Torben Klein

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Torben Klein (born April 9, 1976 in Aachen ) is a German singer, bassist and composer. He made a name for himself as a singer and composer for the Cologne bands Boore and Räuber . Since 2019 he has mainly been active solo.

Life

Torben Klein began to be musically active in his youth. Among other things, he was the singer of a cover band at the age of 14 . When he was 19, he joined the German-speaking boy group Verliebte Jungs, who won the ZDF hit parade with Will you get my children . After that he was active as a soloist. He also worked with various artists such as Ireen Sheer , Wolfgang Petry , Uwe Hübner and DJ Ötzi .

In 2008 he joined the traditional Cologne carnival band Boore as a bass player, for which he was active as a singer until 2012. Then he switched to the robbers, where he was active both as a bass player and as a singer. For the band he wrote, among other things, their hit Für die Iwigkeit . After he initially resigned from the band in September 2018 for the time after the 2019 carnival season, he was removed from the band on December 3, 2018, which had found a new singer in Sven West.

In 2019 he began to perform with a band under his name. His first single after breaking up with De Räuber was Fründe for et Levve . His live band consists of Christoph Siemons (guitar), Christian Besch (keyboards), Rainer Kind (drums) and Amaretto (bass). On 11 October 2019 his second solo album was released alone , the court reached 65 in the German charts.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Alone
  DE 65 October 18, 2019 (1 week)

solo

Albums

  • 2003: Glückstrip (Toi Toi Toi Records)
  • 2019: Alone (Spektacolonia)

Singles

  • 2000: being single sucks
  • 2001: I can't go
  • 2001: all I want is you
  • 2002: I'm done with you
  • 2002: love is a must
  • 2002: love first class
  • 2002: Do what I want with you
  • 2007: I give you my love
  • 2007: A star (that stands over Aachen)
  • 2007: Where I've never been
  • 2007: only you laugh like this
  • 2019: Fründe for et levve

With De Räuber

  • 2012: Kölle alaaf You
  • 2016: Dat es Heimat
  • 2017: World hits op Kölsch - live

With boys in love

  • 1997: I'm solo (single)
  • 1997: Boys in Love (single)
  • 1997: Do you want to have my children? (Single)
  • 1998: I'm Here (single)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Esser: Back in the limelight: Ex-robber Torben Klein makes his solo debut. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  2. ^ Jeck op Kölsch. In: jeckopkoelsch.de. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Torben Klein is the new man on the robber bass. In: ROBBERS. July 30, 2012, accessed October 18, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Robert Esser: Back in the limelight: Ex-robber Torben Klein makes his solo debut. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  5. ↑ He found out about it by email! Popular band from Cologne exchanges front man. In: tz.de. December 15, 2018, accessed October 18, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Daniela Decker: Ex- "Räuber" makes solo debut: Torben Klein wants to become Andreas Gabalier from Cologne. April 14, 2019, accessed on October 18, 2019 (German).
  7. ↑ Torben Klein & Band. In: Official website. Retrieved October 18, 2019 (German).
  8. ↑ Chart sources: Germany
personal data
SURNAME Small, Torben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer, bassist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen