Grant Stevens (born 27 October 1953 in Walcha,

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, Australia) is an Australian singer and lyricist who has been based in Germany since the 1970s. He left his homeland in the 1970s for

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, where he recorded various albums and singles for his bands The Soho Jets and Razar, produced by

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producer

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. From 1981 to 1984 he worked as singer in the German band

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. He recorded the German hit " Everlasting Friends", which was used as a TV jingle for

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Pilsener in Europe. In 1999, together with Der Graf and José Alvarez-Brill (Wolfsheim, Joachim Witt, De/Vision) the foundation for

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was laid. The single "

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" was released on Bloodline Records in 1999, shot straight into the German DAC charts and became a club smash. In February 2001, the debut album ''

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'' came on to the European market again on Bloodline/Connected Music. He has since written the German lyrics to two musicals; ''Die Schöne und das Biest'' and ''Robin Hood'' and lives in Berlin where he sings with

and works as a vocal coach. Stevens was also featured on Xandria's album ''India'' in 2005.

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Nervous Germans John Peel Sessions
Australian male singers Australian songwriters Living people 1953 births Australian expatriates in Germany {{australia-singer-stub