Mike Roger

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Mike Roger (born March 22, 1930 in Heroldsberg near Nuremberg ; † April 12, 1984 ; actually Hermann Glöckler ) was a German pop and pop singer .

At the age of 10, Mike Roger was already entertaining the guests in his parents' restaurant by playing the piano. In 1953 Mike Roger founded the four-man band "Circle 4 Ranch Boys" and played country and western music mainly in American GI clubs. In the opening act or as a backing band for US country singers until the mid-1950s in southern Germany. From the mid-1950s, the style of music increasingly changed towards rock 'n' roll . In 1956 he played with Paul Würges at the Rock 'n' Roll Festival in Munich.

In 1962 the composer Heinz Schiegl alias John Sivo produced the number Let's Slop with him , with which he reached number 10 on the German charts in July 1963. The song also became a hit with Tony Sheridan . The Slop was an English fashion dance in 4/4 time.

Other successes from Mike Roger were the B-side Dance the Slop With Me and Black Cloud (Black Cloud).

Mike Roger died of complications from a liver disease.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Let's slop
  DE 10 07/01/1963 (20 weeks)
  • Veedeboom Slop
  • Another rum
  • Popcorn
  • Chicken In The Basket
  • Black cloud
  • Why Don't You Slop With Me
  • Fat Shake (She's Too Fat For Me)
  • Take A Lesson To Be Happy
  • Let's slop
  • Dance The Slop With Me
  • I am so crazy for you
  • I want to slop

Completely published under: MIKE ROGER & FRIENDS, Abanori Slop and Pop GEE-DEE CD 270111-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ehnert, Günter (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956-1980 . Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 173
  2. ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Roger, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glöckler, Hermann (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop and hit singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Heroldsberg
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1984