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Dschinghis Khan (song)
"Dschinghis Khan" (; "Genghis Khan") is a song recorded by German disco group Dschinghis Khan, with music composed by Ralph Siegel and lyrics by Bernd Meinunger. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, held in Jerusalem, and was released as the first single from the group's debut album, '' Dschinghis Khan''. It was a number one hit in West Germany, and a top 10 hit also in Austria, Finland, Norway, and Switzerland. In addition to the German original version, the group also released the song in English. Cover versions by a number of other artists were subsequently released as singles and album tracks. Background Conception The song was written by the prolific duo of composer Ralph Siegel and lyricist Bernd Meinunger, and owes a considerable debt to disco music, specifically of the Boney M. tradition. As the name suggests, it is in praise of the titular Mongol warrior, with verses extolling his military ("and about his enemies he only laughed / because nobody could res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dschinghis Khan
Dschinghis Khan (; "Genghis Khan") is a German Eurodisco Pop music, pop band. It was originally formed in Munich in Eurovision Song Contest 1979, 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Dschinghis Khan (song), Dschinghis Khan". The original group consisted of six members: Louis Hendrik Potgieter, Edina Pop, Henriette Strobel, Wolfgang Heichel, Leslie Mándoki, and Steve Bender, performed from 1979 to their first disbandment in 1985. In 2005, the surviving Dschinghis Khan members reunited to recreate the music group that had been broken up, but years later they separately organized different bands all under the brand name "Dschinghis Khan". History Beginning: 1979–1985 Dschinghis Khan was managed by German producer Ralph Siegel and choreographed by Hannes Winkler, one of the most famous German choreographers during that time. Their original Dschinghis Khan (song), eponymous song was written and produced by Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger and came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Convention Center (Jerusalem)
The International Convention Center (, ''Merkaz HaKongresim HaBeinLeumi''), commonly known as Binyanei HaUma (, lit. ''Buildings of the nation''), is a concert hall and convention center in Giv'at Ram in Jerusalem. History Binyanei Ha'Uma was first envisioned by Alexander Ezer (who later became its managing director) and planned by architect Zeev Rechter who won the design competition in 1949. The complex was under construction from 1950 to 1963. In 1953, it was the site of Israel's first international exhibition, the Conquest of the Desert (exhibition), Conquest of the Desert. In 1960, the World Zionist Organization convened there. The period of Austerity in Israel, economic difficulty and austerity in the first decade of Israeli independence led to frequent disruption in construction due to lack of funds, and the project was sometimes disparagingly called ''Hirbet HaUma'', the National Ruin. Rechter's design was a solid structure faced in Jerusalem stone. Instead of a monumenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juha Vainio
Juha Harri "Junnu" Vainio, also known as Juha "Watt" Vainio (10 May 1938 in Kotka, Finland – 29 October 1990, Gryon, Switzerland) was a Finnish lyricist, singer, composer and teacher. With the lyrics or music to over 2,400 songs to his name, Vainio is one of Finland's most prolific lyricists along with Sauvo Puhtila, Reino Helismaa and Vexi Salmi. Vainio enjoyed a short professional career as a teacher at Kymenranta Primary School. Vainio began writing songs in the early 1960s and continued until his death. Apart from his home town Kotka, he lived for several years in Helsinki and Espoo. In his last years Vainio lived in Gryon, Switzerland, where he died of a heart attack in October 1990. He is buried in the family grave in Helsinki. He was given the nickname "Watt" on account of a song on his first solo record, the 1964 ''Paras rautalankayhtye'' ("The Best Rautalanka Band"). Never used by itself, the nickname was always part of "Juha Watt Vainio". Biography Family and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederik (singer)
Ilkka Juhani Sysimetsä (born 2 February 1945), known professionally as Frederik. is a Finnish singer. He is also known by his nickname Reetu. During his lengthy career of machostyle disco and pop music, he has been awarded with five gold and three diamond records. One of his contemporary nicknames is "Junttidiscon kuningas" ("King of redneck disco"). Frederik started his musical career as an electric organist in a pop group named Jim & The Beatmakers. He played later in a beat pop group named The Roosters in the mid-1960s. Some of his best-known songs are "Jos jotain yrittää (Harva meistä on rautaa)", "Linda Linda", " Tsingis Khan", "Sheikki Ali Hassan", "Titanic", "Stenka Rasin", "Kasakkapartio", "Volga The Volga (, ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment ...", "Kung-Fu taistelee" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GfK Entertainment Charts
The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on behalf of . GfK Entertainment is the provider of weekly Top 100 single and album charts, as well as various other chart formats for genres like compilations, jazz, classical music, schlager, hip hop, dance, comedy, and music videos. Following a lawsuit in March 2014 by Media Control AG, Media Control GfK International had to change its name. Dissemination of the charts is conducted by various media outlets, some of which include MTV music channel, and the Swiss charts website. Other entities that present the charts are MusicLoad and Mix 1, both of which are online associations that post almost all the charts published by GfK Entertainment on a weekly basis. Furthermore, GfK Entertainment also runs a dedicated website providing chart-relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Finnish Charts
The Official Finnish Charts (; ) are national record charts in Finland compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. The name ''Suomen virallinen lista/Finlands officiella lista'' (lit. "the Official Finnish Chart"), which is singular in both Finnish and Swedish, is used generically to refer to both the albums and the singles chart, and the context (albums or songs) reveals which chart is meant. History The first charts were published in 1951. In January 1991, the Yle radio station Radiomafia started to compile the first weekly chart in Finland called ''Radiomafian lista'', which was broadcast on the radio every Sunday. Prior to that, all singles and album charts in Finland had been either monthly or biweekly published sales charts. ''Radiomafian lista'' became the official Finnish charts in January 1994 when they began a partnership with Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat (ÄKT) (now known as Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland), the umbrella organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Dornaus
Christian Dornaus (born Johann Ernst Fischer, May 3, 1930) is an Austrian musician and composer. Born Johann Ernst Fischer, Dornaus also used the names Andy Fischer and Johnny Fischer. During the 1960s, he had a string of hit songs in Germany before composing music for other artists. Early life Dornaus was born Johann Ernst Fischer on May 3, 1930 in Vienna. His father died when Dornaus was six years old, and at the beginning of World War II, he was sent to England, where he lived with a Quaker family. There, he went on to attend the Rudolf Steiner School. At age 17, he returned home to Vienna, after which he began studying music. Career Dornaus began his career in the early 1950s playing piano in a club in Salzburg, after which he took a job in Germany playing bass guitar. In 1957, he met Kurt Edelhagen and played as a bassist in his big band until 1962, at which point Dornaus joined Heinz Gietz as a studio musician. He remained with Gietz's studio until 1966, when he joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by population density, most sparsely populated sovereign state. Mongolia is the world's largest landlocked country that does not border an Endorheic basin, inland sea, and much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and List of cities in Mongolia, largest city, is home to roughly half of the country's population. The territory of modern-day Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the First Turkic Khaganate, the Second Turkic Khaganate, the Uyghur Khaganate and others. In 1206, Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, which became the largest List of largest empires, contiguous land empire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RIAJ
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969. The RIAJ's activities include promotion of music sales, enforcement of Copyright law of Japan, copyright law, and research related to the Japanese music industry. It publishes the annual ''RIAJ Year Book'', a statistical summary of each year's music sales, as well as distributing a variety of other data. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo, the RIAJ has twenty member companies and a smaller number of associate and supporting members; some member companies are the Japanese branches of multinational corporations headquartered elsewhere. The association is responsible for certifying Music recording sales certification, gold and platinum albums and singles in Japan. RIAJ Certification In 1989, the Recording Industry Association of Japan introduced the music recordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milk And Honey (Israeli Group)
Milk and Honey ( ''Khalav U'Dvash'') was an Israeli vocal group. The original line-up consisted of Shmulik Bilu, Reuven Gvirtz, Yehuda Tamir, and Gali Atari. They won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 for with the song " Hallelujah". History The group was assembled in 1978 by producer Shlomo Zach and composer Kobi Oshrat, after both Hakol Over Habibi and Yardena Arazi turned down the opportunity to perform Oshrat's song " Hallelujah" in the for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. Milk and Honey eventually won the national selection, and went on to also win the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. "Hallelujah" peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #5 in April 1979. The group had one other international hit, "Goodbye New York". Less than a year after the song contest, Atari retired from Milk and Honey and was replaced by Leah Lupatin in 1981. The same year, Atari sued Zach for unpaid royalties; in 1994, an Israeli court ruled in Atari's favour, ordering Zach to pay the royalties. Subseque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallelujah (Milk And Honey Song)
"Hallelujah" () is a song recorded by Israeli band Milk and Honey with music composed by Kobi Oshrat and Hebrew lyrics written by . It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 held in Jerusalem, winning the contest. Background Conception "Hallelujah" was composed by Kobi Oshrat with Hebrew lyrics by . In 1978, Oshrat originally submitted the song to the the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA) organized to select its song and performer for the of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was rejected as "the selection committee did not think 'Hallelujah' was strong enough". It was also rejected by song festivals in Chile and Japan. National Selection 1979 However in 1979, IBA accepted the song for its for the of the Eurovision Song Contest, where it was intended to be performed by the band Hakol Over Habibi. Hakol Over Habibi, nevertheless, declined the opportunity to sing it because the lead singer Shlomit Aharon declared she did not want to go to Eurovision. After they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfuri Gorps & Kniri
Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri was a Swiss Folk music, folk/blues music group consisting of Pfuri Baldenweg (born 26 November 1946), Anthony "Gorps" Fischer (1947-2000) and Peter "Kniri" Knaus (born 3 March 1945 in Aarau). The group took part in the 1978 Roskilde Festival and the 1977 & 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival. In 1979 the trio teamed up with Peter, Sue and Marc at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, 1979 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Trödler und Co." (Second-handers and Co.) they finished 10th place with 60 points.http://www.escforum.net/forum/showthread.php?5202-Switzerland-1979-Peter-Sue-amp-Marc-Pfuri-Gorps-amp-Kniri-Tr%F6dler-amp-co. Trödler und Co lyrics Albums * Live, 1975 * Montreux Live, 1977 * Sack’n’Roll Band, 1980 Singles * Cashbox * Camping * Trödler und Co. (with Peter, Sue & Marc) References External links Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri - official fan page*Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri at mikiwiki Swiss folk music groups Eurovision Song Contest entrants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
