Michael Holm is a German singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is primarily known as a singer of Schlager music. Although his first appearance in the hit parade was in 1962, he had his first big hit in 1969. "Mendocino", the German adaptation of a song by the Sir Douglas Quintet, was the biggest selling single that year in (Germany). The record was released in September 1969, reached number three for five weeks, selling over a million copies. Ariola presented him with a gold record in October 1970.
"Der Wanderer" [formerly D 493] is a lied composed by Franz Schubert in October 1816 for voice and piano. A revised version was published near the end of May 1821 as opus 4, number 1. The words are taken from a German poem by Georg Philipp Schmidt. The lied is set in the key of C-sharp minor with the tempo marking sehr langsam and the time signature alla breve. The piece has a total of 72 measures. Schubert wrote another lied entitled "Der Wanderer;" it is numbered D.649.
Ireen Sheer is a German-English singer. She had her first major hit in 1970 with Hey Pleasure Man. She had a top five hit on the German singles chart with "Goodbye Mama" in 1973. She went on to finish fourth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 representing Luxembourg, sixth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 representing Germany, and thirteenth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 representing Luxembourg again.
Elisa Gabbai was an Israeli singer who became famous in the late 1960s. She interpreted songs in various languages, mainly in German but also in Hebrew. Her general genre is said to be Schlager.
Claudia Jung is a German Schlager singer and politician.
Freddy Breck was a German schlager singer, composer, record producer, and news anchor.
Tonia is a Belgian singer, best known for her participation in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest.
Germany was represented by Ulla Wiesner, with the song "Paradies, wo bist du?", at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 20 March in Naples, Italy. "Paradies, wo bist du?" was the winner of the German national final, held on 27 February.
Franz Schubert's best-known music for the theatre is his incidental music for Rosamunde. Less successful were his many opera and Singspiel projects. On the other hand, some of his most popular Lieder, like "Gretchen am Spinnrade," were based on texts written for the theatre.
Rudi Schuricke was a popular German singer and actor. In the 1930s he was Second Tenor with the Kardosch Singers, a popular vocal ensemble of the time. When the group dissolved in 1935, Schuricke joined the Spree Revellers and later proceeded to found his own vocal group, the Schuricke Terzett. He also appeared as a solo singer with many popular orchestras of the 1930s and 40s. His 1949 recording of "Capri-Fischer" was a "smash hit" in Germany. Even as late as the mid-1950s, he was still a successful musical artist. In 1954 alone, his song "Moulin Rouge" was the 74th most purchased single on the German year-end chart and another of his songs "Das Märchen unserer Liebe" appeared on the German Top50 chart. The advent of the rock 'n' roll age, however, soon made his music out-dated.
"Black Smoke" is a song performed by German singer Ann Sophie. The song represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, receiving zero points. Despite "Heart of Stone" by Andreas Kümmert being the original winner of the selection show Unser Song für Österreich, Kümmert decided to withdraw himself just when he was announced as the winner and therefore Ann Sophie and "Black Smoke" were chosen to represent the country. The song was co-written by British singer Ella Eyre. Black Smoke became the third German entry to get zero points at Eurovision, and the first one since Ulla Wiesner with "Paradies, wo bist du?" in 1965, 50 years earlier.
Utta Danella, Utta Schneider, was a German author.
Hans Peter Korff is a German actor.
The Botho-Lucas-Chor was one of the most famous German vocal ensembles of the 1960s and 1970s.
This is a list of German television related events from 1965.
Uta Bresan is a German schlager / folk singer and television presenter. Commentators pay tribute to her enduring versatility in both capacities.
Habakuk is a German pop band from Frankfurt, formed in 1975. The group is focused on new Christian music of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied.
Peter Müller, better known by the stage name Peter Horton, was an Austrian guitarist, singer, composer, and writer, noted for representing Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 with the song "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt".. The song scored 2 points to finish joint 14th place out of 17 entries.
Isaak Guderian, known mononymously as Isaak, is a German singer. He represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Always on the Run".
