Kim Merz

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Chart positions
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Singles
The guy next to her
  DE 21st 10/17/1983 (18 weeks)

Joachim "Kim" Merz (born February 2, 1953 ) is a German pop singer.

biography

After completing his training and working as a typesetter, Merz was the singer of the band Wallenstein from 1978 to 1982 . In 1983 he got a solo record deal and made her debut with the single strong lousy , engaged in the airplay - charts could place. In the same year he had a hit with the hit The guy next to her . The title was represented in the German single charts for 18 weeks , where it reached number 21.

The guy next to her is the German version of the song Just to Walk That Little Girl Home , written by Willy DeVille and Doc Pomus and first published on the LP Le Chat Bleu (1980) by the band Mink DeVille .

Merz is also active as a songwriter for other interpreters: Among other things, the text of Wolfgang Petry's best-known hit Wahnsinn comes from his pen. Today he works with his own event service for other artists, including Jürgen von der Lippe and Hans Werner Olm , and performs with the cover band FKK.

Kim Merz is also the interpreter of the so-called MSV anthem, which is sung in the MSV Duisburg stadium before every game.

Discography

Albums

  • 1983: When the full moon strikes (Coconut 205 807)
  • 1984: heads or tails (Coconut 206 551)

Singles

  • 1983: Badly strong
  • 1983: The guy next to her
  • 1984: I wish I was far across the ocean
  • 1984: click (she looks at me)
  • 1986: hand in hand

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  1. ↑ Chart discography
  2. ↑ Hit Bilanz - Deutsche Chart Singles 1981-87 . Taurus Press: Hamburg 1988.
  3. ↑ a b Kim Merz - German Mugge. Retrieved March 3, 2018 (German).
  4. ↑ Kim Merz at Last.fm

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personal data
SURNAME Merz, Kim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Merz, Joachim (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1953