Ronny van Dyke (born Jörg T. Hartmann; 1 March 1956 in
Duisburg, Germany) is a German singer and songwriter.
He gave his first concert in 1973 with
psychedelic rock
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band P.S.I. He focused on composing and wrote hundreds of songs. Together with
Norbert Jürgen Schneider in 1991, he realized a project called "Rock contra Classic". He toured with a classic
quartet
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Classical String quartet
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in Germany. Since 1990 he has released several albums. From 1992 to 1994 he composed background music for the TV series “
''Marienhof'' for German Television ARD. ''Marienhof'' was telecasted in 13 countries. In 1993, he produced the album ''Naked Fools'' with
Frank Diez
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(guit. of
Peter Maffay),
Wolfgang Haffner (dr.
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), Jo Barnikel (key
Konstantin Wecker
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Life and work
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).
Discography
* Album, ''Life is a Comic Strip'', Heartbeat Records 1990
* Single, "Berlin", Heartbeat Records 1991
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''Marienhof'', ARD, background songs 1992
* Album, ''Naked Fools''", Tom Duke's Wham Bam, Heartbeat Records, Semaphore 1993
*
''Marienhof'' ARD series, international roll out 1994
* Album ''Live at Monthies'' (Silent Heroes) KingsDeal Music 2001
* Album ''Workers Paradise'' (Silent Heroes) KingsDeal Music 2006
* Album ''Traditionals'' KingsDeal Music 2007
* Album ''Materialized'' KingsDeal Music 2008
* Maxi "Sound Samples" KingsDeal Music 2010
* Album ''Rockers ´n´ Lovers'' KingsDeal Music 2013
* Single "Last Curtain Lullaby", KingsDeal Music 2015
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German rock singers
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