Ramona Wulf

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Ramona Wulf
Born(1954-10-18)October 18, 1954
Hanau, West Germany
OccupationSinger
Children3

Ramona Wulf (born 18 October 1954) is a German singer. [1] Her biggest success as a solo singer was in 1971 with the song Alles was wir woll'n auf Erden which reached number 8 on the German single charts. [2] She was the public face of Silver Convention from 1974 to 1979. [3] [4]

"Fly, Robin, Fly", released by Silver Convention as the third single from Save Me in September 1975, reached number one on the United States Billboard Hot 100. [5]

After the dissolution of Silver Convention in 1979, she worked as a solo singer but only saw moderate success. [6]

Wulf's mother was German and her father was an African-American soldier in the US Armed Forces. She grew up in foster care and was later adopted by a permanent family, and as a result has no connection to her American family and did not grow up speaking English.

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References

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  2. "Ramona - Alles was wir woll'n auf Erden - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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