Joachim Heider

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Joachim (Achim) Heider (born July 2, 1944 in Bad Landeck ) is a producer and composer who also appeared as a singer under the pseudonym Alfie Khan .

Life

Heider took accordion lessons at the age of ten . He began in 1958 as a pianist with the "Bellboys" with Walter Becher, who later called himself Addi Jet and was the singer of the Berlin group "Addi Jet and the Jetnick's". He later left the formation to focus on composing and playing the piano .

Heider had his first great success as a composer in 1965 with All wishes cannot be fulfilled , sung by Michael Holm . He is the discoverer of Marianne Rosenberg and Christian Anders , which he also produced for a number of years. In addition, Heider worked with Udo Jürgens , Roland Kaiser , Manuela , Freddy Quinn , Michael Schanze , Katja Ebstein , Mireille Mathieu , Peter Maffay , Karel Gott , the Weather Girls , Sandra Schwarzhaupt , Marisa Turner and others. a. worked together.

In the 1960s, Joachim Heider and Michael Holm formed a team of composers and producers. Various projects date from this time, e. As have the two under several stage names such as Daisy Clan , Mike & Joe and The Hippies , plates produced. The two musicians also wrote the soundtrack for the film Regina Maris together .

As a singer, Heider was featured in the charts in the early 1970s . He was one of the first composers to successfully introduce rock and pop elements to German hits .

In 1980, Heider managed to get Pink Floyd's approval to release a German version of their hit Another Brick in the Wall . The title in the German version was called stone by stone and was sung by the formation "Vierzehn".

Joachim Heider later also repeatedly used pseudonyms or variations of his name, e.g. B. Jo Heider, Achim Heider, Heider & Kalif, Mr. Hyder or Alfie. He was also the band leader of the Alfie Khan Sound Orchestra.

Publications

Works as a composer (selection)

  • All wishes cannot be fulfilled (1965, Michael Holm)
  • Summer Blue (1967, Rex Gildo)
  • One less bachelor (1967, Siw Malmkvist)
  • Love me (1968, Hans Hass jr.)
  • Carneval in Caracas (1968, Siw Malmkvist)
  • Red is love (1969, Anna-Lena)
  • Don't Go Over (1969, Christian Anders)
  • Never Alone Again (1969, Christian Anders)
  • If you love (1970, Manuela)
  • ABC - Manuela (1970 / Telefunken / Hansa )
  • You belong to me (1970, Christian Anders)
  • A ring with your name (1970, Anna-Lena)
  • Mister Paul McCartney (1970, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • Adiolé (1970, Siw Malmkvist)
  • Tennessee Baby (1970, Tommy Körberg)
  • He's not like you (1971, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • Stranger Man (1971, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • I put my heart in your hands (1971, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • I won't let you go (1971, Christian Anders)
  • I want to love you (1971, Christian Anders)
  • That day changed so much (1972, Jürgen Drews)
  • Here We are Together (1972, The Windows)
  • Only Love Makes Us Live (1972, Mary Roos)
  • You bring love into my life (1972, Jürgen Drews)
  • A Journey into Nirvana (1973, Jürgen Drews)
  • Time is a Long Road (1973, Jürgen Drews)
  • He was a student in Heidelberg (1974, Dorthe Kollo)
  • (Please come to Schwabing) But he says no (1974, Olga Garcia)
  • Were Tears of Gold (1974, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • He loves me (1974, Siw Malmkvist)
  • Two in Verona (1974, Renate Kern)
  • When you go (1974, Renate Kern)
  • Our dream was just beginning (1974, Lou Christoph)
  • Because I love you (1974, Jürgen Drews)
  • He belongs to me (1975, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • Bright as a Diamond (1975, Michael Schanze)
  • Lady Love (1975, Michael Holm)
  • You are my life (1975, Lou Christoph)
  • You cried (1975, Michael Schanze)
  • You belong on a leash, Paul (1976, Juliane Werding)
  • Young Heart (1976, Dunja Rajter)
  • Here's Life (1976, Su Kramer)
  • Low Down Love (1976, Jane Palmer)
  • Do You Want Me (1976, Jane Palmer)
  • You Got the Power (1976, Su Kramer)
  • Nobody Was Like You (1976, Jane Palmer)
  • Dream On Dreamer Boy (1976, Jane Palmer)
  • Never again (1976, Michael Schanze)
  • It's morning and I still love you (1976, Michael Schanze)
  • And it was summer (1976, Peter Maffay)
  • Love can hurt so much (1976, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • Songs of the Night (1976, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • The day comes for the two of us (1976, Daniel David)
  • Because no angel dances rock'n roll (1976, Daniel David)
  • Marleen (1976, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • Songs in the Wind (1977, Dorthe Kollo)
  • My god that takes (1977, Dorthe Kollo)
  • And his name was No (1977, Maggie Mae)
  • Take time for her (1977, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • ... and then one more thing, I love you (1977, Maggie Mae)
  • Lonely Lovin '(1977, Jane Palmer)
  • You and I (1977, Katja Ebstein)
  • Wake me up before you go (1977, Katja Ebstein)
  • I am your friend (1977, Michael Schanze)
  • Danny Wake Up (1978, Hagen Brandin)
  • No, I won't cry (1978, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • Crystal Ball (1978, Jane Palmer)
  • This Is My Country (1978, Maggie Mae)
  • It was almost like a song (1978, Katja Ebstein)
  • Switch your heart to reception (1978, Michael Schanze)
  • Lonely Three-Zero-Four (1979, Hagen Brandin)
  • Girls, this time we're serious about the two of us (1979, Hagen Brandin)
  • The Very First Time (1979 Maggie Mae)
  • She's Cold (Discoversion) (1979, Marianne Rosenberg)
  • Brick by Brick (1980, fourteen)
  • This night goes by too (1980, Hagen Brandin)
  • The German Stars at 45 (1981, The German Stars at 45)
  • Who Belongs to the Wind (1981, Freddy Quinn)
  • To love you (1981, Roland Kaiser)
  • The Night of Lies (1982, Denise)
  • Sometimes I would like to be with you (1982, Roland Kaiser)
  • And suddenly it's back (1983, Rex Gildo)
  • The Night of Casablanca (1983, Freddy Quinn)
  • I am the eagle, you the wind (1983, Karel Gott)
  • Come to me (1984, Thomas Frank)
  • Welcome to the Jungle (1984, Bernhard Brink)
  • Sometimes at Night (1984, Freddy Quinn)
  • Who knows (1985, Bernd Clüver)
  • Joana (1985, Roland Kaiser)
  • Amanda's eyes (1987, Bernhard Brink)
  • Can U Feel It (1993, Weather Girls)
  • We Shall All Be Free (1994, Weather Girls)
  • Party (1994, Weather Girls)
  • Who's Gonna Kiss That Man (1995, Marisa Turner)
  • Deeper in the night (1996, Marisa Turner)
  • Hero of the Night (1996, Sandra Schwarzhaupt)
  • I Wanna Be Loved by You (Ooh Baby Ooh) (1998, Marisa Turner)
  • People 2 People (1998, Marisa Turner)
  • Don't Need to Know Your Name (1998, Marisa Turner)
  • You Got the Power '09 (2009, Su Kramer)
  • Here's Life '09 (2009, Su Kramer)

As a singer

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
She is still coming today (with the Cornelsen Singers)
  DE 23 08/15/1970 (5 weeks)
  AT 10 09/15/1970 (8 weeks)
Olé Olé
  DE 40 01/22/1973 (1 week)
  • It comes today in 1970
  • She's Coming Back / Come on Babe 1970 NL # 23
  • Come and go with me
  • I saw the light / What must I do 1971
  • That wasn't a dream / Josie 1971
  • Olé Olé / Samoa 1973
  • It's gonna be nice days / Tennessee Baby 1972
  • Jo Jo Bengy / Stay girl 1973
  • Mon amour m'attend (She waits for me) (Part 1 & 2) 1976

With the "Alfie Khan Sound Orchestra"

  • Woman (LP)
  • Gettin 'Vibrations (LP)
  • Lady (song, 2011)

As "Alfie"

  • Alfie's Ball (LP)
  • Another Night (single 1980)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilfried W. Bruchhäuser (ed.): Composers of the present in the German composers' interest group: a manual. 4th edition. German Composers' Association, Berlin 1995, ISBN 355561410X , p. 1499 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ^ Siegmund Helms (Ed.): Schlager in Germany. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1972, p. 197 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  3. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT
personal data
SURNAME Heider, Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heider, Jo; Heider, Achim; Mr. Hyder; Alfie; Khan, Alfie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, music producer, pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Landeck