Oliver Frank
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Oliver Frank (born September 1, 1963 in Göttingen ) is a German pop singer .
Live and act
In 1985 a talent scout discovered him and he produced his first single Farewell to Fernando in the Star Studio in Hamburg . On the instruments were Dicky Tarrach (drums), Nils Tuxen (bass) and Thissy Thiers (guitar) from the former band The Rattles . Further singles (In the port of Piraeus, Palermo by night) and the first album Santa Barbara followed.
In 1991 Frank switched to Hansa Records (now: Sony BMG ), in 1992 to DA Music and in 1999 to ZYX Music . In the meantime he has been recording more classic Discofox titles like Liza Maria and Saturday Night; Ciao, Bella Italia or Far, Far from here. With the hit Italienische Sehnsucht from 1996 he appeared for the first time in October of the same year in the legendary ZDF hit parade . After other successful titles such as Until the End of the World or I'm Again Free , in 2005 he was one of the very few Discofox artists with nothing but the truth (La verità) to jump into the top 100 single charts of Media Control . In addition, Oliver Frank was named Artist of the Year 2005 by the artist magazine in the “Party hit” category. As an author, Oliver Frank is increasingly working under the pseudonym "Frank Revilo".
In addition to various texts for colleagues, he wrote, among other things, the radio hit parade title Hallo, Madeleine, various titles from his album Despicable, and as a composer and lyricist alike the titles Amore per semper - Jetzt oder nie (2008), Unser Sommer der Liebe (2009) and Scommetto su di noi (I bet on you and me) (2010). In spring 2011, Wir war'n mehr für Oliver Frank started working with the author and producer David Brandes . Under his direction, the singles Kreuzverhör (2011) and I loved you (2012) followed. With the maxi CD Alles nur Façade , available in three mixes , Oliver Frank also reported back as an author in 2013 and sent this song plus video clip into the running as a harbinger for his next studio album. This was followed in 2014 by the airplay chart successes Letters from Sarah and Sommer in San Marino and in 2015 Drama Queen and the title Die Frau für's Leben, produced together with Cora (Amsterdam) , for the start of his double album and the anniversary edition Saitenblicke.
In 2016, two more single releases followed from this album with heart found and That will never happen to me again .
After the radio and DJ successes "I can wait", "A Domani (see you tomorrow, my life!)" Or "A madness like you", the single "Was geht hier." Was released as the last harbinger for his new album in 2019 from?".
His album "Heart or nothing" will be released on September 6, 2019, in parallel with an accompanying center promotion tour.
Discography
Albums
Singles
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Maxis
- 2020 counted
- 2019 heart or nothing
- 2019 What's going on here?
- 2019 Either or ... (with Nico Gemba)
- 2018 You stay
- 2018 A domani (See you tomorrow, my life!)
- 2017 Madness just like you
- 2017 I can wait
- 2016 That'll never happen to me again
- 2016 Heart found
- 2015 The woman for life
- 2015 drama queen
- 2014 summer in San Marino
- 2014 letters from Sarah
- 2013 Everything just a facade
- 2012 I loved you
- 2011 cross-examination
- 2011 We were more
- 2010 Because I am her husband
- 2010 Scommetto su di noi (I bet on you and me)
- 2010 All alone again
- 2009 Our summer of love
- 2009 Like an Angel [album promo only]
- 2008 Amore per semper - now or never
- 2007 Hello Madeleine [album promotion only]
- 2007 sun, sand and cappuccino
- 2007 a thousand fires burn
- 2006 weekend in LA
- 2006 Just one game (Solamente un gioco)
- 2005 Nothing but the Truth (La verità)
- 2004 Just this one time
- 2004 Italian longing, THE FAN EDITION!
- 2003 land in sight
- 2003 missing 1,000 times
- 2002 Nothing like gone
- 2002 Prosecco
- 2001 Weightless
- 2001 7 weeks (Italian longing, Part 2)
- 2001 plum polka - together with Marco Kloss
- 2000 The party single!
- 2000 Everything is true
- 1999 You can never do that
- 1999 Hey Rosanna
- 1999 Italian longing (Mallorca-Party-Mix '98)
- 1998 I'm free again
- 1997 Elisa, Elisa
- 1997 The fever remains
- 1996 Italian longing
- 1997 To the end of the world
- 1996 I won't let you go again
- 1996 There's still room in my heart
- 1995 Saturday night
- 1995 Far, far from here
- 1994 Did you say Je t'aime today?
- 1993 SOS on the beach in Greece
- 1994 Ciao, bella italia
- 1993 Liza Maria
- 1993 to Paris for breakfast
- 1992 It's summer in the city again
- 1991 Katharina
- 1990 rendezvous in paradise
- 1989 Santa Barbara
- 1988 1000 and 1 night
- 1987 Palermo by night
- 1986 In the port of Piraeus
- 1985 Farewell to Fernando
Awards
- 1994 - the most popular pop singer, chosen by WAZ readers
- 2005 - Awarded “Artist of the Year” in the party hit category by the German Artist Magazine
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE
- ^ Folk music: Oliver Frank
- ↑ MDR Schlager Charts May 2007 ( Memento from June 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Frank, Oliver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Revilo, Frank (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goettingen |