Kurt Gober Band

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The Kurt Gober Band was an Austro-Pop band from the 1980s, consisting of Kurt Gober (born January 12, 1954 in Strem , Burgenland ) and Andy Fabianek.

Career

In 1984 they achieved an Austrian number one hit with Motorboot . Before that, they had their first Austrian number one hit with "Es war nix". Oe3-no1-hits Ö3 hit parade. Further successes were When I am with you , hand in hand , I trust , mean and heartbeat .

There were 16 releases in total. In addition, dubbed releases took place in the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as audio releases in Switzerland and Holland. Appearances took place both in the various main television evening programs of the ORF as well as in international television shows, such as together with Falco as a representative sent by the ORF for Austria in the TV show Die Rose von Szentendre recorded in Hungary , which was broadcast in seven European countries has been.

A highlight was the live performance with Opus at Opus & Freunde in front of 25,000 people at the Open Air in Graz in the Liebenau stadium. The two Styrians were invited by Falco to take part as choir singers in Rock Me Amadeus .

At the invitation of the initiator Rudi Dolezal , the duo took part in the joint project of Austrian musicians " Austria for Africa ". The song Why , written for the “Live Aid” project, reached first place in the Austrian Singles Hit Parade.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
It was nothing
  AT 2 06/01/1984 (12 weeks)
motorboat
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 09/15/1984 (10 weeks)
When i'm with you
  AT 19th 10/01/1985 (10 weeks)
  • 1982 Take it lightly
  • 1984 LP Strictly Confidential
  • 1984 It was nothing
  • 1984 motorboat
  • 1984 I only think of you
  • 1985 LP on the wall
  • 1985 When I'm with you
  • 1985 chewing gum
  • 1985 Pepi
  • 1986 LP Heartbeat
  • 1986 I trust me
  • 1986 hand in hand
  • 1987 heartbeat
  • 1987 Common
  • 1988 Tonight
  • 1989 Where's the rose

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ No. 1 hits Ö3 hit parade
  3. ^ "Motorboat" - Opus & KGB - Liebenau Stadium June 29, 1985; A-Graz ( Memento from May 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ); Youtube.
  4. ↑ Chart tracking