Falco
Acting
Born 1957-02-19
Died 1998-02-06
Vienna, Austria
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Johann Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco (from Falko Weißpflog), was an Austrian singer and musician. He had several international hits, including "Der Kommissar" (1981), "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)", and posthumously "Out of the Dark".
"Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1986, making Falco the only artist in history to score a number-one hit with a German language song in the United States. According to his estate, he has sold 20 million albums and 40 million singles, which makes him the best-selling Austrian singer of all time.
Also notable was his very early, first notable, creation of a successful non-English language rap music song ("Der Kommissar"), recorded in December 1981. It was covered a year later by the British rock band After the Fire, hitting the US Billboard Hot 100 on 22 February 1983.
Hölzel died of severe injuries received on 6 February 1998, at age 40, when his Mitsubishi Pajero collided with a bus on the road linking the towns of Villa Montellano and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. At the time of his death, he was planning a comeback, which was successful with the posthumously released album Out of the Dark (Into the Light). His body was returned to Austria and buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery.
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Filmography
Acting
40 credits
Wetten, dass..?
Die Harald Schmidt Show
NDR Talk Show
Champs-Elysées
Die ZDF-Hitparade
Heut' abend
Disco
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
Ein Kessel Buntes
Auf los geht's los
Die Spielbude
Mini Playback Show
Musik Convoy
Na sowas!
ECHO-Verleihung
Okay
Flitterabend
Na siehste!
Too Young to Die
Leute
Austropop-Legenden
Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren
Die verflixte 7
Falco - Forever Young
Feel the Motion
Geld oder Leber!
Heroes of Today
Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol2
Melodies and Rythms of Foreign Pop Music
Falco - L.I.V.E Donauinsel + Stadthalle Wien
Falco: Symphonic
Falco - Hoch wie nie
Opus & Friends-Graz Liebenau 1985
Falco - Die ultimative Doku
Falco: Everything
Falco - Forever Number One: 40 Jahre "Rock Me Amadeus"
Falco: Donauinsel Live
Falco - Muss ich denn sterben, um zu leben?
Falco - In concert
Falco Live am Rathausplatz
Other credits
4 credits
Jeanny - The Fifth Girl
Feel the Motion
Er war Superstar - Falco
Falco - L.I.V.E Donauinsel + Stadthalle Wien
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