Six Was Nine

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Tour pass 1996

Six Was Nine was a German rock - pop and soul duo that became known in 1994 with the hit single "Drop Dead Beautiful". The singer Achim Degen and the guitarist Markus Tiedemann founded the formation in Frankenthal in Rhineland-Palatinate.

successes

Both had already played in different bands and gained musical experience. In 1992 they released "A Few Bold Strokes Of The Brush", their first CD album on the music label Virgin Records .

On the 1994 album "Let It Come Your Way", they had two titles in the music charts with "Drop Dead Beautiful", written by Mick Leeson and Peter Vale, and "Surprise, Surprise" written by Bobby Womack and Jim Ford .

The former was at number 36 in the Swedish charts for two weeks. The video for it was available on the music channels VIVA and MTV . The title can also be found on "Samplers" at "Bravo Hits 7 - EMI", "Hot And Fresh" - Ariola "," Hot Hits "- Time Live" and "Rock Super Stars Vol. 2 - Virgin". The experience of producer Mike Vernon played a major role in this album .

With their next album "Walk With The Spirits" in 1996, Six Was Nine again had two singles in the charts. With "Mission Of Love" written by Andy Goldmark, JD Martin and Jamie Houston, "Searching For A Soul" written by Peter Vale, Michael Leeson, E. Chacon, and C. Pettigrew, Degen and Tiedemann continued to enjoy success.

They played "live" with Tommy Baldu (drums), Harald Schneck (keyboard), Wolfgang Harling (bass) and Sandie Wollasch (vocals) as the "opening act" of the Tina Turner Wildest Dreams World Tour 96 in Belgium and the Netherlands.

The formation could also be seen in various live performances in Germany.

On their last album "Zen & Now", which was released by BMG in 1998 , Achim Degen, Markus Tiedemann and Michael Ries wrote the music for the part "Now". This time the producer for seven titles was Armand Volker . With "Turning Wheel" they had another chart success, which however could not prevent the breakup of the duo.

In the meantime they play together again with the band "Cole".

Discography

Album charts

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE
1994 Let it come your way DE82 (4 weeks)
DE
Chart entry on August 15, 1994
1996 Walk With The Spirits DE91 (3 weeks)
DE
Chart entry on May 13, 1996

Single charts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes, label) 		Remarks Label
DE DE
1994 Drop Dead Beautiful
Let It Come Your Way 		DE51 (23 weeks)
DE
Chart entry on May 23, 1994
 Virgin
1994 Surprise, Surprise
Let It Come Your Way 		DE57 (13 weeks)
DE
Chart entry on November 28, 1994
 Virgin
1996 Mission Of Love
Walk With The Spirits 		DE68 (10 weeks)
DE
Chart entry on March 4, 1996
 Virgin
1996 Searching For A Soul
Walk With The Spirits 		DE69 (10 weeks)
DE
Chart entry on June 24, 1996
 Virgin
1998 Turning Wheel
Zen & Now 		DE83 (9 weeks)
DE
Chart entry on May 11, 1998
 BMC

Other titles

  • Born for trouble
  • No More The Fool
  • Nightingale
  • You Do Me No Good
  • Real life
  • No Doubt About It
  • We are free
  • Warm and tender love
  • Won't You Be My Lover
  • When you're in trouble
  • All This Loving
  • Leaving On The Last Train
  • Will It Go Round In Circles
  • Don't Let Your Heart Turn To Stone
  • Love Don't Love Nobody
  • Let it come your way
  • She Belongs With Me
  • Sweet Child
  • Rubberband Man
  • This Time Tomorrow
  • Broken China
  • Don't say you love me
  • Donna Lee
  • Born on the bayou
  • Test Of Time
  • World Outside My Door
  • (Whatever Happened To) Peace, Love & Happiness
  • The Right Way To Walk?
  • Work to Do
  • A Place In The Sun
  • If That's The Way That This Love Goes
  • Karma boomerang
  • Healing
  • Wonder
  • pilot
  • Like A Rolling Stone
  • Speed ​​Of Light

Honors

In 1995 Six Was Nine was awarded the Echo in the category “National Newcomer of the Year”.

swell

  1. ↑ http://www.wolfgangharling.de/info.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wolfgangharling.de  
  2. ↑ http://www.laut.de/Cole
  3. ↑ Chart sources: interpreter in the German charts. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on December 18, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.offiziellecharts.de  
  4. ↑ Chart sources: interpreter in the German charts. Retrieved December 18, 2016 .

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