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Dschinghis Khan (Pronounced ) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 band, created in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
. The name of the band was chosen to fit the song of the same name, written and produced by Ralph Siegel
Ralph Siegel

Ralph Siegel is a Germany musician, composer and Record producer. He is married to the Opera singer Kriemhild Jahn since 2006Siegel is one of the most notable figures at the Eurovision Song Contest, in which he has participated with 18 songs so far....
 with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger
Bernd Meinunger

Bernd Meinunger is a Germany lyricist and frequently works with Ralph Siegel. Several of his songs has represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest....
.

Appearing at the height of the disco
Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music that originated in and was initially popular among African American, gay and Hispanic and Latino Americans communities in the United States in the late 1960s....
 boom and following on the heels of other German-produced bands such as Boney M
Boney M

Boney M. is a West Germany-based pop music and disco group created by West Germany record producer Frank Farian. The four original members of the group's official lineup were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett , Maizie Williams , and Bobby Farrell ....
, Arabesque
Arabesque (group)

Arabesque was a famous Germany disco music group formed in 1977, consisting of Sandra Cretu , Jasmin Vetter, and Michaela Rose. After a split in 1984 Jasmin Vetter and Michaela Rose continued as the group "Rouge", while Sandra Cretu started her career in the group Sandra with Michael Cretu....
, and Silver Convention
Silver Convention

Silver Convention was a Germany disco musician of the 1970s. The musical ensemble was originally named "Silver Bird Convention" or "Silver Bird"....
, the band achieved wide popularity in most of the world, though they went wholly unnoticed in the United States.






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Dschinghis Khan (Pronounced ) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 band, created in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
. The name of the band was chosen to fit the song of the same name, written and produced by Ralph Siegel
Ralph Siegel

Ralph Siegel is a Germany musician, composer and Record producer. He is married to the Opera singer Kriemhild Jahn since 2006Siegel is one of the most notable figures at the Eurovision Song Contest, in which he has participated with 18 songs so far....
 with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger
Bernd Meinunger

Bernd Meinunger is a Germany lyricist and frequently works with Ralph Siegel. Several of his songs has represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest....
.

Appearing at the height of the disco
Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music that originated in and was initially popular among African American, gay and Hispanic and Latino Americans communities in the United States in the late 1960s....
 boom and following on the heels of other German-produced bands such as Boney M
Boney M

Boney M. is a West Germany-based pop music and disco group created by West Germany record producer Frank Farian. The four original members of the group's official lineup were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett , Maizie Williams , and Bobby Farrell ....
, Arabesque
Arabesque (group)

Arabesque was a famous Germany disco music group formed in 1977, consisting of Sandra Cretu , Jasmin Vetter, and Michaela Rose. After a split in 1984 Jasmin Vetter and Michaela Rose continued as the group "Rouge", while Sandra Cretu started her career in the group Sandra with Michael Cretu....
, and Silver Convention
Silver Convention

Silver Convention was a Germany disco musician of the 1970s. The musical ensemble was originally named "Silver Bird Convention" or "Silver Bird"....
, the band achieved wide popularity in most of the world, though they went wholly unnoticed in the United States. Their songs invariably were themed on historical figures and exotic cultures and locales.

Though the group broke up in the mid-1980s, it has enjoyed a recent resurgence in popularity on the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
 due to the discovery of a video of them performing their hit song "Moskau
Moskau (Dschinghis Khan song)

"Moskau" is a single by the Germany pop-act Dschinghis Khan. Its original release was in 1979.In 2004, "Moskau" became a surprise hit on the Internet due to the sharing of a performance of the song from the group's glory days....
." The video and the song associated with it have become a popular topic on blogs and can be considered an Internet meme. The specific video was a part of the show "Disco", very popular on ZDF
ZDF

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television television channel based in Mainz. It is run as an independent non-profit agency established by joint contract between the States of Germany ....
 through the '70s; as was their similarly-staged number "Dschinghis Khan".

The original members of the group were:
  • Louis Hendrik Potgieter
    Louis Hendrik Potgieter

    Louis Hendrik Potgieter, also known as Patrick Bailey fronted the Germany novelty act Dschinghis Khan for the six years of the band's existence....
     (1951–1993)
  • Steve Bender
    Steve Bender

    Steve Karl-Heinz Bender was a disco musical performer and record producer.Aside from a solo career which spanned over four decades, Bender performed with the German groups The Poor Things and Dschinghis Khan....
     (1946–2006)
  • Wolfgang Heichel
    Wolfgang Heichel

    Wolfgang Heichel in Meissen, was a member of the Germany pop group Dschinghis Khan.In the "Moskau" music video, he is dressed in black.He is married to Henriette Heichel....
  • Henriette Heichel
    Henriette Heichel

    Henriette Heichel is a Dutch singer that was a member of the Germany pop group, Dschinghis Khan....
  • Leslie Mándoki
    Leslie Mándoki

    Hungarian-born Leslie M?ndoki was a performer for music group Dschinghis Khan and has since then gone solo performing to this day.Leslie Mandoki studied drums and percussion at the musical conservatory of Budapest in the early 1970s....
  • Edina Pop
    Edina Pop

    Edina Pop was a member of the German disco group Dschinghis Khan.In the Moskau video, she is wearing the yellow dress.External links...


After the group split up, member Louis Hendrik Potgieter returned to his homeland of South Africa and became a hotel manager. He died in 1993 of complications from AIDS
AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
.

The group re-formed in late 2005. They performed at the Olympiyski Arena
Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)

Olympic Stadium, known locally as the Olimpiysky, is a large indoor arena located in Moscow, Russia. It was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics and hosted the Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics events....
 in Moscow on 17 October 2005. On 7 May 2006, Steve Bender (the member famous for his bald appearance) died of cancer.

The band, now assisted by young singer/dancer group "The Legacy of Dschinghis Khan", toured in Winter 2006 - Fall 2007. The tour consisted of "Cirque du Dschinghis Khan", featuring other performers, including Mongolian circus acts. Its German national tour dates in January 2007 coincided with the release of the CD "7 Leben" (7 Lives). It was the band's first release since 2004's Best Of compilation "Jubilee".

Dschinghis Khan is the German spelling of Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan , born , was the founder, Khan and Khagan of the Mongol Empire, the World's largest empires contiguous empire in history....
, the name of the historical figure who founded the Mongol Empire
Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire was the List of largest empires#Contiguous Empires empire and the largest bar none. It emerged from the unification of Mongols and Turkic peoples tribes in modern day Mongolia, and grew through Mongol invasions, after Genghis Khan had been proclaimed ruler of all Mongols in 1206....
.

Discography


Longplay

  • Dschinghis Khan
    Dschinghis Khan (album)

    Dschinghis Khan is the first album released by Germany disco group Dschinghis Khan....
     (1979)
  • Rom (1980) (Rome
    Rome

    Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
    )
  • Viva (1980)
    • Re-release of Rom without bonus tracks.
  • Wir sitzen alle im selben Boot (1981) (We're all sitting in the same boat)
  • Helden, Schurken & der Dudelmoser (1982) (Heroes, Roguess & the Dudelmoser)
  • Corrida
    Corrida (Dschinghis Khan album)

    Corrida is the sixth album released by German disco group Dschinghis Khan in 1983.TracklistingSide A# La Corrida # Oh Miguel...
     (1983) (The Bullfight)
  • Huh Hah Dschinghis Khan - Ihre Grössten Erfolge (1993)
  • Die Großen Erfolge (1999)
  • Jubilee (2004)
  • 7 Leben (2007)


Singles

(only German releases)
  • Dschinghis Khan
    Dschinghis Khan (song)

    Dschinghis Khan was the West Germany entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in German Language by Dschinghis Khan. It was later covered by Cantopop singer George Lam in 1980s, also by Japanese idol group, Berryz Kobo in 2008....
     (1979)
  • Moskau
    Moskau (Dschinghis Khan song)

    "Moskau" is a single by the Germany pop-act Dschinghis Khan. Its original release was in 1979.In 2004, "Moskau" became a surprise hit on the Internet due to the sharing of a performance of the song from the group's glory days....
     (1979) (Moscow
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
    )
  • Hadschi Halef Omar (1979) (Hadschi Halef Omar
    Hadschi Halef Omar

    Hadschi Halef Omar Ben Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn Hadschi Dawud al Gossarah, literally hajji Halef Omar, son of hajji father-of-Abbas, son of hajji David al Gossarah, is one of Karl May's literary characters....
    )
  • Rom (1980)
  • Samurai (1980)
  • Pistolero (1981)
  • Loreley (1981) (Lorelei
    Lorelei

    The Loreley is a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine near Sankt Goarshausen, Germany, which soars some 120 meters above the water line....
    )
  • Wir sitzen alle im selben Boot (1981)
  • Klabautermann (1982)
  • Der Dudelmoser (1982)
  • Himalaja (1983) (Himalaya)
  • Olé Olé (1984)
  • Mexiko (1985) (Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
    )


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