Udo Jürgens
Udo Jürgens | |
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.jpg) Udo Jürgens in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Udo Jürgen Bockelmann |
| Born | 30 September 1934 Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Died | 21 December 2014 (aged 80) Münsterlingen, Switzerland |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1950–2014 |
| Website | Official website (in German) |
Udo Jürgens (born Udo Jürgen Bockelmann, 30 September 1934 – 21 December 2014) was an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spans over fifty years. He wrote more than 800 songs and sold over 100 million records.[1] In 2007 he additionally obtained Swiss citizenship.[2] He was known for his song "Reach for the Stars". and titular song called Vielen Dank für die Blumen the German language dub animated short series ''Tom and Jerry''.
Jürgens died on 21 December 2014 in Münsterlingen, Switzerland from acute heart failure at the age of 80.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Jan Meyer-Veden (29 July 2004). "Philosophische Hilfestellungen (159. Folge). Diesmal für: Udo Jürgens, Selbstdarsteller". Lebensart (in German). Zeit Online. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ↑ Udo Jürgens ist jetzt Schweizer Archived 2019-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, article published on 28 February 2007 at blick.ch (in German)
- ↑ Udo Jürgens an Herzversagen verstorben (in German)
Other websites
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Media related to Udo Jürgens at Wikimedia Commons
- Excerpts from a thesis on Jürgens (2002) Archived 2003-03-11 at the Wayback Machine by Christian Mädler (in German)
- Official website (in German)
- Udo Jürgens discography at Discogs
- Udo Jürgens on IMDb
- (in German) Udo Jürgens - Ich war noch niemals in New York Musical Archived 2014-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
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