music producer. K. Bach is noted for her 3 ½-octave (f=1:8) vocal range.

The ZDF-Hitparade, or Hitparade for short, by German TV channel ZDF, was one of the most popular and most well-known music television series presenting mostly German Schlager. From 1969 to 1984 the presenter was Dieter Thomas Heck. The last show was aired on 16 December 2000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gus Backus</span> American singer (1937–2019)

Donald Edgar "Gus" Backus was an American singer. He started his career as a member of The Del-Vikings and later became a successful Schlager singer in Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mary Roos</span> German singer

Mary Roos is a German singer and actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roland Kaiser</span> German schlager singer (born 1952)

Roland Kaiser is a German Schlager singer. He is one of the most successful German-speaking Schlager singers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Helene Fischer</span> German singer

Helene Fischer is a German schlager singer. Since her debut in 2005, she has won numerous awards, including 17 Echo awards, four "Die Krone der Volksmusik" awards and three Bambi awards. She has sold at least 15 million records. In June 2014, her multi-platinum 2013 album Farbenspiel became the most downloaded album ever by a German artist and is currently the sixth bestselling album of all time in Germany. Her signature song "Atemlos durch die Nacht" was the bestselling song in Germany in 2014. She has had the best-selling album of the year in Germany five times, in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018. She ranked No. 8 on Forbes' list of "The World's Highest-Paid Women In Music 2018", earning US$32 million. Fischer has been referred to as the "Queen of Schlager".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vico Torriani</span> Swiss actor and singer

Vico Torriani was a Swiss actor and Schlager singer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Howard Carpendale</span> South African-German singer

Howard Victor Carpendale is a South African-German singer living and working in Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Die Amigos</span>

Die Amigos is a German music band.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vanessa Mai</span> German singer

Vanessa Marija Else Ferber, known professionally as Vanessa Mai, is a German singer. She was first known as a member of Schlager band Wolkenfrei and later began working as a solo artist following the band's split. She chose her stage name as a reference to her birth month, which is spelled Mai in German.

References