Gerd Schinkel

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Gerd Schinkel (* 1950 in Glückstadt an der Elbe) is a German journalist and songwriter .

Life

Gerd Schinkel came to Bonn in 1958, studied law and completed a journalistic traineeship at a newspaper in Kornwestheim . In 1982 he became news editor at the radio station of the Süddeutscher Rundfunk in Stuttgart, in 1985 he became a political editor at the radio station of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne . Later he was a radio correspondent in what was then the federal capital of Bonn .

As a songwriter , he oriented himself from 1970 onwards to American singer-songwriters . In 1978 he became known with the LP No cause for alarm . It contained the song Special Disaster Action Plan , which was best known for its interpretation by the Saitenwind group and which was popular with the anti-nuclear movement in Germany . In the 1990s he wrote songs in the style of John Hiatt .

He later worked as a planner, moderator, commentator and musician.

Discography

  • 1978: No need to get excited (LP)
  • 1980: accounting (LP)
  • 1982: Songbook with survival songs (LP)
  • Everything as usual (CD)
  • She just walked over (CD)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Applause for the Cologne songwriter Gerd Schinkel (NOZ March 6, 2011). Retrieved December 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Gerd Schinkel, singer of his own songs. Retrieved December 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Printed in: Bremer song book for AKW opponents (1979), p. 158f
personal data
SURNAME Schinkel, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Glückstadt on the Elbe