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Drafi Deutscher

also recorded as Renate Vaplus

real name Drafi Richard Franz Deutscher

Germany · 1946-05-09 – 2006-06-09

Drafi Deutscher is credited on 1,941 releases across 575 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,941

Credits

575

Albums

7

Decades active

90

In collections

Biography

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German singer, producer and writer, born 9 May 1946 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, died 9 June 2006 in Frankfurt am Main. He was married to Isabel Varell from 1989 to 1991 and had two twin sons, and Drafi Deutscher Jr.
He broke through in 1965 with "Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht" and wrote songs for Tina Rainford ("Silverbird", "Charly Boy"), Peggy March ("Fly Away Pretty Flamingo"), Bino ("Mama Leone") Boney M. ("Belfast"). He had some side projects under different names like Mr. Walkie Talkie ("Be My Boogie Woogie Baby") and was part of the duos Mixed Emotions and Masquerade ("Guardian Angel").

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Credited work

1,941 releases · 575 albums · active 1964–2025

  • Performance · 2,810
  • Other credits · 786
  • Production · 267
  • Engineering · 58

Studios: Union Studios, Munich · Europe Sound Studios · Europasound Studios · Chameleon Recording Studios Hamburg

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