Gregor Rottschalk
Gregor Rottschalk (born January 12, 1945 in Stargard in Pomerania ) is a German songwriter , author , music producer and radio presenter . Together with Peter Maffay and Rolf Zuckowski, he is the inventor and original author of the fairy tale character Tabaluga .
Life
From December 1967 to the beginning of the 1990s, he was best known as a moderator in the Berlin radio landscape through the following programs:
- RIAS hit cassette ( RIAS 1 / RIAS 2 )
- The Pop Testival (RIAS 2)
- Meeting point pop show (RIAS 2)
- RIAS meeting point (RIAS 2)
- Music after school (RIAS 1 / RIAS 2)
- Berlin Charts, "the monster broadcast" (RIAS 2 / Hundred, 6 )
Gregor Rottschalk was also a co-founder of the radio station jfk 98.2 .
As a lyricist he achieved successes with the artists , mostly under the pseudonym Christian Heilburg:
- Jasmine Bonnin (Angie , streets of our city)
- Harald Juhnke (barefoot or patent leather shoes)
- Daliah Lavi (turn on your radio)
- Peter Maffay (And it was summer , Saturday night on our street , Josie)
- Marianne Rosenberg ( He belongs to me , I am like you , songs of the night , Marleen)
- Wolfgang Ziegler (damned)
His own singles were notable successes, but quite successful on the radio:
- Ra-Ta-Ta (German version, 1970)
- Dum-Di-Da (1971)
- A tape with your name on it (1975)
Gregor Rottschalk lived in Dublin and Mallorca until the mid-1990s . Currently (as of January 2013) he lives in Valletta .
Gregor Rottschalk also had a small guest appearance in the 1996 film You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story . In this film he played a radio host.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gregor Rottschalk in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short portrait (with photo)
- Radio play catalog
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rottschalk, Gregor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heilburg, Christian (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German radio presenter and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stargard in Pomerania |