Luis Rodríguez Salazar (born 1948) is a Spanish music producer,

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, mixer and

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, known by his role in the co-production of German pop duo

Modern Talking Modern Talking was a German pop music duo consisting of arranger, songwriter and producer Dieter Bohlen and singer Thomas Anders. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching t ...

. He was also involved up to the 1990s in most of

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's productions, including

C. C. Catch Caroline Catherine Müller (born 31 July 1964), known professionally as C. C. Catch, is a Dutch-born German pop singer, also known for her collaboration with Dieter Bohlen (one half of Modern Talking) in the 1980s. Early life C. C. Catch was bo ...

and

Blue System Blue System was a German pop group that was founded by Dieter Bohlen in 1986 after the break-up of Modern Talking. Career The group consisted of Dieter Bohlen (mastermind creator, composer, writer, producer, mixer, arranger and verse main vo ...

, working as co-producer.

Biography

Rodriguez was born in

Fuente el Fresno Fuente el Fresno is a municipality in Ciudad Real Ciudad Real (, ; en, "Royal City") is a municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha, capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It is the 5th most popula ...

Ciudad Real Ciudad Real (, ; en, "Royal City") is a municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha, capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It is the 5th most populated municipality in the region. History It was founde ...

, Spain in 1948. He started at age 12 playing the guitar and playing in the streets. He started as bassist and guitarist in the band Los Esclavos, performing at a flamenco club in Hamburg. When he started to sing he experimented with 2 microphones, one dry without effect s and one with delay and echo. He would do 2-track recordings from the age of 17. He got a gig as DJ and was able to by an 8-track and make more demos. He went to school to become a music technician. He became a singer in the mid-1970s, creating his own recording studio in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

called Star 33. He met

of Modern Talking and started working with him, this is when his career took off. Rodriguez produced or co-produced for such artists as

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(ex- Smokie),

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, Falco,

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, Sabrina and others. In the 1980s, he worked on numerous projects like

Mike Mareen Uwe-Michael Wischhoff (born 9 November 1949), known by his stage name Mike Mareen, is a German singer, songwriter and musician. His first musical success was with the band Cemetery Institution who played at Hamburg's Star-Club. Mareen later becam ...

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, T. Ark, Sweet Connection, among others. He had big success as producer with the music project Fun Factory. It is believed that the Modern Talking song Brother Louie, was written by Dieter Bohlen about Rodriguez, as he was a close associate of Bohlen. Using the vocals of his wife

Lian Ross Lian Ross (born Josephine Hiebel; December 8, 1962) is a German Hi-NRG/Euro disco singer. Career She started her career by recording songs with producer Luis Rodriguez, whom she married later. She has recorded successful covers such as Sylv ...

, Rodríguez produced some dance projects such as Creative Connection, Josy, Jobel, and Dana Harris.

References

Spanish musicians Spanish record producers Living people Modern Talking 1948 births People from Ciudad Real {{Spain-musician-stub