Markus Haider

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Markus Haider
Also known asMichael Mende
Born1974 July 23
Vienna
OriginZwölfaxing, Austria
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Website www.gangguys.net

Markus Haider is an Austrian singer part of The Gang Guys, who dub themselves "the Austrian Rat Pack", a tribute band to the original Rat Pack. [1] He is known for his performance of Dean Martin's Sway that is commonly but mistakenly thought to be performed by Frank Sinatra. [2]

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Haider's cover of Sway was a part of a tribute show to the Rat Pack performed at Entropolos Theatre, it is believed that the date of the performance is somewhere around 2009. [2] [3] The black-and-white hue of the video was later added to the video by Niki Lappas - the band's editor - giving the performance a more dated look, resulting in confusion as to the date of the performance and the identity of the performer is, with many uploaders mistakenly classifying it as a Frank Sinatra performance, [4] [5] despite there being no known Sinatra performance of the song. The cacophonous audience featured in the video was spliced from a Beatles performance on February 9, 1964.[ citation needed ]

Career

In 2011, Haider tried a Schlager project and released a CD titled "Auftritt"; he used the artist name "Michael Mende" in this project. Even though the CD was not ready to be produced by that date, the singer's producer Johnny Matrix submitted a track called "Bella scusami" to the Alpen Grand Prix in Italy, in which he won 2nd place. [6] [7] [8] The track was available on Belgian National Radio for eight weeks. [9] Schlager-Charts with highest ranking on #19. [10]

As an actor

Markus Haider also appears as an actor in several movies. Nicolas Neuhold [11] “ is a close friend of Haider's, and, together, they made a project called „Cannes - through the eyes of the hunter [12] [13] “, which was Neuhold's final assignment. This short film was nominated for the Students Television Awards 2000 by the Royal Television Society. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Gang Guys" . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 Markus Haider performing Dean Martin's Sway: "Sway (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis - Gang Guys Tribute TV Show)". YouTube . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ↑ A blog post detailing the Gang Guys tribute event: "Sway (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis – Gang Guys Tribute TV Show)" . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ↑ A version of the video mistakenly labeled as a Frank Sinatra performance: "Frank Sinatra - Sway (Lyrics)". YouTube . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Another mistakenly-labeled performance: "Sway Frank Sinatra". YouTube . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Website of Alpen Grand Prix with winner 2011: "Alpen Grand Prix der Unterhaltungsmusik Internationaler Musikwettbewerb" . Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. ↑ List of Winner at Alpen Grand Prix 2011
  8. ↑ Newspaper Article about the Semi Finals in Lienz
  9. ↑ Charts of Belgian National Radio 2011: "Die 1509. Schlagerparade von Sonntag, dem 18. Dezember 2011" . Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Die 1509. Schlagerparade von Sonntag, dem 18. Dezember 2011" . Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  11. ↑ Neuhold, Nicolas (2004-03-28), Würstelstand, Roswitha Szyszkowitz, Peter Faerber, Oscar Blaha, retrieved 2017-11-05
  12. ↑ Neuhold, Nicolas (2001), Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter, Danny Aiello, Claudia Cardinale, Morgan Freeman, retrieved 2017-11-05
  13. ↑ Shelley, Peter (2019), Gene Hackman: The Life And Work, Gene Hackman, ISBN   9781476633695 , retrieved 2021-03-09
  14. ↑ Royal Television Society "The Royal Television Society Nominees 2000".
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