Ricky Shayne (born 4 June 1944) is a pop singer and an actor of French and Lebanese descent who was popular in Europe in the
1960s
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, especially in
Germanophone
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countries.
Biography
Shayne was born George Albert Tabett on 4 June 1944 in
Cairo
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,
Egypt
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, to a
Lebanese
Lebanese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Lebanese Republic
* Lebanese people
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father and a French mother.
[Ich bin ein Rock'n'Roller: Ricky Shayne gibt Kiosk auf]
("I'm a Rock'n'Roller :
Ricky Shayne gives up kiosk"), n-tv
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History
n-tv b ...
, 3 November 2010 (in German) Young Tabett moved to Paris when he was 15 years old, with his mother, and took music lessons for two years.
He then moved to Italy where, in 1965, under the stage name "Ricky Shayne," he had his first
hit with the single "Uno dei Mods" ("One of the Mods"), written by
Gianni Meccia and
Franco Migliacci
Francesco "Franco" Migliacci (born 28 October 1930 in Mantua) is a lyricist, producer, and actor.
Biography
He studied in Florence where his family had settled, here he entered in a competition for young players, in which he won a stay of ...
. It was featured in the Italian-German 1966 musical film ' (The battle of the Mods)
La battaglia dei Mods
' (1966), IMDb
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in which Shayne played the role of a "disaffected young man" and sang. The film also featured
Udo Jürgens
Udo Jürgens (born Jürgen Udo Bockelmann; 30 September 1934 – 21 December 2014) was an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over 50 years. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close ...
,
Joachim Fuchsberger
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,
Elga Andersen, and others, and Shayne moved to (Germany) for the duration of the production.
While in Germany, Shayne recorded the single "Ich sprenge alle Ketten" ("I bust all the chains"), composed by then-unknowns
Giorgio Moroder
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer. Dubbed the " Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance music. His work with synthesizers had ...
and
Michael Holm
Michael Holm (born Lothar Walter; on 29 July 1943) is a German singer, musician, songwriter and record producer.
He is primarily known as a singer of Schlager music. Although his first appearance in the hit parade was in 1962 ("Lauter Schön ...
, which became a national hit and made Shayne an idol among young German fans of pop music. Shayne followed this success with the 1967 singles "Das hat die Welt noch nicht gesehn" ("The world has not yet seen that"), "Es wird ein Bettler zum König" ("Beggar becomes king"), and "Ich mache keine Komplimente" ("I make no compliments").
In 1971, Shayne released his German version of the international hit song "
Mamy Blue" that was originally composed in French by
Hubert Giraud, which became his greatest success, peaking at No. 7 in the country's national chart. His english version of "Mamy blue" was a No. 8 hit in france, top ten hits in french Belgium and Japan and No. 1 in Argentina and Brazil. The same year, he starred in the German comedy ''Hurra, wir sind mal wieder Junggesellen!'' (').
He moved to the United States in 1975, occasionally returning to Germany for business ventures and nostalgia concerts.
Discography
Singles
* 1967: "Ich sprenge alle Ketten"
* 1967: "Heiss wie ein Vulkan"
* 1968: "Du bist zu schön, um allein zu sein"
* 1968: "Buona Notte, Maria"
* 1969: "Ich mache keine Komplimente"
See also
*
Mods and rockers
References
Other sources
* "Ricky Shayne" by Roberto Ruggeri, in G. Castaldo (editor) ''Dizionario della canzone italiana'', Curcio, 1990 (in Italian)
External links
*
Mods v Rockers: Two tribes go to war by
Jon Savage
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, BBC, 21 October 2014
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1944 births
Schlager musicians
20th-century Egyptian male singers
Living people
Hansa Records artists