Peter Orloff
Peter Orloff (born March 12, 1944 in Lemgo , actually Pjotr Nikolajewitsch von Orlow ) is a German pop singer , composer , songwriter , music producer and actor .
Life
Peter Orloff comes from a Russian family. His mother Galina Hildegard was German, his father Nikolai von Orlow came from a Russian aristocratic family and was a Protestant clergyman who co-founded the Black Sea Cossack Choir in the 1930s and directed it for decades. At the age of 14, Peter Orloff sang as the youngest member in this choir, at 17 as a solo singer, and went on concert tours with the choir through Europe. He received professional singing lessons and initially had the professional goal of becoming an opera singer. After school (Abitur at Christian-Dietrich-Grabbe-Gymnasium Detmold) he studied law in Cologne at the request of his father . In the 1960s he founded the music band The Cossaks , then he was discovered by the lyricist Heinz Korn , for whom he worked as a studio singer, and in 1967 he released the cover version of The Most Beautiful Girl in the World , one of the GDR singer's greatest hits Günter Geißler (text and music), his first record.
With his second song "It's never too late" he hit the official charts in 1967. His most successful self-sung title to date, A Girl Forever , reached number 16 in the German charts in 1971 and received a gold record . In Belgium , A Girl was the number one hit in the singles charts forever . Other record successes as a singer were Everyone likes you - someone loves you , Whenever I see Josy ' (cover version: Kara, Kara ) and Cora, come home' (cover version: Tom Tom Turn Around ) or a great girl is Monika .
With his hits he appeared in the ZDF hit parade a total of 28 times. He was temporarily excluded from this broadcast in the early 1970s after attempts to manipulate the voting cards for his title Baby Dadamda were uncovered. In the process, “11,307 postcards were filled in with the same handwriting and sent in bundles to the same post office.” Orloff himself vehemently protested his innocence in this regard. Exactly one year later he returned to the ZDF hit parade and took second place ( ZDF hit parade / list of episodes ) with “A Girl Forever” . He was the winner of the ZDF hit parade three times.
In 1974 he worked alongside Bernd Clüver under the direction of Siggi Götz in the hit feature film Two in Seventh Heaven , for which he also composed the film music. Orloff had his breakthrough as a composer when he wrote the music for Peter Maffay in 1969 for the title Du , which became one of Maffay's greatest single successes. The two number one hits The Boy with the Harmonica and The Little Prince by Bernd Clüver , in which Orloff was responsible for the text and music, are synonymous. Orloff also wrote titles for artists such as Freddy Quinn , Rex Gildo , Renate Kern , Bata Illic , Heino , Bernhard Brink , Marion Maerz , Séverine , Elfi Graf , Nina & Mike , Lolita , Mel Jersey , Roy Black and Julio Iglesias . Outside of the hit genre, he worked a. a. also with the German rock band Franz K. and with Birth Control , with whom he recorded his hit “Das brennt as hot as fire”.
After the single success “ Ich liebe Dich” penned by Drafi Deutscher and with the start of Neue Deutsche Welle in the early 1980s, things got quieter around Orloff. But even at that time he was still successful , especially in Austria . For Radio Luxemburg he composed the theme tune for the program “RTL-12 Uhr Mittags” in 1975, which he recorded with his Peter Orloff Sound Orchestra . With "Queen of the Night" he landed the first big Mallorca hit in the 1980s.
In the 1990s, Orloff also devoted himself to folk music , but also remained active in the hit genre. He alternated with Guildo Horn in Cologne's Luxor. He won the ARD Deutsche Schlagerparade produced by Dieter Thomas Heck with “A Girl Forever” . Since 1993 he has been the musical director of the Black Sea Cossack Choir and performs with it in churches and concert halls.
In January 2019 he was at number 7 on the German i-Tunes charts with a new recording of "A Girl Forever". In May, his album “Teure Heimat” (Peter Orloff & the Black Sea Cossack Choir) took second place in the official German charts of the GfK Top 10 Folk Music. In the annual evaluation, the album reached the top 20 there. On December 6, 2019, Peter Orloff made it into the official GfK Top 100 album charts for the first time.
In January 2020 he was honored with two Smago Awards as "The Titan" and as the "Jungle King of Hearts".
Peter Orloff has been married since 1992 and lives in Overath near Cologne .
Participation in reality shows on TV
In January 2019, he was a candidate for the 13th season of the reality TV show I'm a Star - Get Me Out of Here! , took 3rd place and received the “Jungle King of Hearts” award. In November he took part in the “Ninja Warrior” celebrity special as the oldest participant of all time worldwide.
social commitment
With 40,000 euros of his fee, Orloff supported the Reiner Meutsch Foundation “Fly & Help” in building a school in Argentina and is also on the foundation's board of trustees and its ambassador.
Filmography
- 1971: The great aunts strike
- 1974: Two in seventh heaven , directed by Siggi Götz
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1969 | Schlager autograph Cornet |
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First published: 1969
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| 1971 | A girl forever Decca Records |
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First published: 1971
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| 1972 | It burns as hot as fire Decca Records |
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First published: 1972
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| 1973 | Eliza Decca Records |
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First published: 1973
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| 1976 | Disco hit guitar HörZu |
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First release: 1976
as the Peter Orloff Sound Orchestra |
| I already order the HörZu four-poster bed |
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First published: 1976
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| Disco hit instrumental Aladin |
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First release: 1976
as the Peter Orloff Sound Orchestra |
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| 1977 | The night when Christina ran away from Aladin |
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First published: 1977
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| 1978 | Whenever I see Josy, Aladin |
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First published: 1978
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| 1979 | Sound Orchestra '79 Aladin |
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First release: 1979
as the Peter Orloff Sound Orchestra |
| 1982 | The barbarian Aladin |
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First published: 1982
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| The Fifties Live On Aladin |
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First release: 1982
as the Peter Orloff Sound Orchestra |
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| 1992 | Tonight, possibly MCP |
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First publication: 1992
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| 1996 | Damoj MCP |
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First publication: 1996
with the Schwarzmeer Kosaken-Chor |
| 2005 | Greetings from Russia MCP |
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First published: September 19, 2005
with the Black Sea Cossack Choir |
| 2011 | The dream of the tsar MCP |
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First published: November 18, 2011
with the Black Sea Cossack Choir |
| 2016 | From Kiev to St. Petersburg MCP |
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First published: January 2nd, 2016
with the Black Sea Cossack Choir |
| 2019 | Expensive home - The Gold Edition Telamo |
DE83 (3 weeks) DE |
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First published: May 3rd, 2019
with the Black Sea Cossack Choir |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Web links
- Peter Orloff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peter Orloff at Discogs (English)
- Peter Orloff Official Homepage
- Peter Orloff & Black Sea Cossack Choir
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Stephan Imming: The Peter Orloff Story. In: Schlagerprofis.de. January 26, 2019, accessed on July 6, 2020 (German).
- ^ A b Peter Orloff & Black Sea Cossack Choir. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
- ↑ a b More voices in Bad Berleburg. In: Siegener Zeitung. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c News.de editors: Peter Orloff private: His wife reveals these secrets about the pop star . Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Dieter Thomas Heck: The sound makes the music . ISBN 3-8004-1183-0 Hardcover paperback, 1988, Universitas Verlag, page 102.
- ^ ZDF hit parade. In: fernsehlexikon.de. Retrieved December 19, 2013 .
- ↑ The Biggest TV Oddities. tz , December 16, 2008, accessed December 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Listings of the most successful participants in the ZDF hit parade. In: hitparade.ch. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
- ↑ http://www.radiojournal.de/luxi/rtlradio-chronik/1975/1975.htm
- ^ Black Sea Cossack Choir. In: Official website. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
- ↑ 2nd place, May GfK official German sales charts GfK - 2nd place, top 10 folk music. In: smago.de. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Place 18 annual charts folk music, official GfK charts. In: smago.de. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
- ↑ PETER ORLOFF “The Titan” will be 76 years old today (March 12th, 2020) ... - SMAGO.DE. Retrieved on July 6, 2020 (German).
- ↑ PETER ORLOFF Peter Orloff is the "jungle king of hearts"! - SMAGO.DE. Retrieved on July 6, 2020 (German).
- ↑ The Jungle King of Hearts Award. In: bild.de. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Crocodile Whisperer. In: rtl.de. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
- ↑ "Ninja Warrior": Crazy appearance by Dino, underneath is a well-known twinkle. November 22, 2019, accessed on July 6, 2020 (German).
- ↑ https://www.stern.de/kultur/tv/dschungelcamp/dschungelcamp-2019--sechsstellige-gage---das-hat-peter-orloff-damit-vor-8404074.html
- ↑ https://www.rtl.de/videos/peter-orloff-er-spendet-40-000e-5cb6ddbfa2ea500d0f2ca594.html
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Orloff, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pop singer, composer, lyricist, producer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lemgo |