Tony Holiday

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Dance samba with me
  DE 4th 10/31/1977 (22 weeks)
  AT 19th January 15, 1978 (12 weeks)
Never be alone again
  DE 15th 03/03/1980 (25 weeks)
Rio (de Janeiro)
  DE 62 11/16/1981 (2 weeks)

Tony Holiday (born February 24, 1951 in Hamburg as Rolf Peter Knigge ; † February 14, 1990 in Lausanne ) was a German pop singer and lyricist.

Life

Knigge initially worked as a textile merchant and fashion designer. In 1974 he got a record deal with Hans Bertram , which gave him his stage name. The first singles were not very successful. The breakthrough came in 1977 with the German recording of the Raffaella Carrà title A far l'amore comincia tu, which was featured in the charts for weeks under the title Tanze Samba mit mir, produced by Jürgen Kramer . He also appeared several times on the ZDF hit parade . The following titles were only moderately successful. In 1979 he took part in the German preliminary decision for the Grand Prix Eurovision with the title Too much Tequila, too much beautiful girls and took ninth place. In 1980 he had a second success with Never Be Alone Again , the German recording of Sun of Jamaica . Holiday continued to appear on numerous television music shows and released a few singles throughout the 1980s.

Holiday was secretly living out his homosexuality . He died in 1990 of complications from AIDS .

Discography

Albums

  • 1977: Dance samba with me
  • 1979: Samba olé, rumba ok
  • 1980: Never be alone again

Singles

  • 1974: Won (as Peter Knigge)
  • 1975: You haven't kissed me today
  • 1976: Monte Carlo
  • 1977: Rosy, Rosy
  • 1977: Dance samba with me
  • 1978: Disco Lady
  • 1978: Long live Copacabana
  • 1978: You can get your appetite ... but people eat at home
  • 1979: Too much tequila, too many beautiful girls
  • 1979: Samba olé, rumba ok
  • 1980: Never be alone again
  • 1980: On the way to great happiness
  • 1981: Requiem for Sally
  • 1981: Rio (de Janeiro)
  • 1982: May I be the first (Una notte speciale)
  • 1983: The same stars shine for you too
  • 1983: It's so easy to say
  • 1983: The Marrakech Caravan
  • 1984: Ready for vacation
  • 1985: Love is ... (duet with Siw Inger)
  • 1986: C'est la vie (as the Foreign Currency group)
  • 1987: Ma Ma Chérie
  • 1988: Ta-Ta dance music

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de
  2. ↑ Hermann J. Huber : Life, Vice, Passion: Another 60 dazzling cult stars of the gays . Foerster, 1991, ISBN 3-922257-70-4 .
  3. ↑ I was a star - then it was from Spiegel Online, February 15, 2013.

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personal data
SURNAME Holiday, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knigge, Rolf Peter (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer and lyricist
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1990
Place of death Hamburg