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Falco
Sign in to saveAlso known as Johann Hölzel, Hans Hölzel, White Duke, T»MA, T»MB
Austrian musician (1957–1998)
Film & TV
Vienna, Austria
Johann 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…
Known for
- Falco - Forever Number One: 40 Jahre "Rock Me Amadeus" — himself2026
- Falco - In concert — Cantante2023
- Er war Superstar - Falco2017
- Falco - Die ultimative Doku — self (archive footage)2017
- Falco - Forever Young — Self (archive footage)2017
- Opus & Friends-Graz Liebenau 1985 — Self - Singer2013
- Austropop-Legenden — Self2012
- Too Young to Die — Self (archive footage)2012
- Falco - Muss ich denn sterben, um zu leben? — Self (archive footage)2011
- Falco - L.I.V.E Donauinsel + Stadthalle Wien — Self2004
via TMDB
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
via Wikipedia infobox
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
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Puerto Plata
- Occupation
- soldier
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Der Kommissar
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Sony Music
- Official website
- www.falco.at
- Image
- Falco 1986.jpg
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- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- Commons category
- Falco (musician)
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- date of birth
- 1957-02-19
- date of death
- 1998-02-06
- topic's main category
- Category:Falco (musician)
- name in native language
- Hans Hölzel
- birth name
- Johann Hölzel
- manner of death
- accidental death
- Commons gallery
- Falco (musician)
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- influenced by
- Klaus Nomi
- social media followers
- 91100
- different from
- Falco
- pseudonym
- Falco
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Falco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.