Blue System

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Blue System
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Background information
OriginGermany
Genres
Years active1987–1998
Labels
Past members Dieter Bohlen

Blue System was a German pop group that was founded by Dieter Bohlen in 1987 [1] after the break-up of Modern Talking.

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Career

The group consisted of Dieter Bohlen (mastermind creator, composer, writer, producer, mixer, arranger and verse main vocals), and hired backstage musicians Rolf Köhler (chorus main vocals), Michael Scholz (background vocals), Detlef Wiedeke (background vocals) and other background and/or front female voices Tuti Kanta ("Laila", "Only with You"), Marion Schwaiger ("Déjà vu", etc.), Audrey Mountang and Madeleine Lang [ citation needed ].

On stage: Joachim Vogel (rhythm guitar), Jeanne Dupuy and Frank Otto (drums), Nadja Abd el Farrag (vocals).[ clarification needed ] In 1988 Frank Otto was replaced by Michel Rollin. After that in 1991 a new keyboardist joined for live shows – Achim Strieben. In TV shows and videos he was replaced by Friedrich Graner (Sir Fritz), who remained a part of the group until the break-up in 1998. In 1992 Dirk Sauer, Rene Engelman and Wolfgang Fritsch joined the group, while Joachim Vogel left.

Some of the group's singles such as "Sorry, Little Sarah" or "My Bed Is Too Big" achieved moderate success in Europe. The group released 22 video clips from their album repertoire and most of these were aired in Europe, especially on German TV shows. Blue System also had several concert performances in Russia [ citation needed ] during the late 80s and early 90s.

List of band members

Dieter Bohlen Dieter Bohlen.jpg
Dieter Bohlen

Timeline

Blue System

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
GER
[2]
AUT
[3]
SPA
[4]
SWI
[5]
"Sorry, Little Sarah"198714106Walking on a Rainbow
"Big Boys Don't Cry" (Denmark only)1988
"She's a Lady" (Spain only)14
"My Bed Is Too Big"104Body Heat
"Under My Skin"61218
"Silent Water"19891316
"Love Suite" (remix '89)14
"Magic Symphony"102321Twilight
"Love Me on the Rocks"
"48 Hours"19902928Obsession
"Love Is Such a Lonely Sword"1613
"When Sarah Smiles"63
"Lucifer"1991258Seeds of Heaven
"Testamente d'Amelia"34
"Déjà vu"1216Déjà vu
"It's All Over"
(with Dionne Warwick)
60
"Romeo and Juliet"19922522Hello America
"I Will Survive"30
"History"199326Backstreet Dreams
"Operator"87
"6 Years – 6 Nights"19944721st Century
"That's Love"
"Dr. Mabuse"X–Ten
"Laila"199529Forever Blue
"Only with You"199658Body to Body
"For the Children"67
"Body to Body"
"Anything"199779Here I Am
"Love Will Drive Me Crazy"1998
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

See also

References

  1. "Blue System Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. German peaks
  3. Austrian peaks Archived 25 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  5. Swiss peaks Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine