Richard Ryan Graves

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Richard Ryan Graves (born March 20, 1954 in Greenwich , London , † May 12, 2009 in Hamburg ), known by his stage names Frank Ryan and Frank Ryan Graves , was a British singer, keyboardist , composer and producer .

Life

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At the age of 18 Richard Ryan Graves was brought by Elton John to his label Rocket Records . From 1973 to 1979 he worked as a singer, keyboard player, arranger and songwriter for Elton John's label. He met Gus Dudgeon , the producer of Elton John and singers like David Bowie and Chris Rea, and became his assistant. As a keyboard player, he accompanied the tours and was also on tour with Voyager . He worked with Kevin Ayers , Kiki Dee and Audience .

In the early 1980s, he moved to Hamburg and lived with his family in Klein Borstel . Here he produced in the studio with Udo Lindenberg , worked with Matthias Reim and worked as a singing teacher and voice coach. He later taught singing at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater for six years .

Works

Chart positions
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Singles
You You (as Frank Ryan)
  DE 69 December 05, 1988 (4 weeks)

In 1988 he released his first solo album, You You , under the stage name Frank Ryan . He then presented himself as a singer of his own compositions and cover versions such as Roy Orbison's Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) .

Film music and theme songs

Since 1991 he has written numerous theme songs for German television programs. He built the SAT.1 information scheme with key melodies for programs such as SAT.1 news, files - reporters reveal , 24 hours , SAT.1 breakfast television and wake up . He also composed the theme music for SAM on Pro 7 and The Dome on RTL 2 . He was awarded the Prix ​​de Bâle for the episode Marco Polo of the documentary series Sphinx - Secrets of History ( ZDF / ARTE ) . In 1997 he wrote the opening credits and credits for 12 episodes for the GEO television series. The documentaries ran on Premiere , ZDF and Documentary Channel . In 2000 he composed the film music for Death in the Snow - The Avalanche of the Century from Galtür .

He also became known for the signature and the sound design of the series Das Quiz with Jörg Pilawa and other ARD quiz programs with Jörg Pilawa .

Children's books

In 2006 his children's book The Story of the Liederwald was published . The songs on the enclosed CD are interpreted by Annett Louisan and other singers. In 2009 the picture book Urmel hatches out of the egg came out. Richard Ryan Graves translated Max Kruse's texts into English and spoke them for the accompanying DVD.

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Graves, Richard Ryan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ryan, Frank (stage name); Graves, Frank Ryan (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer, composer and keyboardist
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenwich , London , UK
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 2009
Place of death Hamburg , Federal Republic of Germany