Rudi Horn

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Rudi Horn (born June 21, 1938 in Kobier (Kobiór) near Kattowitz as Rudolf Horzonek ) is a former German pop singer who became known in the 1960s and 1970s with songs about the Ruhr area .

Horn was born the son of a musician. During his apprenticeship as a bricklayer, he played with his band Die Kolibris at dance events. In 1960 he won a young talent competition in Cologne and then took on four titles under the name Mac Donald with Polydor and another four with Cornet as Rudi Hornek . In the following years he worked in his learning profession and also took singing lessons. From 1965 onwards , Electrola released several singles under the name Rudi Horn , which he used as a stage name from then on . In 1972, BASF Cornet released his first LP "Vatter Brüggemanns Tauben", with texts about the Ruhr area, written by Fritz Graßhoff and set to music by Heinz Gietz . 1978 made another LP on this subject with Bellaphon . Rudi Horn later performed with boy scout singing groups.

Discography

As Mac Donald :

  • Isabelle / Little Girl - Single, 1962, Polydor 24950
  • Sunday, yes Sunday / Sing, und die Welt sings mit dir (Laugh and the World Laughs with You) - single, 1963, Polydor 52090

As Rudi Hornek :

  • Between Dortmund, Duisburg, Wuppertal / Claudia-Susann - Single, 1967, Cornet 3015
  • Stranger Shores, Stranger Stars / Suliko - Single, 1969, Cornet 3141

As Rudi Horn :

  • Once We Were Friends / A Free Man - Single, 1965, Electrola 22917
  • Anja / Let a year pass by - single, 1965, Electrola 23020
  • Poor Man's Son / He didn't say a word to her - single, 1966, Electrola 23116
  • Vatter Brüggemanns Tauben - Rudi Horn sings about buddies, coals and shorts - LP, 1972, BASF Cornet 20 21724-8
  • The stars are above Herne / Am Fluß, down by the river - Single, 1974, BASF Cornet 12031
  • Do you remember mate - LP, 1978, Bellaphon BLPS-3331
  • Der Berg / Kumpel Heinz - Single, 1979, Bellaphon BN 11404
  • Skeena River Song / The Long Road - single, 1987
  • Country and Western with Rudi Horn - Cassette, 1986, BSP-Musik 111636-8
personal data
SURNAME Horn, Rudi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horzonek, Rudolf (real name); Donald, Mac (pseudonym); Hornek, Rudi (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Kobier (Silesia)