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Frank Schöbel (born 11 December 1942,
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schobel, Frank 1942 births Living people Musicians from Leipzig East German musicians 20th-century German musicians German-language singers German male singers German pop singers Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany 20th-century German male musicians
Frank Schöbel (born 11 December 1942, Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...
, Saxony
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, Germany
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) is a German musician. He was one of the most successful pop singers in socialist East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
(GDR), and has continued to perform even after German reunification.
Career
As the second son of an opera singer, his early musical talent was discovered. He started his career in the GDR as a musician, but also appeared as a presenter and entertainer in TV shows and played inDEFA
DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence.
Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PRO ...
(GDR-state film production company) films.
In 1971, he recorded "Wie ein Stern" (Like a Star), which appeared in the acclaimed 2007 film ''The Lives of Others
''The Lives of Others'' (german: link=no, Das Leben der Anderen, ) is a 2006 German drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck marking his feature film directorial debut. The plot is about the monitoring of East Berl ...
''. This single was a smash hit in East Germany, selling 400,000 records from East Germany's Amiga, and 150,000 from the West German record company Philips
Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i ...
. Schöbel was invited as the first East German pop singer to appear in West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
. He also had a hit in 1975 his children's Communist-sympathizing album ''We Paint a Sun'', with, among other things, a song about Tokei-ihto. He sang the album's title song in 2005 with Lars Dietrich.
Schöbel joined at the opening ceremony of the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany as a representative of the GDR in the Frankfurter Waldstadion.
Frank Schöbel was married to the actress and singer Chris Doerk, with whom he often performed in the 1960s and 1970s, and later to Aurora Lacasa.
From the first marriage, he had a son, Alexander, and from the second marriage daughters Dominique (who's today a successful singer) and Odette. Together with his former wife Aurora and the two daughters, he took the LP family ''Weihnachten in Familie'' in one of the most important and best-selling albums of Christmas music of the GDR.
Schöbel continues to perform live, often with his ex-wife Chris Doerk.
Films
* '' Reise ins Ehebett'' (1966) * '' Hochzeitsnacht im Regen'' (1967) * '' Hot Summer'' (1968) * ''Nicht schummeln, Liebling!'' (1972) * ''Drei reizende Schwestern
''Drei reizende Schwestern'' is an East German television series.
See also
*List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019)
* '' ...
: Familienfest mit Folgen'' (1984, TV series)
* ''In aller Freundschaft
(''In all friendship'') is a German television soap opera that began airing in 1998 every Tuesday. The series follows the staff of the fictional Sachsenklinik hospital in the city of Leipzig.
The series is produced by Degeto (a subsidiary of ...
'' (2007, TV series guest star)
External links
Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schobel, Frank 1942 births Living people Musicians from Leipzig East German musicians 20th-century German musicians German-language singers German male singers German pop singers Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany 20th-century German male musicians