Roland Kaiser (born Ronald Keiler; 10 May 1952) is a German
Schlager singer. He is one of the most successful German-speaking Schlager singers.
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Keiler was born in West Berlin
West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under mi ...
. He was working as a marketing executive in a car firm where he was discovered by German music producer Gerd Kämpfe. In 1974, he released his first single under the stage name of Roland Kaiser, titled "Was ist wohl aus ihr geworden?", and in 1976 he got his first chart placement with "Frei, das heißt allein", which reached number 14 on the West German top list.
In 1980, he competed in the West German trial for the Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
but did not win. In the same year, he had his greatest success on the lists so far with the song "Santa Maria" (by Oliver Onions/Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Guido and Maurizio De Angelis, also known as Oliver Onions, are a prolific duo of Italian musicians, multi-instrumentalists, composers and singers, as well as television and film producers. They reached the height of their popularity in the 1970 ...
), which maintained its first place in West Germany for six weeks.
References
External links
Official website
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Discography
on hitparade.ch (in German)
Schlager musicians
1952 births
Living people
German male singers
Musicians from Berlin
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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