Rainer Pietsch (musician)

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Rainer Pietsch (born April 12, 1944 in Walburg , † August 21, 1997 in Munich ) was a German music producer, singer (known under the name Ray P. ), songwriter and conductor .

Life

In 1953 he joined the Thomanerchor Leipzig and in 1958 fled the GDR. In his youth he was active in the Cologne beat music scene and in 1962 he was a founding member of the rock band Ray & Typhoons , a forerunner of the Bläck Fööss , in which he played with various members of the later band. After graduating from high school in 1965, he recorded his first single a year later. From 1969 he worked as a producer at Harvest Records , worked as an arranger and from 1971 became self-employed. In 1976 Pietsch founded RAM Musikverlag and in 1979 AutoBahn Musikverlag Pietsch u. Co.

He achieved the first gold record as a music producer in 1975 together with Michael Holm and the title Tears Don't Lie . His first participation in the Grand Prix was in 1975 with Joy Fleming's A song can be a bridge , for which he had composed the music and also conducted the orchestra on the evening of the event. This received particular media attention because at the beginning of the piece he repeatedly stomped rhythmically on the floor. During his career he received other gold records as a composer. In 1984 he took part in the Tokyo Song Festival with the title Don't break the silence and reached 2nd place.

He conducted the German contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest three times :

He wrote music for Ingrid Peters , Jürgen Drews , Mary Roos , Michael Holm , Nicole , Rex Gildo and Wind, among others .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ray Peach discography on Discogs In: discogs.com , accessed February 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Rainer Pietsch - hitparade.ch In: hitparade.ch , accessed on February 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Rainer Pietsch In: discogs.com , accessed on February 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b c Wilfried W. Bruchhäuser (Ed.): Composers of the present in the German composers' interest group: a manual . German Composers' Association, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-555-61410-X , p. 970 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ↑ LONG HAIR | Singing End "Listen To The Music" January 2006 LHC 41 In: longhairmusic.de , accessed on February 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ German songs - image 5: Tears don't lie (golden record) In: Spiegel Online - one day , accessed on February 20, 2018.
  7. ^ Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: POPMUSIK: Everything too late? In: Der Spiegel . No. 17 , 1975, p. 146 ( online ).
  8. ↑ Congratulations to the song bridge builder! | Feddersen's comment in: eurovision.de , accessed on February 20, 2018.
  9. ↑ For Everyone - Diggiloo Thrush In: diggiloo.net , accessed February 20, 2018.
  10. ↑ Free to Live - Diggiloo Thrush In: diggiloo.net , accessed February 20, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Pietsch, Rainer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES P., Ray (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music producer, singer, songwriter and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Walburg
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1997
Place of death Munich