Published video “Rock Me Amadeus Limited 12“ Picture Disc Edition (Vinyl)”.
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Falco
Johann "Hans" Hölzel, better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian musician. He had several international hits, including "Der Kommissar" (1981), "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home ", and posthumously released "Out of the Dark".
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entertainment · Austrian musician (1957–1998) · composer · military personnel · pianist · singer · rapper · soldier · pop musician · actor · also Falco, Falco (musician), Johann Hölzel, Hans Hölzel, White Duke, T»MA
Born 19 February 1957 · Died 6 February 1998 · Q44398
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 13 entries
Published video “Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Elf 99 - spezial, 25.08.1990)”.
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Published video “Falco - Der Kommissar (Elf 99 - spezial, 25.08.1990)”.
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Published video “Falco - Nur mit dir (Auf los geht's los, 20.10.1984)”.
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Published video “Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Ein Kessel Buntes, 9.6.1990)”.
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Published video “Hello, Oho, Vienna Calling ☎️📞#falco #music #retro”.
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Published video “Falco - Maschine brennt (Auf los geht's los, 3.7.1982)”.
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Published video “Falco - Der Kommissar (Auf los geht's los, 3.7.1982)”.
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Published video “Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Top Of The Pops, 3.4.1986)”.
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Published video “Falco - Jeanny (Elf 99 - spezial, 25.08.1990)”.
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Released album “KULTHITS: Falco - 20 Pop Hits”.
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Published video “Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Official 4k Music Video)”.
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People: Why Edie Falco Didn't 'Socialize' with James Gandolfini Outside The Sopranos Set
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Released ep “Ultimate Hits - A New Experience”.
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2024· 3 entries
IndieWire: Edie Falco Says She Could ‘Play a Badass’ in the MCU and Provides an Update on That ‘Nurse Jackie’ Sequel Series
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Yahoo Finance: The Falco Horne 5 Project in Front of the BAPE
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Published video “Falco - Junge Roemer (Lyric Videos)”.
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2023· 1 entry
"Rock Me Amadeus - Das Falco Musical" was performed at the Ronacher
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2022· 4 entries
Yahoo Finance: Falco Announces the Launch of a New Website Including a Virtual Information and Consultation Portal for the Horne 5 Project
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Released album “Falco – The Box”.
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Released album “The Sound of Musik – The Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Falco 65”.
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2021· 2 entries
Page Six: Edie Falco admits alcohol was the ‘cause of all my problems’
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Yahoo: 'He was a doer:' Tony Falco to be remembered at memorial this weekend at The Falcon
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2019· 2 entries
Released ep “Maschine Brennt”.
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Released ep “Junge Roemer EP”.
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2018· 2 entries
Released album “Sterben um zu leben”.
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Released album “Coming Home - The Tribute Donauinselfest 2017”.
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2017· 9 entries
Released ep “JNG RMR 6”.
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Released ep “JNG RMR 5”.
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Vanity Fair: Edie Falco Reveals How Sarah Paulson Inspired Her Own True-Crime Debut
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Released ep “JNG RMR 4”.
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Released ep “JNG RMR 3”.
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Released ep “JNG RMR 2”.
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Released ep “JNG RMR 1”.
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Released album “Falco 60”.
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A petition was launched to rename Vienna International Airport after Falco
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2016· 1 entry
Released album “Exquisite”.
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “Original Album Classics”.
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Released album “Austropop‐Legenden”.
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2014· 1 entry
She did not reconcile with Falco's mother, Maria Hölzel, until a few years before Hölzel's death at the age of 87 in April 2014.
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2012· 2 entries
Released album “So80s (SoEighties) Presents Falco”.
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Released album “Krone-Edition Austropop - The Best of Falco”.
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2011· 2 entries
Released album “All Time Best”.
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Released album “Nachtflug / Out of the Dark (Into the Light)”.
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2010· 1 entry
Released ep “Kissing In The Kremlin”.
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2009· 3 entries
Released album “The Spirit Never Dies”.
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Released ep “Vienna Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “I Am From Austria”.
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2008· 4 entries
Released album “The Ultimate Collection”.
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Released album “Symphonic”.
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Released album “The Essential Falco”.
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Called Falco war mein Vater (Falco Was My Father)
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2007· 3 entries
Released album “Hoch wie nie”.
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Released ep “Falcos 1.”.
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Released album “Der Kommissar - Best of”.
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2004· 3 entries
Released album “Austropop Kult”.
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Released album “Austropop Collection - Falco”.
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Released album “Donauinsel Live”.
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “Austrian Signature Series”.
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2001· 1 entry
Released album “Helden von heute”.
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2000· 4 entries
Released album “Zuviel Hitze”.
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Released album “Everything”.
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Released album “Falco Rides Again”.
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Released album “Portrait”.
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1999· 6 entries
Released album “Live Forever”.
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Released album “Verdammt wir leben noch”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Awarded Echo Pop Honorary Award (1999).
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Released album “The Final Curtain: The Ultimate Best of Falco”.
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Released album “200% Ultra Hits”.
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1998· 7 entries
Released album “Out of the Dark (Into the Light)”.
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Died 1998-02-06.
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Released album “Bernie's Pop Collection”.
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Rob and Ferdi Bolland (Dutch producers and co-writers on about half of Falco's albums) released the EP Tribute to Falco under the name The Bolland Project feat
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Released album “Falco Gold”.
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Released album “The Hit-Singles”.
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Released album “The Very Best - Tribute '98”.
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1997· 2 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits, Volume II”.
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Released album “Die größten Hits der 80er und 90er aus Österreich: Falco”.
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “Meine schönsten Erfolge”.
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1995· 2 entries
Released album “Meisterstücke”.
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Released album “Golden Hits”.
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1994· 2 entries
Released album “Der Kommissar”.
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Released album “Amadeus”.
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Nachtflug”.
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1991· 3 entries
Released album “The Remix Hit Collection”.
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Released album “The Collection”.
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Released album “Rock Me Amadeus”.
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1990· 1 entry
Released album “Data de Groove”.
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1988· 2 entries
Released album “Wiener Blut”.
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But it was a "love–hate" relationship, as Katharina describes it, and the marriage was short-lived
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1987· 4 entries
Sang a duet with Brigitte Nielsen, "Body Next to Body"; the single was a Top 10 hit in German-speaking countries
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Released ep “Falco”.
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And lived there in the summers with his mother
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Falco went on the Emotional world tour ending in Japan
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1986· 3 entries
Released album “Emotional”.
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Making Falco the only artist in history to score a number-one hit with a German-language song in the United States
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The album Emotional was released, produced by Rob and Ferdi Bolland (Bolland & Bolland)
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “Falco 3”.
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “Junge Römer”.
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Released album “Falco”.
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1983· 1 entry
To record Falco's second album Junge Roemer ("Young Romans")
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1982· 1 entry
Released album “Einzelhaft”.
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1981· 2 entries
With his large ego interfering with group performances, Falco became a solo artist
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Falco brought his intended first single "Helden von heute" to manager Horst Bork, but received a lukewarm reception
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1979· 2 entries
Falco, as Hans Hölzl, had his debut as a bassist with the band Spinning Wheel at Copacabana, now the U4
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Falco was invited to join the group
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1963· 1 entry
Hölzel began his schooling at a Roman Catholic public school; four years later, at age ten, he switched to the Rainergymnasium in Margareten
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-02-19.
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