Jürgen Fritz (born March 12, 1953, in
Köln
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
) is a German musician. He was the keyboard player in
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...
band
Triumvirat. He also composed the film score to the 1989 science fiction film ''
Hard to Be a God'' and also published a solo album in 1990, ''Millennium''. In 1986-1988 he collaborated with German disco group
Bad Boys Blue
Bad Boys Blue are a Pop music, pop group formed in Cologne in 1984. The group performed many international hits including "You're a Woman", "Pretty Young Girl (Bad Boys Blue song), Pretty Young Girl", "I Wanna Hear Your Heartbeat (Sunday Girl) ...
as arranger and keyboardist.
Discography
Albums
With Triumvirat:
– Singles;
* "Be Home for Tea" / "Broken Mirror" (1972) Harvest – 1C 006-29 976
* "Ride in the Night" / "Sing Me a Song" (1973) Harvest – 1C 006-30 407, EMI Electrola – 1C 006-30 407 U
* "Dancer's Delight" / "Timothy" (1973) Harvest – 1C 006-30 484, EMI Electrola – 1C 006-30 484
* "Dimplicity" / "Million Dollars" (1974) Harvest, EMI Electrola - 1C 006-30 576
* "Take a Break Today" / "The Capitol of Power" (1976) Harvest, EMI Electrola 1C 006-31 609
* "Waterfall" / "Jo Ann Walker" (1978) Harvest, EMI Electrola 1C 006-45 189
* "The Hymn" / "Dance on the Vulcano" (1978) Harvest – 1C 006-32 548, EMI Electrola – 1C 006-32 548
* "Waterfall" / "(Oh, I'm) Late Again" (1978) Capitol Records – SPRO-9080, Capitol Records – SPRO-9081
* "Party Life" / "Games" (1980) Harvest, EMI Electrola 1C 006-45 918
– Albums :
* 1973 – ''
Mediterranean Tales''
* 1974 – ''
Illusions on a Double Dimple''
* 1975 – ''
Spartacus
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Historical accounts o ...
''
* 1976 – ''
Old Loves Die Hard''
* 1977 – ''
Pompeii
Pompeii ( ; ) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Villa Boscoreale, many surrounding villas, the city was buried under of volcanic ash and p ...
''
* 1978 – ''
A la Carte''
* 1980 – ''
Russian Roulette''
– Best of:
* 1995 – ''The Gold Collection'' – Only distributed in Germany. Included on this album is a cover from The Beach Boys' song
"Darlin'"
* 1995 – ''The Best of Triumvirat'' – Brazil exclusive distribution.
* ???? – ''The Best of the Gold Collection – Novo''
* 2000 – ''Veni, Vidi, Vici''
* 2012 – ''Essential'' EMI – 50999 6 44353 2 9
– Bootlegs:
* ''Illusions on a Double Dimple Live'' – Palace Theatre, Providence, USA October 1974
* ''Illusions on a Double Dimple Live'' – St. Bernard Cultural Center, Chalmette, LA, USA November 1974
* ''Live from Ultrasonic'' – Recorded live at Studio Ultrasonic, Hempstead, New York, October 1974
* ''Live Tour 1974–75'' – American tour of 1974–75
– Solo:
* 1989 – ''
Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein'' (soundtrack album)
* 1990 – ''Millennium - Dreams of Amadeus'' along with W. Hildenbeutel
– With Helmut Kollen:
* 1977 – ''You Won't See Me'' - Keyboards & production.
- With Eric Burdon:
* 1977 - ''Survivor'' - Keyboards.
- With
Bad Boys Blue
Bad Boys Blue are a Pop music, pop group formed in Cologne in 1984. The group performed many international hits including "You're a Woman", "Pretty Young Girl (Bad Boys Blue song), Pretty Young Girl", "I Wanna Hear Your Heartbeat (Sunday Girl) ...
* 1986 -
Heartbeat, keyboards, arrangement
* 1987 -
Love Is No Crime, keyboards, arrangement
* 1988 -
My Blue World, arrangement
External links
Official homepage* ''Millenium - Dreams of Amadeus'' : https://www.discogs.com/Millenium-Dreams-Of-Amadeus/release/1458007
1953 births
German keyboardists
Progressive rock musicians
Living people
Musicians from Cologne
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