Jerry Rix

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Jerry (left) and his father Toby Rix, 1964

Jerry Rix , real name Geertjan Lacunes (born June 19, 1947 in Amsterdam , † January 3, 2016 in Rhodes , Greece ) was a Dutch singer , mainly known as a disco , pop and pop singer .

Life

Jerry Rix was the son of the singer and variety artist Toby Rix (* 1920 - † 2017), whose real name is Tobias Lacunes. His father was a frequent guest on the Rudi Carrell Show , among other things . His sister is the actress Maroesja Lacunes (* 1945).

In 1964 Jerry Rix released his first single Ebb Tide , then under the pseudonym Gerry Rix . In 1967 he took part in the Belgian Knokke Festival in Knokke-Heist for the Netherlands together with Patricia Paay . In 1967 he took fifth place at a song festival in Romania .

In the early 1970s, he appeared on German television with German titles. He appeared for the first time in 1970 in the ZDF magazine Die Drehscheibe , in January 1971 for the first time in the ZDF hit parade and was also a guest on the Rudi Carrell Show during this period. Overall, he was represented three times in the turntable and three times in the hit parade show as a singer. In May 1973, we then saw him in the music show Music from Studio B . In 1974 he was a member of the Love Generation vocal ensemble .

His most successful title appeared in 1976. Disco Train reached number 24 in the annual evaluation of the WDR - Schlagerrallye in 1976 and number 35 in the US hot dance / disco charts and number 92 in the R&B charts in 1977 .

From the mid-1970s he also began working as a studio singer and songwriter for well-known performers, for example Donna Summer , La Bionda , Boney M. , Joy Fleming , Anja Hauptmann , Gitte Hænning and many more. The male voice on all records for the women's pop group Silver Convention also comes from him.

In a duet with Linda G. Thompson , he released the singles You are to blame for our children to look like you (1978) and Weekend (1979). With the latter song, both competed in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1979 and reached eleventh place. In 1981 he formed a band called "Lo Budget And The Raincoats" which released a single.

Rix lived with his wife Jutta, née Mairiedl, in the village of Lachania on Rhodes , Greece . and died there on January 3, 2016 from complications from his prostate cancer.

Discography

(here only solo releases)
Many of his songs have also been released on samplers.

Albums

  • 1971: My Way to You ( Liberty Records )
  • 1972: Jerry Rix ( Intercord )
  • 1973: Jerry Rix (Intercord; Note: contains other titles)
  • 1989: Jerry Rix Sings Diane Warren - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (White Records)

Singles

  • 1964: Ebb Tide (as Gerry Rix )
  • 1970: Like a beggar at the door / Champs Elysées (Liberty Records)
  • 1971: My way to you / They love you - like me (Liberty Records)
  • 1971: Just for you / Hello Rosy ( United Artists Records )
  • 1973: I want to be more than just your friend / ... and the train is slowly coming in (Intercord)
  • 1973: I like you / Think about today (Intercord)
  • 1974: Bad, bad Leroy Brown / Rainy Day ( Warner Bros. )
  • 1975: Hey Big Mama / What Once Was (Warner Bros.)
  • 1975: You Shall Not Play With Fire / Thoughts (Warner Bros.)
  • 1976: Disco Train / Hands full of Nothing (Jupiter Records)
  • 1977: I wanna see your Dance / Friday's Song (Jupiter Records / Columbia Records / Inter Global Music)
  • 1977: Hay in the Hair / Summer (Jupiter Records)
  • 1977: Hay in your Hair / Oh, City Woman (Jupiter Records)
  • 1978: Sweet 17 / Who is dancing through the park? (Jupiter Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography of Jerry Rix , Muziek Encyclopedie.
  2. ↑ See web link to the Internet Movie Database.
  3. ↑ Jerry Rix (* 1947 as Geertjan Lacunes) , What happened to?
  4. ↑ Schlager rallye - annual evaluation 1976 ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Hessencharts.de. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hessencharts.de
  5. ↑ Lacunes tower house in Lachania
personal data
SURNAME Rix, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rix, Gerry; Lacunes, Geertjan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 2016
Place of death in Rhodes