Double (band)

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Double
Double in 1986
Double in 1986
General information
Genre (s) pop
founding 1983, 1999
resolution 1989, 2004
Founding members
Kurt Maloo (born April 16, 1953 )
Felix Haug (born March 27, 1952 , † May 1, 2004 in Uster )

Double was a Swiss pop duo founded in 1983. Her biggest hit was The Captain of Her Heart from 1985.

history

Kurt Maloo (2009)

The Swiss musicians Kurt Maloo and Felix Haug were double . In 1976 Maloo was involved in founding the band Troppo . In 1978 he released the solo single Giant Lady . Felix Haug was a member of the Lipschitz Orchestra from 1976 to 1979 , but also worked for Yello . Both formed the trio Ping Pong in 1981, together with a bass player. After various European festival appearances, the trio became a duo called Double.

In 1983, Double's first single, Naningo , was released . The follow-up singles Rangoon Moon and Woman of the World were, as well as the later hit The Captain of Her Heart , on the 1985 album Blue , which was released in over 50 countries. The Swiss were unable to repeat the success of their first hit single, which, in addition to German-speaking countries, also made it into the charts in England, Italy, France and the USA.

In 1987 Double recorded the album Dou3le . The trumpeter Herb Alpert and the violinist Michael Urbaniak participated as guest musicians.

In 1989 the band broke up and both members realized solo projects. At the end of the 1990s, Maloo and Haug reunited in the Can studio near Cologne and planned new recordings for Double's 20th anniversary, but Felix Haug died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 2004.

Kurt Maloo has released several solo albums with various record labels: Single (1990), Soul and Echo (1995), Loopy Avenue (2006), Summer of Better Times (2010) and What About (2014). For the 2006 album, Maloo and Pit Baumgartner from De-Phazz reworked old hits and previously unknown songs by Double, but also new compositions.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Blue
  DE 14th 07.10.1985 (15 weeks)
  AT 15th 02/15/1986 (6 weeks)
  CH 2 09/08/1985 (15 weeks)
  UK 69 03/08/1986 (4 weeks)
  US 30th 08/02/1986 (21 weeks)
Dou3le
  CH 9 10/11/1987 (4 weeks)
Singles
The Captain of Her Heart
  DE 10 07.10.1985 (17 weeks)
  AT 15th 02/01/1986 (10 weeks)
  CH 11 09/22/1985 (7 weeks)
  UK 8th 01/25/1986 (11 weeks)
  US 16 06/28/1986 (18 weeks)
Your Prayer Takes Me Off
  UK 91 04/19/1986 (1 week)
Devils Ball
  UK 71 11/21/1987 (4 weeks)

Double

Albums

  • 1985: Blue
  • 1987: DOU3LE
  • 2006: Loopy Avenue (Kurt Maloo vs. Double)

Singles

  • 1983: Double (including Naningo , El Dorado and Es )
  • 1984: Rangoon Moon
  • 1984: Woman of the World
  • 1985: Your Prayer Takes Me Off
  • 1985: The Captain of Her Heart
  • 1986: Tomorrow
  • 1987: Devils Ball
  • 1987: Gliding
  • 2010: Handle (with FDH) (Japan only)

Kurt Maloo

Albums

  • 1980: Luna, Luna + 7 Notorious Maloo Homeworks (mini album, limited)
  • 1990: single
  • 1995: Soul & Echo
  • 2006: Loopy Avenue (Kurt Maloo vs. Double)
  • 2010: Summer of Better Times
  • 2014: What About

Singles

  • 1979: Giant Lady
  • 1990: Lovegrow
  • 1991: End of the Season
  • 1995: The Captain of Her Heart
  • 1995: Young King
  • 1996: Jealousy
  • 2010: Afterglow
  • 2012: Wonder (Rune Lindbæk feat. Kurt Maloo)
  • 2016: City of Rain

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US