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C.C.Catch

C.C.Catch (Caroline Catharina Müller) is a Dutch-born German pop singer, best known for being discovered by Dieter Bohlen – popular pop-duo Modern Talking and Blue System group.     She was first discovered in the mid-1980s by the German songwriter and member of the top German group Modern Talking, Dieter Read more…

SABRINA SALERNO 80S

Sabrina

Sabrina (Norma Sabrina Salerno), also known as Sabrina Salerno, is an Italian singer, model, actress, TV hostess and record producer. During her career, she has sold over 20 million records, with several hits, and 9 Top 20 singles in Italy, including one number-one. She has won a World Music Award. Read more…

Blue System - Dieter Bohlen

Blue System

Blue System was a German pop group that was founded by hitmaker Dieter Bohlen in 1987 after the break-up of Modern Talking. The group consisted of Dieter Bohlen (mastermind creator, composer, writer, producer, mixer, arranger and main vocals), and hired backstage musicians Rolf Köhler (chorus main vocals), Michael Scholz (background Read more…

MODERN TALKING

Modern Talking

Modern Talking was a German duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. They have been referred to as Germany’s most successful pop duo in 80s, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top five in many countries. Some of their most popular and widely known singles Read more…

sigue sigue sputnik

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band formed in 1982 by former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band had three UK Top 40 hit singles, including the song “Love Missile F1-11”. ony James sought to form a “fantasy band” after leaving Generation X. He recruited Neal X Read more…

FALCO

Falco

Falco (Johann Hölzel) was an Austrian pop and rock singer, musician and rapper. He had several international hits: “Rock Me Amadeus”, “Der Kommissar”, “Vienna Calling”, “Jeanny”, “The Sound of Musik”, “Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)” and posthumously, “Out of the Dark”. “Rock Me Amadeus” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Read more…

Confetti’s

Confetti’s

Confetti’s was a Belgian New Beat band from the 1980s. Producers were Serge Ramaekers and Dominique Sas, sometimes credited as The Maxx (not the same as Maxx, a shorter-lived German project from mid-90s). On stage Confetti’s was fronted by singer Peter Renkens and female dancers Marleen, Tania, Hilde and Daniëlla. Read more…

Silent Circle

Silent Circle

Silent Circle is a German eurodisco band that was formed in 1985. It has three members, vocalist Martin Tychsen (Jo Jo Tyson), keyboardist & composer Axel Breitung, and drummer Jürgen Behrens (CC Behrens).Silent Circle first performed in 1979, but soon parted ways. In the early ’80s, the trio reformed and Read more…

Holly Johnson

Holly Johnson

Holly Johnson is an English artist, musician and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. Johnson left Frankie Goes to Read more…

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British band popular in the 80s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson (vocals), with Paul Rutherford (vocals, keyboards), Peter Gill (drums, percussion), Mark O’Toole (bass guitar), and Brian Nash (guitar).The group’s debut single “Relax” was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at Read more…