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Tom Astor (born 27 February 1943) is a
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singer and composer. He is noted for his extensive
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recordings. He has worked with
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Discography

Astor has recorded some 40 albums and around 600 songs. He has sold more than 4 million sound recordings.


Albums

*Grand Prix 1976 *Asphalt Cowboy 1980 *Hallo Trucker 1981 *Country & Western Super Hits (Folge 1) 1983 *Country & Western Super Hits (Folge 2) 1983 *Westwind 1984 *Hallo, guten Morgen Deutschland 1986 *Trucker Weihnacht 1986 *Lass rollen Trucker 1987 *Hallo Freunde 1987 *Eine kleine Dosis Freiheit 1988 *International Airport *Fröhliche Trucker Weihnacht 1988 *Meine schönsten Country & Trucker Songs 1989 *Junger Adler 1990 *Voll aus dem Leben 1991 *Auf Achse 1991 *Hallo Trucker 1991 *Kapitäne der Landstraße 1992 *Fröhliche Trucker Weihnacht 1992 *Sturm und Drang 1993 *Flieg junger Adler 1993 *Ich bin wie ich bin 1994 *Kameraden der Straße 1994 *Meilensteine 1995 *Tom Astor 1996 *Das Beste ... Live 1997 *...und ich bin dein Freund 1998 *Hautnah 2000 *Mein Eldorado 2003 *Tom Astor Live 2004 *Ich will mehr 2005 *Lass es schnei’n 2005 *Duette 2007 (with
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)Album Tom Astor Duette
/ref> *Alles klar – kein Problem! 2008 *Tom Astor & Band unplugged live 2009 *Leben pur 2010 *Kinder Country Party 2012 *Volle Kraft voraus 2014 *Lieder zum Anfassen 2015 *Ein Abend mit Tom Astor 2016


Singles

* ''Hallo, guten Morgen Deutschland'' 1984 und 1990 * ''Freunde'' 1988 * ''Junger Adler'' 1990 * ''Ich bin kein Dichter- kein Poet'' 1991 * ''Take it easy nimm’s leicht'' 1991 * ''Flieg junger Adler'' 1993 * ''Kleiner Rebell'' 1994 * ''Hungrige Herzen'' 1994 * ''Irgendwie wird's schon geh´n'' 1996 * ''Eisen im Feuer'' 1997 * ''Ich bin dein Freund'' * ''Mein Eldorado'' 2003 * ''Steh immer wieder auf'' 2005 * ''Wir werden nicht älter'' 2008 * ''Mit voller Kraft voraus'' 2014


Awards and honors

*
Goldene Stimmgabel The Goldene Stimmgabel (English: Golden Tuning Fork) was an annual prize awarded within the German music scene from 1981 to 2007. The prizes were awarded according to the number of records sold from October of the previous year to June of the year ...
1994 *
ZDF-Hitparade The ''ZDF-Hitparade'', or ''Hitparade'' for short, by German TV channel ZDF, was one of the most popular and most well-known music television series presenting mostly German Schlager. From 1969 to 1984 the presenter was Dieter Thomas Heck. The l ...
- Hit of the Year with Junger Adler, 1994 * Nomination „Global Artist Award“ 2007 -
Country Music Association The Country Music Association (CMA) is an American trade association with the stated aim of promoting and developing country music throughout the world. Founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee, it originally consisted of 233 members and was the f ...
* 3
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References


Interview Tom Astor


External links


Official site
* 1943 births Living people German male singers People from Hochsauerlandkreis {{Germany-singer-stub