Edo Zanki

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Edo Zanki with band at the Giessen City Festival 2008

Edward "Edo" Zanki (born October 19, 1952 in Zadar , Yugoslavia ; † September 1, 2019 ) was a German musician , singer and producer .

life and career

Zanki was born in Yugoslavia. His family moved with five-year-old Edward to West Germany in a twelve-square-meter room in one of the barracks at the Zirndorf reception camp and later to Karlsdorf near Bruchsal , where his father found a job. With his two older brothers he made “wild house music with everything that was lying around.” His brother Vilko became a professional musician and brought the 14-year-old into his bands as a keyboardist , which were called “Edo and the Markees” and “Edo and Friends”. Together with Vilko, Edo Zanki wrote the first songs for Joy Fleming and Peter Horton a few years later .

Edo Zanki became known to a wider audience as the composer of the song Fruits of the Night , sung by Tina Turner on her first solo album Rough from 1978. In 1983 he achieved another hit with the song Die Tänzerin sung by Ulla Meinecke . When recording the title, he played the distinctive electric piano part on a Yamaha GS-1 and can also be heard as a background singer in the interlude of the piece. Zanki also appeared as a singer. In the 1990s he became known to a younger audience through his collaboration with Xavier Naidoo and the sons of Mannheim , and he also worked for many years with Cae Gauntt and 4 Your Soul .

Zanki received a soloist contract with the Global Label . As Edward Zanki, he interpreted Caroline and other post-productions of English and American originals.

Starting in 1972, he tried his hand at a new sound under the stage name Don Anderson. He wrote the Dave Mason title Feelin 'Alright on his first solo LP, which included Joy Fleming and numerous members of the later Ralf Nowy Group (including Keith Forsey , Paul Vincent ). A year later the LP The Eagle Flies was released , which was not exactly well received by the critics.

After excellent reactions to the record Jump Back and its concerts, Fritz Rau (Lippmann & Rau) presented Zanki and band alongside Snowball , Lake , Nina Hagen , Udo Lindenberg , among others at two open-air concerts (Pforzheim, Loreley ) in early August 1979 Rau gave Zanki another chance to make a name for himself and had him open the musical series in front of almost 70,000 visitors in the run-up to The Who performance at the Nuremberg Zeppelin Field.

In 1982 Zanki produced the album Total Egal , 1983 Mixed feelings with Herbert Grönemeyer . In 1986 he was the producer of the album Women come slowly - but powerfully by Ina Deter .

In 1999 Zanki recorded some live concerts by Sabrina Setlur and Xavier Naidoo and mixed them for various television programs. Two members of Zanki's band also played in Naidoo's live band and the idea for a live album by Naidoo, which Zanki produced and which was gilded, was born. In the same year the collaboration with the sons of Mannheim began and the first songs for Zanki's latest album were created.

In 2000 the album Zion and various singles by the Sons of Mannheim were completed and successfully released. At the same time, Zanki's eleventh solo album The Whole Time was created , which was completed in January 2001 and released in March 2001. Before that, the single Gib mir Musik was released , a cover version of the title Viertel vor Neun… from the LP Jetzt komm ich komm . In addition to his "sons" Xavier Naidoo and Rolf Stahlhofen, he was also supported by Sasha and Till Brönner .

In the spring of 2001 Edo Zanki appeared at several concerts on the Zion Tour together with the sons of Mannheim. Even when the sons acted as the opening act for U2 in Cologne and Munich, Zanki was there. In April Zanki went on tour with the following cast: Edo Zanki (voc), Bo Heart (key), Neil Palmer (key), Ali Neander (g), Susanne Vogel (b), Ralf Gustke (dr) and the special guests: Yvonne Betz (voc), Helena Paul (voc) & Butch Williams (voc). At some concerts, Zanki & Friends were also supported by Xavier Naidoo and Rolf Stahlhofen. After a few open-air concerts in the summer of the festival, the Gib-mir-Musik-Tour was continued in autumn , this time without a choir or celebrities. A highlight in 2004 was the joint appearance with the Bosnian singing legend Dino Merlin in front of 50,000 spectators in the “Kosevo” stadium in Sarajevo . The two singers presented their jointly produced song Verletzt .

After being involved in a wide variety of musical projects for several years, including a. As musical director for Afrika, Afrika by André Heller , which became a European success, he released his new album Alles was geht in 2008 . The title song as well as We ignite the night and Weit über Meer are penned by the songwriter and copywriter Ralf Maier, who has already written and composed for earlier productions by Edo Zanki. So also for accomplices , 10 and all the time .

Edo Zanki also contributed the song We need you to Thomas D's album Kennzeichen D , on which he can also be heard. In 2008 Edo Zanki also produced songs for Sasha's album Good News on a Bad Day , which was released in February 2009.

From January to May 2010 he performed live with Julia Neigel with the project Rock'n Soul Tour in double concerts. On the 20th birthday of the Day of German Unity ( October 3, 2010) Edo Zanki played together with Julia Neigel and Ulla Meinecke in front of over 100,000 spectators in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin .

From autumn 2010 to spring 2011 Edo Zanki was on tour with a small band. It was titled Hautnah and took place in the intimate atmosphere of small clubs, where Edo Zanki played his own songs as well as his favorite pieces by other artists. His album Too Many Angels was released on April 8, 2011 . It includes a duet with Julia Neigel on the Rio Reiser / RPS Lanrue cover Let us be a miracle .

After a short, serious illness, Edo Zanki died on September 1, 2019.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Accomplices
  DE 98 04/25/1994 (3 weeks)
All the time (& friends)
  DE 41 04/09/2001 (3 weeks)
  AT 55 04/08/2001 (4 weeks)
Singles
We have the night
  DE 60 09/24/1990 (11 weeks)
Love - who knows how to do it
  DE 82 06/29/1992 (5 weeks)
Your eyes
  DE 86 04/04/1994 (3 weeks)
Give me music (& friends)
  DE 44 03/12/2001 (7 weeks)
  AT 68 03/25/2001 (4 weeks)
  CH 61 03/25/2001 (9 weeks)

Albums

  • 1972: Feelin 'Alright (as Don Anderson, with Joy Fleming )
  • 1973: The Eagle Flies (as Don Anderson and Friends)
  • 1977: Now I'm Coming (as Zanki, also published in English)
  • 1979: Jump Back (as Zanki)
  • 1980: Here Comes the Night
  • 1983: Wake Up Nights
  • 1984: Give me music (live album, recordings: Konzerthaus Karlsruhe and Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim, November 1st and 2nd, 1984)
  • 1985: Calm Blood (as Zanki)
  • 1990: And we'll get together
  • 1992: I must be crazy
  • 1994: accomplices
  • 1995: 10
  • 2001: all the time
  • 2008: … everything that counts
  • 2009: The movements are ridiculous, but the feeling is maximum! (Live album)
  • 2009: 82-92 (compilation)
  • 2011: Too many angels
  • 2012: up close

Singles

  • 1971: Donna Felicita (as Edward Zanki)
  • 1972: Beautiful Sunday (as Don Anderson, German version, Original: Daniel Boone , 1972)
  • 1972: I come back to Amarillo (Is This The Way to Amarillo) (German version, Original: Tony Christie , 1971)
  • 1979: Mae's Hotel (as Zanki)
  • 1980: Here Comes the Night (as Zanki)
  • 1983: (I was in) Africa last night
  • 1984: The reason is you
  • 1985: You have a load of dynamite (with Ina Deter )
  • 1985: Sweet Lies
  • 1986: your red mouth
  • 1987: When you have friends (with Caterina Valente , Gianni Morandi and Joy Fleming )
  • 1990: We have the night
  • 1991: If our love is still alive
  • 1991: Better up and down - Remix '91
  • 1992: Love - who knows how to do it
  • 1992: I must be crazy
  • 1992: How good
  • 1994: Wild Orchids (I want you forever)
  • 1994: sparks fly
  • 1994: your eyes
  • 1995: do it with me
  • 2001: give me music (and friends)

Awards

  • RSH Gold 1991: in the "Newcomer National" category

Web links

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  1. ↑ https://xn--hgelhelden-9db.de/karlsdorf-trauert-um-edo-zanki/
  2. ^ Herbert Grönemeyer: Passionate about success. In: Bayern 3 . October 21, 2011, archived from the original on 20150109015810 ; accessed on September 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Sad news. In: Edo Zanki's website. September 1, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums DE AT CH
personal data
SURNAME Zanki, Edo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anderson, Don (pseudonym); Zanki, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, singer and producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Zadar , Yugoslavia
DATE OF DEATH 1st September 2019