Blue System was a German pop group that was founded by

Dieter Bohlen Dieter Bohlen (; born Dieter Günter Bohlen, 7 February 1954) is a German songwriter, producer, singer and television personality. He first achieved fame as a member of pop duo Modern Talking in the 1980s, and has since produced numerous German ...

in 1986 after the break-up of

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Career

The group consisted of

(mastermind creator, composer, writer, producer, mixer, arranger and verse 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 Tuti Kanta ("

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", " Only with You"), Marion Schwaiger ("

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", etc.), Audrey Mountang and Madeleine Lang . On stage: Joachim Vogel (rhythm guitar), Jeanne Dupuy and Frank Otto (drums),

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(vocals). In 1988 Frank Otto was replaced by Michel Rollin. After that in 1991 a new keyboardist joined for live shows – Achim Strieben. In TV shows and videos he was replaced by Friedrich Graner (Sir Fritz), who remained a part of the group until the break-up in 1998. In 1992 Dirk Sauer, Rene Engelman and Wolfgang Fritsch joined the group, while Joachim Vogel left. Some of the group's singles such as "

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" achieved moderate success in Europe. The group released 22 video clips from their album repertoire and most of these were aired in Europe, especially on German TV shows. Blue System also had several concert performances in

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during the late 80s and early 90s.

List of band members

– lead vocals, guitar, keyboards (1986–1998) * Frank Otto – drums (1986–1989) * Joachim Vogel – rhythm guitar (1986–1990) * Husnu Baylav (Snoopy) – drums (1989) * Michel Rollin – drums (1989–1998) * Joachim Strieben – keyboards (1989–1998) * Lutz Krüger – vocals (1990–1991) * Wolfgang Fritsch – rhythm guitar (1990–1996) * Fritz Graner – keyboards (1991–1998) * Dirk Sauer – vocals (1992–1994) * Thorsten Feller – vocals (1994–1996) * Lars Illmer – vocals (1997–1998) Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

* 1987 '' Walking on a Rainbow'' (

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'' o. 18 Austria, No. 14 Germany* 1991 '' Seeds of Heaven''

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* 1991 ''

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* 1992 ''

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'' o. 11 Germany* 1994 '' X – Ten''

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* 1995 '' Forever Blue''

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* 1996 '' Body to Body''

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* 1997 ''

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Singles

References

External links

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