Peter Kirsten

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Peter Kirsten (born August 29, 1935 in Schwäbisch Hall , † December 5, 2004 in Dietramszell near Munich ) was a German musician , producer and music publisher.

Life

Kirsten became a jazz singer in 1955 and worked with the Max Greger and Hugo Strasser orchestras . He produced radio broadcasts with the big bands of Erwin Lehn and Werner Baumgart. In 1960 Kirsten became a soloist and bassist with the Horst Jankowski Choir. In 1964 he entered the German preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Regenbogen, Regenbogen .

In 1966/67 Peter Kirsten founded the Munich-based Global Musikverlag, which has well-known German and foreign artists under contract. The first artist Kirsten signed at the time was the composer Horst Jankowski . In 1970 Kirsten founded Global Records, the first success of which was in 1972 with singer Joy Fleming and her band Joy Unlimited. Kirsten had other contracts with the duo Hoffmann & Hoffmann ("Raspberry Ice Cream for Breakfast") and with the Englishman Mick Jackson, whose chart hit "Blame It On The Boogie", published by Global, in the version of the "Jackson Five" for Became a world hit. In 1979 Kirsten expanded his company and Arco Studios. Since 1980 he had Gitte Hænning under contract. She celebrated her comeback with Kirsten with the song "Just don't be happy too early". The collaboration with Konstantin Wecker began in 1988. Kirsten founded the Global-Musicon label especially for this purpose.

Global Musikverlag is still one of the leading music publishers in Germany today. The world's most important music publishing catalogs are represented by him in Germany. Among others Elvis Presley , Jonathan Brooke , Bob James , Philip Glass , Kylie Minogue , George Harrison , Neil Young , Herbie Hancock , Lee Ritenour , John Denver , a selection of Leiber and Stoller compositions and the major US catalogs DreamWorks and Cherry Lane . In 1999 Kirsten sold his global music publishing company to Chrysalis. Kirsten died on December 5, 2004 at the age of 69 after a brief, serious illness.

Records

  • Peter Kirsten: Rainbow, Rainbow / That was the most beautiful dance with you , 1964 Vogue

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ allbusiness.com ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2011 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. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.allbusiness.com
  2. ↑ eurovision.de: Participant No. 6 accessed on January 9, 2012
  3. ↑ globeart.de (English)
  4. ↑ books.google.de: Midem News February 6, 1999, p.76 (English), accessed January 9, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Kirsten, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, producer and music publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Hall
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 2004
Place of death Dietramszell near Munich