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Falco
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Austrian musician (1957–1998)
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- Works
- 29
Top works
- Crogiuolo Di Declino
- Smeltkroes Van Decline
- Crucible of Decline in Hebrew
- Crisol de Decline
- Crucible of Decline in Serbian
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Johann "Hans" Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco (from Falko Weißpflog), was an Austrian singer and musician. He had several international hits, including "Der Kommissar" (1981), "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)", and posthumously "Out of the Dark". "Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1986, making <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Falco">Read m
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Key facts
- Born
- Johann Hölzel , ( 1957-02-19 ) 19 February 1957, Vienna , Austria
- Died
- 6 February 1998 (1998-02-06) (aged 40), between Villa Montellano and Puerto Plata , Dominican Republic
- Cause of death
- Car crash
- Genres
- New wave Neue Deutsche Welle rock pop hip-hop
- Occupations
- Musician singer composer
- Instruments
- Vocals bass guitar guitar
- Years active
- 1975–1998
- Labels
- Sony EMI Warner A&M
- Website
- www .officialfalco .com
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Official website
Official Falco
Die offizielle Website des Wiener Sängers, Songwriters und Rappers Johann Hölzel, besser bekannt unter dem Namen Falco.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.falco.at
- Image
- Falco 1986.jpg
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- Commons category
- Falco (musician)
- date of birth
- 1957-02-19
- date of death
- 1998-02-06
- name in native language
- Hans Hölzel
- birth name
- Johann Hölzel
- Commons gallery
- Falco (musician)
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- social media followers
- 91100
- pseudonym
- Falco
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Article
Johann "Hans" Hölzel ( German: [ˈjoːhan hans ˈhœltsl̩]; 19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco (from Falko Weißpflog), was an Austrian musician. He had several international hits, including "Der Kommissar" (1981), "Rock Me Amadeus", which reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)", and posthumously released "Out of the Dark".
"Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1986, making Falco the only artist in history to score a number-one hit with a German-language song in the United States.