Phil & John

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Phil & John
General information
Genre (s) Bat
founding 1972
resolution 1979
Last occupation
Klaus Dieter Hill / Phil
singing
 Hans Lothar Odenthal / John

Phil & John were a German hit duo that was successful in the 1970s.

Life

Phil (real name: Klaus Dieter Hill , born March 8, 1948 in Bochum ) and John (real name: Hans Lothar Odenthal , born January 19, 1949 in Rheydt ) were discovered as a singing duo by Tony Hendrik in May 1972 and were produced until 1976. In the same year her first record Hello Buddy was released . The second single, a cover version of the hit Hello Mary Lou from the 1960s, did best in June 1972 with position 20 in the German charts . The hit duo brought out a total of 13 singles by 1976. Seven of these reached middle positions on the German charts.

The duo was also several times a guest in the ZDF hit parade , where they presented their hit Hello Mary Lou on August 5, 1972 . After the dissolution in 1976, Phil started a solo career under his real name, but this was unsuccessful. John worked as a music producer.

In 1979 the duo did not team up again for the singles Ramona and Schlaf in the subway , which however could no longer build on their successes from the first half of the decade.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Hello, Mary Lou
  DE 20th 08/07/1972 (11 weeks)
You or none
  DE 40 11/13/1972 (4 weeks)
Marina
  DE 32 04/02/1973 (7 weeks)
Tomorrow the sun will shine again
  DE 45 11/12/1973 (1 week)
Hello Martina
  DE 43 04/08/1974 (3 weeks)
... because for more than 1000 years
  DE 43 12/02/1974 (1 week)
Where have you been tonight, my beautiful child
  DE 43 02/10/1975 (3 weeks)

Singles

  • Hello Buddy (1971)
  • Hello Mary-Lou (1972)
  • You or None (1972)
  • Marina (1973)
  • Tomorrow the sun will shine again (1973)
  • Have you ever kissed under the umbrella?
  • Hello Martina (1974)
  • Because for more than 1000 years (1974)
  • Where were you tonight, my beautiful child (1974)
  • Don't trust a woman over 16 (1975)
  • Buona Sera (1975)
  • Mary Brown (1976)
  • I stand my man every day (1976)
  • Ramona (1979)
  • Don't Sleep on the Subway (1979)

Albums

  • Hello ... Phil and John (1973)
  • The Great Successes (1974)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hit record, German chart singles on CD-ROM, Taurus Press