Costa Cordalis

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Costa Cordalis, 2011

Costa Cordalis (born May 1, 1944 as Konstantinos Kordalis in Elatia , Greece ; † July 2, 2019 in Santa Ponça in Mallorca , Spain ) was a Greek - German pop singer .

Life

Cordalis started playing the guitar at the age of seven. At the age of 16 he settled in Frankfurt am Main and learned the German language at the Goethe Institute . After high school , he began studying the philosophy and German studies , which he did not graduate.

In 1965, Du have yes tears in your eyes , a German version of the Elvis title Crying in the Chapel , was his first record . But he only had noteworthy success from 1971 with the self-composed and produced titles And the Sun is Hot - with which he appeared three times on the ZDF hit parade -, Carolina, come and get in the boat tonight, Anna Lena . He had his greatest success from 1976 to 1977 with the title Anita , which stayed in the German top 10 for three months and made it to 3rd place there.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships 1985 in Seefeld in Tyrol , Cordalis started cross-country skiing for his home country Greece. In this discipline he was twice the Greek national champion. He also wanted to take part in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , but was not nominated by the Greek NOK . He had taught himself to ski in the Black Forest when he was preparing for the role of ski instructor in the ZDF series Engadiner Bilderbogen .

Costa Cordalis, 2006

In spring 2004 he appeared in the RTL show Ich bin ein Star - Get me out of here! with and became "Jungle King". He donated the prize of 28,000 euros to the Children's Cancer Aid . Based on the show, he released the song Jungle Beat . Several times he took part in the Tour of Hope . There he cycled many kilometers and collected money for children with cancer with his song Das Feuer .

Cordalis was married and has three children with his wife Ingrid; his son Lucas Cordalis and his daughter Angeliki Cordalis are also active in show business. From the mid-1980s to 2016, Costa Cordalis lived in the Black Forest in the Freudenstadt - Kniebis winter sports resort . Most recently he lived on Mallorca in the coastal town of Santa Ponça . In March 2019, he became faint and had to be treated in a hospital. He died of organ failure on July 2, 2019 at the age of 75 with his family at home in Santa Ponça.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1967 Folklore from all over the world - - -
First published: 1967
1970 I dream of Athens sometimes - - -
First published: 1970
1972 You are love - - -
First published: 1972
1973 Where my dreams are - - -
First published: 1973
1975 Summer dreams - - -
First published: 1975
1976 I go through your street DE29 (6 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: 1976
1977 I'll show you paradise - - -
First published: 1977
1978 A new day - - -
First published: 1978
1979 Come into my world - - -
First published: 1979
1981 On the street of my songs DE64 (2 weeks)
DE 		- -
First publication: 1981
1983 To touch you - - -
First published: 1983
1995 Only with you - - -
First published: January 15, 1995
The curtain goes up - - -
First published: September 4, 1995
1996 I want to give you heaven - - -
First published: October 14, 1996
1997 Viva la noche DE60 (4 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: August 11, 1997
1998 Party tropical DE61 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT33 (2 weeks)
AT 		-
First published: 1998
1999 Hot night DE87 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: 1999
2000 Hasta la Vista baby - - -
First published: 2000
2003 Athens 2004 - - -
First published: August 16, 2003
2004 I say hello to you - - -
First published: November 8, 2004
2006 Life is Beautiful - - -
First published: October 6, 2006
2013 Give me your love - - -
First published: November 1, 2013
2014 Back then in Mexico - - -
First published: May 21, 2014

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Costa Cordalis - the life of a German Greek. schlagerplanet.com, May 27, 2014, accessed July 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ singer Cordalis on long skis. arbeiter-zeitung.at , January 18, 1985, accessed April 9, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Carola Frentzen, Volker Rath: Costa Cordalis was at home on the knee. schwarzwaelder-bote.de , July 4, 2019, accessed on July 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Great concern for Costa Cordalis: The pop star is in the hospital! popschlager-aktuell.com, March 7, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Schlager icon Costa Cordalis died on Mallorca. mallorcazeitung.es , July 3, 2019, accessed on July 3, 2019 .
  6. ↑ In February he was so weak that he could hardly walk. bild.de , July 4, 2019, accessed on July 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Daughter explains: This is how Costa Cordalis died. t-online.de , July 12, 2019, accessed on August 2, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Costa Cordalis: Insider knowledge from SchlagerPlanet. schlagerplanet.com, September 8, 2018, accessed September 8, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Cordalis, Costa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kordalis, Konstantinos (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Elatia , Greece
DATE OF DEATH 2nd July 2019
Place of death Santa Ponça in Mallorca , Spain