Dieter Bohlen

Dieter Bohlen (lahir Dieter Günter Bohlen, 7 Februari 1954) adalah seorang penulis lagu, produser, penyanyi, dan tokoh televisi Jerman. Dia pertama kali mencapai ketenaran sebagai anggota duo pop Modern Talking pada tahun 1980an, dan sejak itu telah menghasilkan banyak artis Jerman dan internasional. Dia juga menjadi juri di acara casting Deutschland sucht den Superstar dan Das Supertalent. Bohlen adalah putra tertua dari kontraktor bangunan Hans Bohlen (lahir 1928) dan istrinya Edith (lahir 1936), dan dibesarkan di Frisia Timur. Nenek dari pihak ibu berasal dari Königsberg. Dia diberi nama Dieter Günter Bohlen tetapi kemudian menyatakan ketidakpuasannya dengan nama keduanya dan secara resmi nama itu digunakan. Dia memiliki seorang adik laki-laki bernama Uwe. Keluarganya kemudian pindah ke Eversten (Oldenburg). Di masa mudanya, Bohlen sempat menjadi anggota Pemuda Pekerja Sosialis Jerman dan kemudian menjadi anggota Partai Komunis Jerman, meskipun saat ini ia bukan anggota partai mana pun. Setelah mendapatkan Abiturnya di Wirtschaftsgymnasium der Berufsbildenden Schulen di Oldenburg-Haarentor, dia pindah ke Göttingen. Di sana, ia belajar administrasi bisnis atas permintaan orang tuanya di Georg-August-Universität, menyelesaikan studinya pada tahun 1978 dengan gelar. Bohlen masih bersekolah ketika dia mulai menulis musik. Pada akhir tahun 1970-an, dia bekerja sebagai penulis lagu di label Intersong yang berpusat di Hamburg untuk banyak penyanyi Schlager. Pada tahun 1978, ia mendirikan duo berumur pendek Monza dengan Holger Garbode. Single pertama mereka, "Hallo Taxi Nummer 10", ditulis dan diproduksi oleh Tony Hendrik, merupakan rekaman pertama Bohlen dan tidak berhasil. Monza merilis single kedua, "Heiße Nacht in der City", cover berbahasa Jerman dari "Hot Child in the City" karya Nick Gilder, yang juga tidak berhasil. Pada tahun 1980, dia mulai bekerja untuk label Hansa yang berbasis di Berlin. Pada tahun yang sama, dengan nama samaran Steve Benson, dia merilis single solo dalam bahasa Inggris, "Don't Throw My Love Away". Disusul pada tahun 1981 oleh dua single lainnya dengan nama tersebut, "Love Takes Time" dan "(You're A Devil With) Angel Blue Eyes". Tak satu pun dari mereka mencapai 100 besar, yang menyebabkan proyek tersebut ditinggalkan pada tahun 1981. Segera setelah itu, dia bergabung dengan band Sunday, dengan siapa dia muncul di ZDF-Hitparade pada awal tahun 1982 dengan lagu "Halé, hey Louise". Lagu tersebut di-cover oleh artis seperti Ricky King. Pada tahun 1983, Bohlen menulis lagu "Mit 17" untuk Bernd Clüver, yang mencapai tempat ketiga dalam pra-seleksi Jerman untuk Kontes Lagu Eurovision. Setelah Bohlen menghasilkan enam single yang gagal dalam bahasa Jerman untuk penyanyi Schlager Thomas Anders dari tahun 1982 hingga 1984, mereka mendirikan duo pop Modern Talking. Band ini menduduki puncak tangga lagu single Jerman lima kali berturut-turut dengan "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", "You Can Win If You Want", "Cheri, Cheri Lady", "Saudara Louie", dan "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love)", dan juga sukses di negara-negara Eropa lainnya serta di Asia dan Afrika. Pada tahun 1987, band ini bubar dan Bohlen mendirikan proyek solonya Blue System, yang diakhirinya sepuluh tahun kemudian. Dia juga terus menulis dan memproduseri artis lain, termasuk C. C. Catch (yang dia temukan), Sheree (yang dia tandatangani ketika dia berusia lima belas tahun), dan boy band Touché. ... Sumber: Artikel "Dieter Bohlen" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Dieter Bohlen (born Dieter Günter Bohlen, 7 February 1954) is a German songwriter, producer, singer and television personality. He first achieved fame as a member of the pop duo Modern Talking in the 1980s, and has since produced numerous German and international artists. He is also a judge on casting shows Deutschland sucht den Superstar and Das Supertalent. Bohlen is the eldest son of building contractor Hans Bohlen (born 1928) and his wife Edith (born 1936), and grew up in East Frisia. His maternal grandmother is originally from Königsberg. He was named Dieter Günter Bohlen but later expressed dissatisfaction with his second given name and had it officially struck. He has a younger brother named Uwe. The family later moved to Eversten (Oldenburg). In his youth, Bohlen was a member of the Socialist German Workers Youth for a while and shortly of the German Communist Party, though he is not a member of any party nowadays. After getting his Abitur at the Wirtschaftsgymnasium der Berufsbildenden Schulen in Oldenburg-Haarentor, he moved to Göttingen. There, he studied business administration at his parents' request at the Georg-August-Universität, finishing his studies in 1978 with a degree. Bohlen was still in school when he started writing music. In the late 1970s, he worked as a songwriter at the Hamburg-based label Intersong for numerous Schlager singers. In 1978, he founded the short-lived duo Monza with Holger Garbode. Their first single, "Hallo Taxi Nummer 10", written and produced by Tony Hendrik, was Bohlen's first record and was unsuccessful. Monza released a second single, "Heiße Nacht in der City", a German-language cover of Nick Gilder's "Hot Child in the City", which also was unsuccessful. In 1980, he began working for the Berlin-based label Hansa. That same year, under the pseudonym Steve Benson, he released a solo single in English, "Don't Throw My Love Away". It was followed in 1981 by two other singles under that name, "Love Takes Time" and "(You're A Devil With) Angel Blue Eyes". None of them reached the top 100, which led to the abandonment of the project in 1981. Soon after, he joined the band Sunday, with which he appeared on the ZDF-Hitparade in early 1982 with the song "Halé, hey Louise". The song was covered by artists such as Ricky King. In 1983, Bohlen wrote the song "Mit 17" for Bernd Clüver, which reached the third place of the German pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. After Bohlen produced six unsuccessful singles in German for Schlager singer Thomas Anders from 1982 to 1984, they founded the pop duo Modern Talking. The band topped the German singles chart five times in a row with "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", "You Can Win If You Want", "Cheri, Cheri Lady", "Brother Louie", and "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love)", and were also successful in other European countries as well as in Asia and Africa. In 1987, the band split up and Bohlen founded his solo project Blue System, which he ended ten years later. He also continued writing and producing for other artists, including C. C. Catch (whom he discovered), Sheree (whom he signed when she was fifteen years old), and boy band Touché. ... Source: Article "Dieter Bohlen" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.