Drafi Deutscher
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singer and composer
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of Sinti
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origin.
Biography
He was born Drafi Franz Richard Deutscher in BerlinBerlin
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. His best known song was the 1965 Schlager
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"Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht" ("Marble, Stone and Iron Breaks") which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc
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. It later featured in the 2006 film
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Beerfest
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, during the Oktoberfest
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scene. Between 1964 and 1966 Deutscher had a lot of hits in Germany, for example Shake Hands (1964 # 1), Keep Smiling (1964 # 7), Cinderella Baby (1965 #3), Heute male ich dein Bild, Cindy-Lou (1965 # 1) After his 1965 hit Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht, his career in Germany was in full swing until shaken by a 1967 verdict for public indecency
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(Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses) after he had urinated from a balcony while drunk, in plain view of a group of schoolchildren watching him from street level.
He also composed several worldwide hits
Hit record
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for Boney M
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, Nino de Angelo
Nino de Angelo
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and Tony Christie
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. In the 1980s he achieved success with his duo
Duet (music)
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, Mixed Emotions
Mixed Emotions (German band)
Mixed Emotions was a German pop music group formed in 1986, originally consisting of vocalists Drafi Deutscher and Oliver Simon. Drafi Deutscher sang, wrote/co-wrote and produced/co-produced all Mixed Emotions songs .Their best known hit is probably that from their first year, the...
, together with Oliver Simon. Deutscher also worked with Christopher Evans Ironside
Christopher Evans Ironside
Christopher Evans-Ironside, is a successful and award-winning songwriter, composer and music producer. Born in England and based in Hamburg, Germany, his awards have included Gold and Platinum discs for collaborations with Nino de Angelo and Drafi Deutscher as Mixed Emotions and Masquerade.In the...
, collaborating with him in the band named Masquerade, and on their co-written hit "Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (Drafi Deutscher song)
- History :In describing the treatment of the song the protagonist's feelings for his beloved.The song was released under the Pseudonym Masquerade. After the release, the song not only reached the charts of the country to Germany, but also outside Europe, it was announced. After Marmor, Stein und...
".
Deutscher died from heart failure in 2006 in Frankfurt am Main, at the age of 60.
Album discography
- Shake Hands! Keep Smiling!, 1964
- Drafi!, 1966
- Weil ich Dich liebe, 1971
- Die Welt von heut (Group "Wir"), 1972
- Gute Tage & schlechte Tage, 1973
- Happy Rummel Music (as "Mr. Walkie Talkie"), 1977
- Lost in New York City, 1981
- Drafi, 1982
- The Sound of Masquerade (as "Masquerade"), 1984
- Krieg der Herzen, 1985
- Gemischte Gefühle, 1986
- Deep From the Heart (Mixed EmotionsMixed Emotions (German band)Mixed Emotions was a German pop music group formed in 1986, originally consisting of vocalists Drafi Deutscher and Oliver Simon. Drafi Deutscher sang, wrote/co-wrote and produced/co-produced all Mixed Emotions songs .Their best known hit is probably that from their first year, the...
), 1987 - Diesmal für immer, 1987
- Just For You (Mixed Emotions), 1988
- Steinzart – Die besten Jahre, 1988
- Lost in New York City (remix), 1989
- Über Grenzen geh'n, 1989
- Side by Side (with Andreas Martin as New Mixed Emotions), 1991
- Wie Ebbe und Flut, 1992
- So viele Fragen, 1996
- Zukunft, 1998
- We Belong Together (Mixed Emotions), 1999
- Wer war Schuld daran, 2002
- Diesseits von Eden – Die große Drafi Deutscher Hit-Collection, 2006
- The Last Mile, 2007
- Drafi (Re-release of the 1982 album with six bonus tracks), 2008