Jascha Richter (born 24 June 1963) is a Danish-American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the

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band Michael Learns to Rock, where he composes and sings most of their songs. Some of his best known songs include "

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", " The Actor", " Sleeping Child", " That's Why (You Go Away)", " Take Me to Your Heart", "Complicated Heart", "

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", "Wild Women", "Out of the Blue", "You Took My Heart Away" and " Paint My Love".

Early life

Richter was born on 24 June 1963 in New Hampshire, United States, before his family decided to move back to Denmark, where they settled in Århus. He holds both Danish and American citizenship. As a child, Richter started playing the

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and cello and then the piano. He was raised with classical music; however, in his early teenage years he started to play and compose pop music. Growing up, he listened to

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, Supertramp and

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among others.

Career

Richter is known as the brain behind the Danish

band Michael Learns to Rock, who have enjoyed success since the early 1990s, particularly in Asia. They scored number one chart hits in Norway and Denmark with " The Actor" and " That's Why (You Go Away)", respectively. Richter has also released two solo albums; ''Planet Blue'' in 2002 and ''Where I Belong'' in 2006. An extended play titled ''Dannevang'' was released in 2021.

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Planet Blue'' (2002) * ''Where I Belong'' (2006)

Extended plays

* ''Dannevang'' (2021)

Compilation albums

* ''Grænseløs Greatest'' (1999)

References

External links

Jascha Richter on Instagram
1963 births Living people 21st-century Danish male singers Danish pop musicians Danish rock musicians English-language singers from Denmark Danish male singer-songwriters Soft rock musicians Ballad musicians {{Denmark-musician-stub