Benny Schnier

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Hans Jürgen "Benny" Schnier (born April 28, 1957 in Rahden , Westphalia ) is a German pop singer , actor and presenter who appeared in the 1970s as a singer under the stage name "Benny".

Life

At the age of 16, Schnier was discovered artistically by music producer Frank Farian . Schnier recorded several singles and a long-playing record. Some of his songs were commercially successful and brought him various television appearances, for example in the ZDF hit parade or at disco . His greatest successes, all German-language adaptations of international songs, were Amigo Charly Brown , Skateboard and Bin wieder frei , a cover version of Plastic Bertrand's Ça plane pour moi . From 1978 onwards, Schnier was also occasionally active as an actor in films and television productions.

From 1979 to 1988 Schnier was a presenter at ZDF ( ZDF holiday program together with Anke Engelke , PFIFF youth sports studio). Schnier then moderated the program “ Live from the slaughterhouse ” and others on the BR . In 1981 Schnier took over the moderation of the radio program "Pop nach 8" at Bayerischer Rundfunk, which Thomas Gottschalk had moderated until then . Schnier also worked as a music editor. In the following years he was a presenter for several radio stations, including "Radio M 1", "Radio C", " Radio Xanadu " and " Charivari ". Since then he has mainly worked as a moderator a. a. on Gute Laune TV , and recorded a new single again in 2011. From the beginning to the spring of 2006, Schnier auctioned and raffled products as a moderator on the now discontinued satellite channel Arena TV . In the summer of the same year he recorded the album "The hits of yesterday ... and today" with the international music manager and producer Ulrich Eichblatt .

Filmography

Discography

Albums

  • 1976: Amigo Charly Brown
  • 1994: Amigo Charly Brown (1994)
  • 2011: Benny - I'm free again - The big party hits - 25 digitally remastered original recordings 1971–1994

Singles

year title
 Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1974 You are 16 DE43 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: May 27, 1974
Original title: You're Sixteen
1976 Amigo Charly Brown DE14 (17 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: February 9, 1976
Original title: Charlie Brown (Benito di Paula)
1978 Skateboard (Uh ah ah) DE40 (10 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: January 16, 1978
I'm free again DE18 (19 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: June 5, 1978
Original title: Ça Plane Pour Moi

More singles

  • 1974: Zwei wie wir (Original title: Singing the blues )
  • 1975: Greetings from hot wheels (Original title: Reach Out I'll Be There )
  • 1976: What's going on behind Billy's barn door
  • 1977: Oh Mary Mary
  • 1978: Satisfied with me
  • 1979: Out of the clothes (Original title: Crawling From The Wreckage )
  • 1979: When your sweetie is once angry (Original title: Lay your love on me )
  • 1980: Monday is Schontag (Original title: Take Me Don't Break Me )
  • 1980: My turn, man
  • 1981: You're so cool, that knocks me off my chair (Something Bout You Baby I Like) / I'm sticking to it
  • 1982: Oh Julie (Original title: Oh Julie )
  • 1983: storm
  • 1989: hand in hand
  • 2004: if that's love
  • 2005: The golden star of Bethlehem
  • 2006: The hits from yesterday and today

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
personal data
SURNAME Schnier, Benny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schnier, Hans Jürgen (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer, actor and presenter
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Rahden , Westphalia