FALCO???..IT'S VIENNA CALLING!!
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FALCO???..IT'S VIENNA CALLING!!
AUSTRIAN SINGER,RAPPER AND SONG WRITER FALCO HAD HIS FIRST HIT IN 1981, WITH THE SELF-PENNED "DER KOMMISSAR",WHICH WENT TO # 1 IN AUSTRIA. YET, IN 1983, HIS TUNE"ROCK ME AMADEUS' WAS A BLOCKCUSTING HIT ALL OVER THE WORLD, GOING TO # 1 IN THE U.S.,FOLLOWED BY 'VIENNA CALLING', WHICH PEAKED AT # 18 IN THE STATES.THEN, BRITISH POP/ROCK BAND AFTER THE FIRE RE-RECORDED "DER KOMMISSAR", TO MUCH SUCCESS, ( AND THE ONLY HIT FOR AFTER THE FIRE.)
FALCO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR BEING THE ONLY ARTIST TO HAVE A NUMBER ONE HIT IN THE U.S, EVEN THOUGH HIS FIRST LANGUAGE WAS GERMAN. ACCORDING TO HIS ESTATE, FALCO HAS SOLD 20 MILLION ALBUMS AND 16 MILLION SINGLES WORLD WIDE. FALCO DIED IN FEBRUARY OF 1998 ,FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A SEVERE CAR ACCIDENT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FALCO IS THE BEST SELLING AUSTRIAN SINGER OF ALL TIME.
FALCO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR BEING THE ONLY ARTIST TO HAVE A NUMBER ONE HIT IN THE U.S, EVEN THOUGH HIS FIRST LANGUAGE WAS GERMAN. ACCORDING TO HIS ESTATE, FALCO HAS SOLD 20 MILLION ALBUMS AND 16 MILLION SINGLES WORLD WIDE. FALCO DIED IN FEBRUARY OF 1998 ,FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A SEVERE CAR ACCIDENT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FALCO IS THE BEST SELLING AUSTRIAN SINGER OF ALL TIME.
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