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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 Bohlen. He was particularly interested in her singing talents and invited her on the same day to his studio for an audition. Shortly afterwards she signed a contract with him, which was to launch her solo career. She decided on the artist name of C.C.Catch, the two “C”‘s standing for Read more…

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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. After winning a beauty contest in region Liguria, Sabrina started modelling, and in 1984 made her television debut in the Italian prime time show Premiatissima on Canale 5. The following year, her debut single “Sexy Girl”, sung in English, was released. Produced by Claudio Cecchetto/Joseph Paduano, it became a top Read more…

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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 vocals), Detlef Wiedeke (background vocals) and other background and/or front female voices unknown to the public.     On stage: Joachim Vogel (rhythm-guitar), Jeanne Dupuy and Frank Otto (drums), Nadja Abd el Farrag (vocals). In 1988 Frank Otto was replaced by Michel Rollin. After that in 1991 a new keyboardist Read more…

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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 are “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul”, “You Can Win If You Want”, “Cheri, Cheri Lady”, “Brother Louie”, “Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)” and “Geronimo’s Cadillac”. Modern Talking worked together from 1984 to 1987, when the band split up. In 1998, they reunited and made a successful comeback, recording Read more…

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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 (Whitmore)and Martin Degville after meeting him in the YaYa clothes shop in Kensington Market where he was working. Degville was a clothes designer and supplied the band’s wardrobe, and YaYa became the band’s base. On their return to London, they recruited drummers Ray Mayhew and Chris Kavanagh, both of whom Read more…

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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 charts, making him the only artist whose principal language was German to score a vocal number-one hit in the United States (Bert Kaempfert reached #1 in January 1961 with the instrumental “Wonderland by Night”). His estate claims he has sold 20 million albums and 15 million singles, which makes him Read more…

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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. The band became one of the first to break through into mainstream music as a New Beat act. Their most successful period was 1988–1989 with international hits like “The Sound Of C” and “C In China”. Other releases were “Keep Smiling”, “C Countdown”, “C Day Live” and “Circling Stars”. One Read more…

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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 decided to form a more solid group. Hence, that marked the beginning of Silent Circle.     Their first single, “Hide Away – Man is Comin’!”, gained considerable limelight followed by a number of other successful singles like “Touch in the Night”, “Stop the Rain”, “Love is just a Word” Read more…

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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 Hollywood in 1987 due to disagreements regarding their musical direction. He became the subject of an injunction from the group’s record company, ZTT Records, and its sister publishing company, Perfect Songs, which cited a breach of his prior recording and publishing contracts, thus barring him from pursuing a solo career Read more…

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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 number six in the charts and subsequently topped the UK singles chart for five consecutive weeks, going on to enjoy prolonged chart success throughout that year and ultimately becoming the seventh best-selling UK single of all time. It also won the 1985 Brit Award for Best British Single. After the Read more…

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