Frank Petersen

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Frank Grischy, stage name Frank Petersen (born April 30, 1951 in Landau in the Palatinate ) is a German pop singer .

biography

1966–1969 he learned the trade as a retail salesman and in 1986 switched to banking. From 1969 to 1971 he took singing lessons in Speyer .

From 1994 until today Petersen has made regular television appearances on SWR , MDR television , ARD and ZDF . Frank Petersen was often represented in Happy Vineyard , Happy Everyday Life and Every Sunday with Stefan Mross . In the program Die Schlagerparade der Volksmusik with Andy Borg he won first place on April 6, 1998 with the title Canto d´amore . With the title So wie Du , the Palatinate singer and his little duo partner Romana achieved another first place in the popular music parade in 2001 . This track was released on the album Music Works Wonders in 2001.

With Montagna Silencio he qualified in 2003 for the special program The golden tuning fork .

From 2003 to 2009 Frank Petersen was seen with his Palatinate songs in the Badisch-Palatinate Carnival on SWR television .

In 2005 his DVD Ich bin en Pälzer Bu was released , which was realized and published under Georg Martin Lange . This was also received in the USA and Canada. Since healing from an illness in the spring of 2010, Petersen has been singing more and more church concerts. His church music repertoire consists of hymns, classics such as the Ave Maria by Franz Schubert and titles composed especially for him. In September 2011 the single Das Licht der Welt was released.

He wrote the script for Frank Petersen: my guests, my songs (2010) himself. This production will be broadcast on Bible TV as a 6-part program.

Petersen released his new album Schau vorwärts in July 2015 . All 12 songs have a contemporary and cheerful sound, yet there is a serious message in every text. It contains eight new songs and with "Wie Caruso", "Rosa" and "Come as a stranger, go as friends", three well-known new hits. Petersen supports Lebenshilfe with the album and his motto "Joie de vivre through Lebenshilfe".

The popular broadcaster SWR4 of the Südwestrundfunk presented Petersen's current single Schau vorwärts in the popular hit parade. The song debuted at number 2 on August 20, 2015. In the following week Schau vorwards took first place and was able to hold this place two more times.

Every year Frank Petersen was in the support program of the Kastelruther Spatzen at the Kastelruther Spatzen Open Air on the Loreley open-air stage . On August 22, 2015, Petersen was the moderator of the last Kastelruther Spatzen-Open Air 2015, which was relocated to the Conlog Arena in Koblenz due to a breach of contract on the part of Loreley Venue Management GmbH . First the Kastelruther Spatzen appeared with their current program, then the Amigos presented their current and best hits. Frank Petersen also presented the three songs "Summer rain on the skin", "Look ahead" and "You are heaven and hell" in advance.

Discography

Studio albums

Studio albums publication
My feelings 1992
I love life May 11, 1998
For the Palatinate October 1, 1998
The number 1 July 28, 2000
Music works wonders 2001
... still hits July 1, 2003
...this is me February 1, 2005
Everything great July 1, 2007
Always at Christmas time November 14, 2007
Now it hits 13 April 17, 2009
My soul calls to you January 29, 2010
The women from the country 2012
I go my way 2014
look straight ahead 2015

Singles

  • Now Strikes 13 (2009)
  • The light of the world (2011)
  • We're Number One (2012)
  • Country Women (2012)
  • I go my way (2014)
  • Look Forward (2015)
  • Heaven and Hell (2016)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Frank Petersen's biography ( memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ Music on Bible TV ( Memento from September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Press release on Radio VHR
  4. ↑ Placements in the SWR4 hit parade on August 20, 2015
  5. ↑ CD The number 1 on Amazon
  6. ↑ Frank Petersen: Now it strikes 13 (thirteen)
  7. ↑ http://www.radio-vhr.de/schlager/frank-petersen-himmel-und-hoelle.html Frank Petersen - Heaven and Hell, press release
personal data
SURNAME Petersen, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Landau