Rolf Köhler
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Rolf Köhler was a German
singer, musician
and record producer
.
Rolf Köhler has been one of the most successful singers from Germany
. His first success was on the 1970s
under the Marc de Ville pseudonym
. His first Solo-Single was "Annie (I Don't Wanna Talk About The Weather)" He released also "Walking Alone In The Rain", "California" and others under this name. He sang for many German
pop
productions (including Westernhagen) and international hard metal
bands (by example, from Saxony). He also written many commercials songs (by example Wenns um Geld geht, Tortella, BIFI, etc.). However, his most famous masterpiece, with Dieter Bohlen
, was the Modern Talking
's falsetto
design. He formed Modern Talking with his colleagues Detlef Wiedeke, Michael Scholz
and Thomas Anders
as leadsinger. In Blue System
, Bohlen
's second greatest project, Köhler was the leadsinger in the most refrains. Dieter Bohlen
appeared on their videos and on their concerts, but just opened his mouth, because the real voice was Köhler. Was co-proprietary of Karo Music Studios and worked with Kalle Trapp in some heavy metal
and rock
productions (like Blind Guardian
, Molly Hatchet
, and others).
Died on September 16, 2007 because of an apoplectic attack.
ended, with Köhler and his two colleagues telling the press:
Despite Dieter Bohlen
denies until today, their label paid them 100.000 german mark
s to each one.
Their dispute went to the court just because a illegal use of their vocal tracks from Modern Talking
as a sample
and their digital alteration. Also, their consecutio temporum stayed intact.
, was founded based on the old Bohlen's project Blue System
, releasing two albums considered de culto by Modern Talking
fans.
In 2008 appeared the second and last Systems in Blue
album, Out of the Blue
, in which the music and lyrics were much more better than the previous one, Point of No Return
. The album reached #60 on amazon.de, however, it is still a commercial success.
In Russia
y Israel
they did some concerts. Also, Köhler was member of "New Commix", "Kentucky", "Toll House", "Ser", "Ian Cussick", "BLUE BLIZZ", "Wave" (with Wiedeke) and "Gnadenlos Platt".
In the 1980s
, he did many productions like "Stag", "L'Affair", "C.Dorian", "Tom Jackson", and successful proyects like Solid Strangers, and other participations with "Boo Who", "Straight Flush" y "Broken Dreams", now considered disco music jewels.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
singer, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
.
Rolf Köhler has been one of the most successful singers from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. His first success was on the 1970s
1970s
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under the Marc de Ville pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
. His first Solo-Single was "Annie (I Don't Wanna Talk About The Weather)" He released also "Walking Alone In The Rain", "California" and others under this name. He sang for many German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
productions (including Westernhagen) and international hard metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
bands (by example, from Saxony). He also written many commercials songs (by example Wenns um Geld geht, Tortella, BIFI, etc.). However, his most famous masterpiece, with Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
, was the Modern Talking
Modern Talking
Modern Talking was a German dance pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. Their music has often been classified as Europop. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top 5 in many countries...
's falsetto
Falsetto
Falsetto is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part...
design. He formed Modern Talking with his colleagues Detlef Wiedeke, Michael Scholz
Michael Scholz
Michael Scholz is a German singer, composer and producer.Between 1984 and 2000 he collaborated with Dieter Bohlen for which he sang in the Modern Talking and Blue System choruses. Since 2003 he works on his music group, Systems in Blue....
and Thomas Anders
Thomas Anders
Thomas Anders is a German singer, composer and record producer. Anders was the lead singer of Germany's popular pop-duo Modern Talking in 1984–1987 and in 1998–2003.-Early years:...
as leadsinger. In Blue System
Blue System
Blue System was a German pop group that was founded by Dieter Bohlen in 1987 after the break-up of Modern Talking.The group consisted of Dieter Bohlen , and hired backstage musicians Rolf Köhler , Michael Scholz , Detlef Wiedeke and other background and/or front female voices unknown to the...
, Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
's second greatest project, Köhler was the leadsinger in the most refrains. Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
appeared on their videos and on their concerts, but just opened his mouth, because the real voice was Köhler. Was co-proprietary of Karo Music Studios and worked with Kalle Trapp in some heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
productions (like Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres...
, Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet is an American southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1975. They are widely known for their hit song "Flirtin' with Disaster" from the album of the same title. The band, founded by Dave Hlubek and Steve Holland, took its name from a prostitute who allegedly mutilated...
, and others).
Died on September 16, 2007 because of an apoplectic attack.
Controversy with Bohlen
One more time, Modern TalkingModern Talking
Modern Talking was a German dance pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. Their music has often been classified as Europop. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top 5 in many countries...
ended, with Köhler and his two colleagues telling the press:
Despite Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
denies until today, their label paid them 100.000 german mark
German mark
The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...
s to each one.
Their dispute went to the court just because a illegal use of their vocal tracks from Modern Talking
Modern Talking
Modern Talking was a German dance pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. Their music has often been classified as Europop. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top 5 in many countries...
as a sample
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
and their digital alteration. Also, their consecutio temporum stayed intact.
Own success
Rolf Köhler jumped to the fame when his group, Systems in BlueSystems in Blue
Systems in Blue is a German pop band, with the following band members, Rolf Köhler, Michael Scholz and Detlef Wiedeke. The band members started in the beginning of 60's, working in different bands in 60's and 70's, Rolf Köhler worked for several different artists such as Blonker, Uriah Heep, Blind...
, was founded based on the old Bohlen's project Blue System
Blue System
Blue System was a German pop group that was founded by Dieter Bohlen in 1987 after the break-up of Modern Talking.The group consisted of Dieter Bohlen , and hired backstage musicians Rolf Köhler , Michael Scholz , Detlef Wiedeke and other background and/or front female voices unknown to the...
, releasing two albums considered de culto by Modern Talking
Modern Talking
Modern Talking was a German dance pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. Their music has often been classified as Europop. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top 5 in many countries...
fans.
In 2008 appeared the second and last Systems in Blue
Systems in Blue
Systems in Blue is a German pop band, with the following band members, Rolf Köhler, Michael Scholz and Detlef Wiedeke. The band members started in the beginning of 60's, working in different bands in 60's and 70's, Rolf Köhler worked for several different artists such as Blonker, Uriah Heep, Blind...
album, Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (Systems in Blue album)
Out of The Blue is the second album released by German music group Systems in Blue, released in 2008. It has 12 new tracks of the band.- Track listing :# "Dr...
, in which the music and lyrics were much more better than the previous one, Point of No Return
Point of No Return (Systems in Blue album)
Point of No Return is the first album by Systems in Blue, released in 2005. It contains 13 songs, such as "Magic Mystery", released as single in 2004.- Track listing :# "Point of No Return"–3:27# "Winner"–3:58...
. The album reached #60 on amazon.de, however, it is still a commercial success.
In Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
y Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
they did some concerts. Also, Köhler was member of "New Commix", "Kentucky", "Toll House", "Ser", "Ian Cussick", "BLUE BLIZZ", "Wave" (with Wiedeke) and "Gnadenlos Platt".
In the 1980s
1980s
File:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in...
, he did many productions like "Stag", "L'Affair", "C.Dorian", "Tom Jackson", and successful proyects like Solid Strangers, and other participations with "Boo Who", "Straight Flush" y "Broken Dreams", now considered disco music jewels.