Dieter Bohlen, idea generator and creator of Modern Talking, is renowned for his productivity. Not only is he capable of composing 500 songs a year and is a happy father of three children. This German handsome man still doesn't miss a single skirt...
THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN
FOR THE FIRST TIME Dieter married a girl named Erika back in 1983. Dieter knew Erica from the university - student, one might say, love with several years of civil marriage preceding it. Erika, a dark-haired beauty, was a loyal and accommodating friend. She lived with Dieter for several years of relative poverty and creative failure, until in 1985 Bohlen thundered with his Modern Talking project. The first-born Mark was added to the wild European-Asian success and several million marks, and a little later, the second son, Marvin-Benjamin. The idyll, as usual, did not last long.
By 1989, the duet with Thomas Anders ordered to live long, but Dieter without hesitation created his own group called Blue System, where the girl appeared. Fragile and charming, Jean Dupay was a mulatto. Dieter suddenly realized that he was seriously attracted to the exotic Jean, but as an exemplary husband and family man, he controlled himself for some time. However, the new passion won.
Everything turned out very well. Dieter filmed a video clip in Mallorca, where he brought the whole family at the same time. In front of the camera, to the sounds of samba, Bohlen passionately kisses a sultry mulatto, lies with her on the coastal sand, caresses her round ass, barely covered by an ephemeral sheet ... The tabloids immediately spread juicy news: Dieter has a "hot flirtation" with his backing vocalist. The sensible wife of Eric tells reporters that she has nothing against such "flirting".
HOMEWOMAN
Dieter arrived from MALLORCA all excited and in love. The young body of Dupai seems to him much more attractive than the bodies of his missus. The missus endures, but in the end declares: either I or she. Bohlen rushes about, suffers, but the decision is not in favor of Erica - he chooses Jean. "Great," says Erica, pushing her famous husband's suitcases out the door.
Jean and Dieter live together for a while. Dreams come true and everyone is happy. The exemplary father Bohlen regularly visits his growing sons, and Erica does not interfere at all. Her relationship with her husband (no one thinks of getting a divorce - such a waste!) Is even and friendly. As a result of these Sunday visits, Erika becomes pregnant again, and the youngest Marlene is born to the legal spouses. Upon learning of this, Jean disappears from Bohlen's life. Forever.
I must say that Dieter was subsequently lucky for calm and reasonable women. Another thing is that you can’t swallow these quiet and dignified departures of them so easily. Bohlen indulges in all serious - whiskey, bars, dances and mulattos (now he loves only mulattos). But in order to get rid of the pain that he caused Dupay and that she caused him, Dieter needs perfection. And perfection appears.
PERFECTION
BOLEN is loaded with beer in one of the out-of-the-way Hamburg bars, nods to the waiter to pour another mug, and turns to the side in order to see the creature in a skirt, who will have the honor of crushing this mug. What does he see? Infinitely long tanned legs, an unrealistically ephemeral torso crowned with a magnificent bust of the fifth size, long black hair, a clean high forehead, clear brown eyes that look like two large tonsils, sensual plump lips. "What's your name, baby?" - Dieter asks and blinks desperately to get rid of the obsession. "Nadia," the worthy daughter of a native of Sudan and a purebred German answers, and shyly lowers her lush fans of eyelashes. "And me - Dieter," Bohlen introduces himself and falls into a deep trance. "I know," the mulatto of his dreams nods, "I have loved you since childhood." "What a coincidence! - Dieter finally remembers that he needs to breathe. - I seem to love too. Although not since childhood, but ..."
The life of the saleswoman from the pharmacy, which Nadia Farrag was until yesterday, is changing dramatically. She becomes a full member of the Blue System and Bohlen's official girlfriend.
Nadia lived with Dieter for seven years. These were not the best years for the once popular composer. His records sold out very badly, there were catastrophically few television and radio rotations, and yesterday's star was called on tour only to the countries of the former socialist camp and somewhere in the depths of South America. Nadia supported, consoled, inspired hope and wiped the snot. But she lacked the beautiful surname "Bolen", a stamp in her passport, material guarantees in the event of the tragic death of her roommate from life and, in general, a child! True, Nadia did not say anything of the kind aloud, but only hinted ... That was enough. Dieter got up and said that Erica is an honest woman. If anything, she won't leave Nadya, let alone the rest... He didn't know, he didn't know that his beloved was so mercantile.
In order to unwind, Bohlen went to move chips in Las Vegas. Heat, champagne, bodies in tuxedos and evening dresses... Dieter did not even notice how he met Verona Feldbusch.
DELESSION
VERONA Feldbusch, of course, was a sexy and sultry girl - a typical girl of his dreams. Besides - non-Russian. In the sense that she is only half German. The second half of Verona was Venezuelan. This fact bought Bohlen with giblets.
Verona appeared in front of the millionaire composer in open tops and miniskirts, arranged stripteases in the room, unexpectedly jumped on Dieter in the pool, sensually rubbed her hips in the dance ... No wonder - Bohlen's bastions quickly fell. Moreover, they fell so low that Dieter seriously believed: he is in love, and he simply cannot lose such a woman. A supernumerary model (which was Verona) was bought a complete set of jewelry with diamonds, a red Ferrari and other benefits of civilization. Back in Germany, Bohlen divorces at the speed of an SS-20 ballistic missile, tells Nadia to pack her things because he is getting married.
Nadia packed a couple of suitcases and moved out of the 8-room mansion to a tiny cheap apartment on the outskirts of Hamburg. For days on end she walked along the embankment of the Elbe, swallowing her tears and thinking about whether she should throw herself into this very river in order to drown herself along with all her sorrows.
And at this time, this is what was happening in the Bolenov-Feldbusch family. Immediately after the marriage ceremony, Verona showed herself to be a spender, a hoarder and capricious. If she was bitten by a mosquito, she bought three cans of Fomitox at once, if they were going to the cinema, she painted for three hours, if Dieter worked, she burst into his studio demanding to pay close attention to her. However, she refused to fulfill her marital obligations. And she never cleaned, and was not even able to hire a servant. And spent, spent, spent Dieter's finances.
Bolen was especially offended that Verona had seduced the musical giant solely because of money - he, a handsome athlete, don’t look at what 42 knocked!
Bohlen soon began to react adequately - during the next disassembly, he screwed Feldbusch in the eye, in the other - in the ear, etc. "What to do if your husband beats you?".
In general, a month later they divorced. It cost Dieter 4 million marks and wounded pride. Now in all women Bohlen saw hunters for money. He increasingly approached the mirror and was horrified by his own reflection. He decided to whiten his teeth and get a facelift. Verona is famous. She was given to host an erotic show on the RTL2 channel called "Pip". In parallel, Feldbusch kept having affairs with the most famous German athletes, TV presenters and actors. A rare issue of "Bild" does without her photo.
What is Bohlen? On the third day after the divorce, he, gritting his teeth (more from fear), called Nadia. They talked as if nothing had happened. Dieter admitted his mistakes and repented. Nadia said that they will always be best friends.
The next day he called again. He said that he was bored and that the house was empty and uncomfortable without her. And called back.
And you know what? Nadia is back.
The couple lives peacefully and happily, for the holidays Bolen, Farrag and the kids from their first marriage go to Mallorca, and in an interview Dieter still says: “Girls? I like all kinds of girls! and a short skirt. I think we always have something to talk about with them!"
The famous singer was married several times, and his loving temperament provoked many novels. All this led to the fact that Dieter Bohlen today is a father of many children - he has 6 children.
short biography
Dieter was born in 1954 in Bern, Germany. On the maternal side, his ancestors were from Russia, his grandmother was from Koenigsberg, today's Kaliningrad. His father worked as an engineer, his mother was a housewife, she raised and raised 3 children. Dieter was fond of music from school, he even tried himself in the writing genre as a songwriter. But he went to enter an economic university. Although he quickly became disillusioned and did not work in his specialty for a single day. Fate has prepared for him a musical career.
In 1983, a joint project was launched with Thomas Anders under the sensational name Modern Talking. Their songs skyrocketed to the top of the European charts. By 1987, the star duo broke up, and Bohlen took up another group - Blue System. However, in 1998, Modern Talking reappeared on the musical Olympus, having existed until 2003. And after another scandal, the team broke up. Since then, Dieter Bohlen has been pursuing a solo career and producing.
First wife
The first serious love that became an official wife was a stylist named Erica Sauerland. Dieter met her at a party in Göttingen. The young people got married in 1983, the ceremony was very modest, and the registration was completely carried out in casual clothes - in denim suits. The couple gave birth and raised three children: two sons, Mark and Marvin, and a daughter, Marilyn.
The constant attention from fans and female fans, as well as the explicit connections of the spouse on the side, led to discord in the family and an early divorce.
Later, Dieter will describe to journalists one of the quarrels, when, after another tour to Nice, he picked up some melody in his studio, his wife came and, in anger, smashed an expensive guitar on his head. The reason was another betrayal: Erica, sorting out her husband's suitcase, found women's panties among the clothes.
The marriage was destined to break up after eleven years. However, the divorced couple managed to maintain warm friendly relations, and the star ex-husband still supported, including financially, all the children.
Even today he is sure that he committed “the biggest sin in his life” by leaving children. He recommends that all fathers put their family on a pedestal. He really suffered a lot: “The pain that you experience when you have to give up another woman is nothing compared to the pain that torments when your children are not with you.”
Second wife
For a very long time, the man was in love with the Arab model Nadia Abdel Farrah, who reciprocated. Their love affair began even before the musician's divorce from his first wife. However, this relationship also fell apart, it never came to marriage. According to rumors, the reason was Nadia's addiction to alcoholic beverages. The fact is that in a state of intoxication, an uninhibited woman gave herself to other men, which greatly hurt Dieter Bohlen.
In 1996, the singer went down the aisle for the second time, his choice fell on the model Verona Feldbush. And here a fiasco awaited him, as he quickly realized that his wife was more worried about her husband's stellar income than he was. The marriage lasted only four weeks. The divorce was accompanied by an indecent scandal, since the wife publicly accused Bohlen of beatings and violence.
Third and fourth wife
The musician vowed never to marry again. However, his next passion, Estefania Kuster, told reporters that the issue of their wedding had long been resolved. To which Dieter objected: “It was you who decided everything with the wedding ceremony, not me.” The lovers in 2005 gave birth to a common child, who became the fourth offspring of Bolen. The son was given the name Maurice Cassian. But the man did not stop there in childbearing. In a few years, he will again become a father, and more than once.
After meeting Karina Waltz, who turned out to be 31 years younger than him, he leaves his previous family and creates a new one. The girl breathlessly looks at her chosen one, and he admires her innocence and youth. And for him it does not matter how society treats such relations. He is just in love and happy!
In March 2011, Karina gave her husband a daughter, Amelie, and in the fall of 2013, a son, Maximilian.
They are still married today, raising children together. Dieter Bohlen began to take better care of himself in order to match his young wife. He goes in for sports, runs 15 km every day, plays tennis. He managed to lose 10 kg, thanks to which he began to look 10 years younger.
Embracing his beloved wife, he jokes with journalists with pleasure: “If earlier I was just young and ugly, today I am old and beautiful!”
In 2002, Dieter Bohlen published his own autobiography. The book of his authorship "Nothing but the Truth" became a real bestseller.
During this time he played in several bands. He started playing guitar and Beatles songs were the first songs he performed. At the same time, he wrote his first song "Viele Bomben Fallen", which did not become popular even among his friends. Studied keyboard playing.
He met his wife Erika at a Hamburg disco in 1973. They got married on November 11, 1983, also in Hamburg. In 1978 he graduated from the university and received a diploma. After receiving his diploma, he begins to think and look for a job, but still dreams of a career as a pop star: he sends his songs to record companies, but none of them answers.
In the end, in 1979, after numerous rejections, Dieter finds a job as a composer at the Intersong record company. In 1982, he gets the opportunity to record his song. But the recorded song is not like Dieter's other songs. And he again continues to write music and songs for other artists, using pseudonyms: Steve Benson, Ryan Simmons, Sunday and Countdown G.T.O.
In February 1983, Dieter meets Thomas Anders at the Hansa record company. Dieter agrees with Thomas regarding the formation of the group "Modern Talking".
In November 1984 they released their first single "You" re My Heart - You "re My Soul". In March 1985, "Modern Talking" again released a new single "You Can Win If You Want", which takes first place in almost all tops. Following this, their first album is released. While the whole world is enjoying the first album, work is underway on their Big First Album, which is called "Let's Talk About Love". The album was released at the end of 1985. But it wasn't as popular as their very first album.
In 1986 their third album "Ready For Romance" was released. At the same time, Dieter writes songs for other artists. His son Mark, named after the singer Mark Bohlen, is born in 1985 on July 9th. In honor of this, Dieter composes and records a new song "With A Little Love". This song can be found on Blue System's 2nd album: "Let's Talk About Love".
Then Dieter's second child is born - in 1988, on January 21, the son Mervin was born. And again, in honor of this, Dieter writes the song "Marvin's Song", which can be found on the Blue System album "Forever Blue", released in 1995. In 1990, Dieter has a girl - Merelin, and the song "Goodnight Marielin" appears, which is on the album "X-Ten", released in 1994.
By the end of 1986, the 4th album was released - "In The Middle Of Nowhere". It contained the song "Geronimo's Cadillac", which was played in all discos around the world. In 1987, Dieter decides that the group "Modern Talking" should cease to exist. The 5th album "Romantic Warriors" is released, and immediately Dieter creates new band "Blue System" The album "Walking On A Rainbow" is released, which is recorded in the style of "Modern Talking" The group "Modern Talking" has sold more than 42 million records worldwide.
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In April 1998, the group reunited again. Dieter and Thomas Anders have been thinking about this since 1994 and in 1998 they decided to return to the world of music under the old name "Modern Talking". They re-released their 1st single "You" re My Heart - You "re My Soul "98".
In April 1998, this song took first place in the European tops. May 1998 - the album "Back For Good" is released, on which there are 12 Remixes and 4 new songs. In August 98, the single "Brother Louie "98" was released. On February 22, 1999, the group "Modern talking" released the album "Alone", which included 17 new songs.
In the summer of 2002, Dieter Bohlen, in collaboration with journalist Katya Kesler, published the autobiographical book Nichts als die Wahrheit (Nothing but the Truth), which went on sale in the fall and became an absolute bestseller. In the autumn of the same year, he becomes a jury member of the German competition for the selection of young talents "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" ("Germany is looking for a superstar"). The first single, recorded by ten finalists, "We Have A Dream", hits the top spots of the charts, becomes double platinum. The subsequent album "United" becomes no less sold out and receives five times platinum status, becoming the second best-selling album among Dieter Bohlen's albums.
During 2003, Dieter Bohlen enters into many advertising contracts with well-known brands involved in the production of clothing, dairy products, as well as the sale of communications. In the fall of 2003, Dieter Bohlen released his second autobiographical book, Hinter den Kulissen (Behind the Scenes), which caused a number of scandals and a long legal battle with Thomas Anders, as a result of which Dieter was forced to pay a substantial fine for unproven insults to his former partner, and also to delete the most controversial passages in the book.
In 2004, there were rumors that on the Modern Talking albums, the voice of Thomas Anders was allegedly partially dubbed by Nino de Angelo. By this time, against the backdrop of attempts by former backing vocalists Dieter Bohlen to promote his own project Systems in Blue, statements began to appear that Dieter Bohlen sang only in verses in Blue System, and the vocals of Systems in Blue studio singers were used in the choruses. Anders stated that the inability to use the same vocals further was the reason for the closure of the Blue System project. However, for example, in the first album of Blue System it is easy to see that both the verses and the choruses are performed by Bohlen himself, and there is backing vocals from other members of the group.
The main news in the spring of 2006 was the release of a new solo album-soundtrack to the comedy-parody animated film "Dieter - Der Film", which briefly tells its story. The cartoon was first shown on RTL on March 4, 2006 and is based on the autobiographical book Nichts als die Wahrheit (Nothing but the Truth). The song "Gasoline", performed by Dieter, which sounded on the air of the show "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" in February, showed Bohlen's return to the old sound known to fans from the Blue System. The soundtrack, which appeared on the shelves of German shops on March 3, 2006, contains mainly ballads, a number of traditional Bohlen mid-tempo compositions and several successful Modern Talking songs from the repertoire of the 1980s. The album also includes the previously unreleased Modern Talking track "Shooting Star".
In 2007, Dieter created and released an album for the winner of the show "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" Mark Medlock. On the second single, Bohlen performs one of the songs in a duet with Mark, and Mark's second disc became a joint album of two musicians: Dieter not only wrote the music, but also sang some vocal parts. The third album also contains Dieter's vocal parts.
All the albums that Dieter Bohlen wrote for Medlock occupied high positions in the charts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland. The collaboration with Medlock ended in 2010.
In 2010, Dieter began cooperation with the "queen" of the German hit Andrea Berg. The released album "Schwerelos" became the first in the charts in Germany.
At the beginning of 2017, a collection of the best songs of the maestro "Die Mega Hits" was released, consisting of three discs. On May 20, a big show "Dieter Bohlen - Die Mega-Show" was held on the RTL TV channel in support of the album. The performance was attended by the performers of Dieter's musical compositions Mark Medlock, the rap musician of Key One, to whom Bohlen presented a cover version of "Brother Louie" under the new name "Louie Louie".
The concert audience could also enjoy the new sound of the 2000s mega-hit “We Have A Dream” performed by the winners of the DSDS music competition from different years. The latest news, concert videos and new clips can be found on the singer's official Russian site.
So, the story of the founder of Modern Talking began back in 1954, more precisely on February 7 in the West German city of Oldenburg (about 40 km west of Bremen) in the family of Hans, a hydraulic engineer who had his own company and his wife Edith. By the way, Dieter was the eldest child, and his father dreamed of passing the company to him by inheritance.
However, Dieter's hometown was not to his taste - straight streets with high walls, so characteristic of the ancient cities of Germany. No variety, nothing interesting for a rising genius.
Television at that time was not available and as a result, young people knew nothing about the outside world. The greatest events in the city were: the city's summer festivals, the October sale of junk, the Christmas bustle... Nothing more interesting happened in the city. And those; who wanted to achieve something - just left the city. Oldenburg was a real city of museums and signs. But, even this did not attract young people ... they did not like living in a museum, and even the fact that old people lived in the city.
Young people felt that they were limited in everything and they became more and more furious from this. They wanted to take charge of their own lives and stand on their own feet. It was to this group of young people that Dieter belonged. Even in childhood, in Dieter, the character traits of all Aquarians were visible: the struggle for freedom and a passion for everything unknown. When Dieter decided to do something, he always “thrown out” all the worst, he believed only in the good.
He wanted to be independent.
Many times those around him did not understand him and called him crazy, but he always insisted on his own ... Dieter developed an unusual strength in himself, did the impossible (when he wanted something) and this became a rule for him - “do the impossible” (remember - “Anything is possible" "Try the impossible"…)
When Dieter decided to take up music, this did not mean at all that he decided to devote himself to music until the end of his days, because with Dieter you never know in advance, you can’t be sure of anything with him ... It may be that one day, in one fine day he will start something different, new, despite the fact that he has studios, success and music ... His desires, dreams and thoughts come straight from the heart, so no factors can influence his decisions. Dieter realized this when he went to school. The first two years at school were just wonderful, but the third ... the third began with problems with the teachers. The teachers saw in Dieter a spoiled child who did not want to change at all and always put his ideas above everything else. Dieter's behavior at school was getting worse and worse, and in the end he left this school - before leaving, Dieter did not know "mercy" and told his teachers everything that he thinks about them ... especially "lucky" teachers who were engaged in re-education students who write with their left hand (let's not forget that Dieter is left-handed...). Now Dieter writes with his right hand, but he still plays tennis with his left.
Slowly but surely, the parents began to think that Dieter was simply hopeless, and if Uncle Heinz Giszas had not helped him, the guy would definitely have “died”. Heins, at that time was the head of the harbor in Hamburg, and was the person Dieter really respected. Dieter adored his uncle more than anyone, Heinz always took care of him and raised aspirations and dreams in Dieter ... Dieter again became an excellent student. Even a miracle happened: Dee moved from elementary school to grammar school! After such an "advance", the parents regained hope... but, it was an "empty" hope. Old problems returned again: he again disagreed with the teachers. In addition, during these years he began to “dabble” with “soft” drugs, falling under the bad influence of high school students. Where they were, there was Didi. He again had to leave school and go to another. But, again, the same "story" - problems ... Dieter's father got tired of this and he sent his son to a boarding school, in Versen. In this school, Dieter had absolutely no free time, the students were not allowed anything. Dieter felt like he was in a prison, he could not endure such supervision and strictness. He talked to his father and promised to behave "normally" in a "normal" school. Dieter learned a lot at the boarding school, he realized that the time for games has long passed. And in the tenth grade, and then in the 11th grade, he was one of the best students. At the age of 17, Dieter passed all the exams and entered the University with honors.
1964 was a year of change for Dieter, this year is the height of the BEATLES. When Didi was 10 years old, he was already composing his own songs. His first creation was called "VIELE BOMBEN FALLEN" ("Many bombs fell"), but his compositions were not successful. Along with playing the guitar, Dieter could also play the keyboard. Already at this age he decided to become a musician.
Dieter fulfilled the dream of his parents and entered the University of Göttingen. He entered the economics department. The university allowed Dee to finally take charge of his life, without his parents. In small clubs, Dieter played his melodies with the group "Aorta", jazz-rock. At this point, Dieter became very interested in music. The third band Didi played in was Mayfair. In this group, Dieter played aggressive music, it was then that he decided to let his long hair go. During the Mayfair period, our "hero" wrote more than 200 songs in different styles. In one thing he was completely sure, that he would create a real group. Dieter did not want to stay in Göttingen, and even more so did not want to return to Oldenburg. He needed contacts with people, with record companies. He did not care who he was taken as - as a musician or singer, as a composer or producer.
Time passed... Dieter composed and sent his songs to all sorts of addresses, but the answers he received were the same... he was not needed. It was surprising that even during such stresses and disappointments, Dieter continued to study well at the University, and he was never late for lectures. And in his free time, he arranged a personal life. There was a concentration of strength and energy in Dieter! Driven by his goals and ideas, he never gave up or lost heart. Not everyone can believe in the future, receiving only refusals, but Dee could. He did not even have the thought that his dream would not come true, he could not allow this! He realized that one should never give up, and despite all the failures, one must only go forward! Bad experience can lead to good results, he believed. Dieter realized that people around him are doing everything wrong and simply do not see their luck, and having received what they want, they do not know what to do next.
One of Dieter's favorite places in Göttingen was the Afro-Asiaten Heim disco club. And it was there that he met his future wife, Erica. She was born in BAD WILDUNGEN on September 29, 1954. Erika was a stylist. Before getting married, Erika and Dieter lived together for 10 years and got married (in jeans) at 11:11, November 11, 1983, in Hamburg.
And then and now, Dieter perfectly finds a common language with people. With his character, he keenly feels what the interlocutor needs. For Dieter, people's reaction and their assessment of a certain style of his music, rhythm, and effects are important. Despite the fact that Dieter is a "terrible" talker, he is also capable of simply listening and giving advice. And therefore it is not surprising that Dieter soon became the center of everyone's attention. Wherever he went, he always attracted attention - his height (183cm) and blond hair already did half the job.
In 1977 Dieter visited the studio for the first time. With his friend Golger, he created the duet "Monza". The first songs recorded were: "HEIBE NACHT IN DER CITY" (translated as (probably): "Hot night in the city") "HALLO TAXI NUMMER 10" (something like: "Hi taxi number 10"). Unfortunately, these compositions did not reach the charts. Dieter decided that it was time to leave music for a while and prepare for the last exams at the University.
November 8, 1978, Dieter received a diploma in economics. As soon as he graduated from university, he immediately signed a contract in Emden to work as an investment consultant, the music was over. But, he still had some contact with the Hamburg firm Intersong. He often sent his work there, but the responses were not encouraging. Dieter no longer hoped to make music someday. But, one day he received a letter that was different from the others. It said that Dieter would not like to cooperate, of course he did!!! There were many requirements in the contract that were impossible to fulfill: Didi had to write 36 songs a month, but he signed the contract anyway. On January 1, 1979, Dee became the producer and composer of Intersong, and moved with Erika to Hamburg. Dieter worked hard and hard and for this "Intersong" gave him the chance to perform his own song, this composition was called "Don't through my love away" (He throw away my love). To realize this song, Dieter used a pseudonym - Steve Benson, but the public was not interested in this song. Despite this, many record companies and famous performers became interested in Dieter. Stars such as Katia Ebstein (Katya Ebstein), Roland Kaiser (Roland Kaiser), Bernd Chiver (Bernd Chiver) were ready to take Dieter as their producer and asked to write songs for them.
1982 was a "breakthrough" year for Dieter. This year, he produced the "golden" album for Ricky King (Ricky King) - "Happy guitar dancing". Popularity overtook Dieter when he wrote a new single (in 1982). At this time, he used a new pseudonym -Sunday (in the lane "Resurrection"). Didi wrote a lot for others, but he really wanted to perform his songs himself ...
In 1982 Dieter wrote a song to audition for the Eurovision Song Contest, when listening, the song took 3rd place. 1989 was more successful in this regard, the next song written for Eurovision and sung by a certain Nino De Angelo (Nino Be Angelo), took 1st place in the preliminary audition and 14th in the competition itself. And Dieter's next song took 5th place in the competition! Dieter was asked which of his songs he loves the most, and he replied: “Well, you don’t ask which of my children I love more, so…”
In February 1983, Frenchman FR David presented his second single "Pick up the phone" ("Pick up the phone"). When Dieter heard the first sounds of "Pick up the phone", he already knew that he would make a German version of this hit. But, he could not find the artist. He decided to call the song "Was macht das shon?". One day, Dee received a letter from the Hansa record company, which said that this company had in mind one young performer whose songs were not very successful - Thomas Anders. Upon arrival in Hamburg, Thomas was delighted with Dieter's version of "Pick up the phone".
Thomas (who does not know - the real name is Bernd Weidung) was born on March 1, 1963 in Münstermeifilde, near Koblenz. At the age of 15, Thomas was already successful, hitting Michael Schanze's television show "Hatteh Sie heut 'Zeit fur uns?", He got the opportunity to record his first single "Judi" ("Judy"). In September, he became friends with Thomas Oner and two other soloists of the group, which already traveled all over Germany with him (Thomas Anders). But, success ended as quickly as it began. And Thomas's father decided that it was better for his son to finish school. Thomas passed all his exams in 1982, in the spring. Then Tommy studied for five semesters at the University, studying German studies and music.
In 1981, Thomas recorded 3 more singles: "Du weinst um ihn" ("You cry because of him"), "Ich will nicht dein leben", ("I can't live this life without you") "Es war die nacht der ersten Llebe" ("It was the night of first love"), Dieter and Thomas immediately liked each other. They made a great team in the studio. They often visited Dieter's house in Hamburg. Dieter recorded with Thomas the song “Wovon traumst du denn” (“Whom do you dream about?”) And it was with this song that Thomas “burst” into the charts (December 1, 1983). About 30,000 copies of this song have been sold. March 1984 "Endstation Sehnsucht" and "HeiBkalter Angel" were recorded (cover version of Real life - "Send me an ange1" ("Send me an angel")).
After such a big job, Dieter decided to take a “breather” and relax (for the first time in 5 years) on the island of Mallorca. But, even on vacation, new ideas arose in Dieter's thoughts. One such idea became the European shock of 1985, "You're my heart, You're my soul". This song lasted for a whole half a year in the spell of Germany.
And another idea came into the pretty head of Thomas - to create a duet!
When Dieter was vacationing in Mallorca, Thomas, along with his girlfriend Nora, vacationed in the Canary Islands, where they got engaged (August 6, 1984)
When they (Dieter and Thomas) both returned to Germany, they immediately began work on "You're ..." and on the future duet - "Modern Talking". In October '84 the single was already ready, but ... in November '84. Thomas (in his Golf GTI) was in a terrible accident. The car was literally flattened, but neither Thomas nor Nora were hurt. And it was from this misfortune that the "happiness" of "Modern Talking" began. On January 17, '85, a video was filmed for "You're my heart ..." and a few days later, Dieter and Thomas were already taking part in music programs. It was a real "breakthrough" for "M. T". Finally, Dieter was at the desired peak!…
In March '85 the second single "You can win..." was released. All Dieter's songs never lost their quality, neither then nor now. This applies to "Cheri…'', "Brother Louie", "Atlantis is calling". The first album has the song "There's too much blue in missin' you" ("How much sadness in my soul when I miss you") - it is the only song performed by Dieter (in "Modem Talking"), Thomas on vocals . Modern Talking became a worldwide success. But, soon the public began to notice that something was happening, Dieter began to complain that Thomas was practically not working (Dee worked for 5 months on the 2nd album, and Thomas came only twice to record songs ...). One of Dieter's most important assistants was and is Luis Rodriguez, who supervised all the technical work and was also a sound engineer. But, for Dieter, Louis was not just a technical worker, but also a person who could always give advice about this or that song, this or that sound. Dieter always consulted with Louis. "Brother Louie" - dedicated specifically to Rodriguez.
While Dieter was working with Modern Talking, he was also working with other bands in parallel. In 1985 he recorded "Keine Trane tut mir leid" ("I'm sorry for my tears") with Mary Rus. Together with S.S. Catch, Dieter achieved the same success as with "Modern Talking". Caroline Müller lived in the Bund but was born in the Netherlands. Dieter discovered her as a singer at the competition in Hamburg "Looking for Talents". That same evening, Dieter offered her a contract and became her producer. He also came up with a pseudonym for her - “S. C. Catch. In 1985 (summer), the single “I Can Lose My Heart” was released - her first hit. Along with dancers Dag, Dirk., and Pierre, CC Katch became the "queen" of disco. Dieter and Caroline worked together until 1989... 12 singles and 4 albums were released. Dieter also wrote "Midnight Lady" for Chris Norman. This song became the opening theme of the television series "Tatort". "Midnight Lady" brought Norman back to the stage. With all these projects, Dieter wanted to prove that "Modern Talking" was famous not for the voice and personality of the handsome Thomas Anders, because in "Modern Talking" everyone saw only Thomas, and did not notice that Dieter did everything. No one believed in the deep lyricism of Dieter's songs, no one could even imagine that Dieter really put deep meaning and life problems into his works, and this was exactly the case.
So, "With a Little Love" is dedicated to Dieter's son Mark (born July 9, '85, he was named after the singer Marc Bolan), the same goes for "Give me peace on Earth". But, due to a lot of attention to Thomas and Hope, these songs didn't get noticed. From the Blue System repertoire, the song "Crossing the river" ("Crossing the river") is also dedicated to his son Mark.
While Dieter and Louis were becoming a good "team", relations with Thomas gradually deteriorated. Their quarrels even occurred at concerts that were held throughout Europe. It soon became clear that Thomas could not stand stress. In the middle of '85, Thomas suffered a nervous breakdown. When Thomas got better, he married Hope on July 27, '85, in Koblenz. Their wedding was a real show, with screams and tears from 3,000 fans in a crowded church. Dieter was also invited, but he refused, because he went to the hospital to see his father, who had a heart attack. But those who knew Dieter well understood that he was against all this hype around the wedding (Rolls-Royce near the church, a trip to Cannes, tea drinking with Princess Stephanie). Thomas was able to extend the contract for another 2 years (until the end of 1987). Dieter was not interested in what Thomas did in his personal life, he was only interested in their common work. Once Thomas did not come to the television show "Formula One" (there was a prize for the song "Brother Louie"). And on the show "P. I. T” Thomas was also not present, but the day before the show he warned Dieter that he had jaundice. On May 27th '85 their German tour was supposed to start, but this time there was no Dieter, who got injured while playing tennis, the doctor advised him to rest for 2 weeks.
Thomas decided to start the tour on his own and the organizers didn't mind. Dieter had no choice but to admit that he was forgotten and only Thomas and Nora existed. But, Dieter was still famous and still tried to keep “Modern Talking. He had to admit that all his efforts had failed. Newspaper critics became even more critical and cynical. Besides, they wrote stories about Thomas, one worse than the other. Thomas was on edge and took decisive action against journalists. But, everything was in vain. All Thomas' excuses in response to journalists made him even more interesting and the newspapers were full of headlines about his actions against the media. Instead of keeping a proud silence, Thomas, on the contrary, arranged a real warrior with the press. With this, Thomas wanted to prove that he would not allow himself to be made a "fool", and he defended not only himself, but also Dieter. But, the effect was the opposite, all his words were "distorted" in numerous articles. Dieter and Thomas spent less and less time together. Even when they received awards, only one of them was always present. The last time they appeared together was at the end of 1986. in Formula 1. It was the start of a huge tour, but "little warriors" walked between them all the time. One such scene took place at a concert in Munich, while the fans were screaming and waiting for them, a terrible quarrel began, but Dieter and Thomas still went on stage. Nora and her friend Jutta Temes also appeared on the stage. Then no one knew that Dieter took two girls to "sing along": Sylvia Zaniga and Biji Nandke, but the girls were kept by the guards (by Nora's order). In fact, when Nora saw Dieter's girls in the wardrobe, she was furious ... and ordered not to let the girls on stage.
Dieter was fed up with "that" Nora!!! When Dieter understood everything, he saw that Nora and Giutta defiantly left, and Thomas followed them ... So the concert ended and everyone understood what was happening ... Behind the scenes, Nora “poured” all the dirt on Dieter, she screamed so loudly that even the fans in the hall heard it. To this, Dieter only succinctly replied: “Of course, the girls I chose are not as beautiful as Nora, but they are part of Modern Talking, and she is “no one” ... “. Nora irritated not only Dieter, but also all the media, even the fans of Modern Talking, who, in turn, threw eggs and tomatoes at her at one of the concerts ... Dieter realized that Modern Talking had already ceased to exist. Thomas did not want to work together anymore, and Nora did not want to change her behavior, Dieter had to make an important decision ... He knew for sure that Nora wanted to make a trio out of Modern Talking, but he really did not want to. Music and the future were very important to Dieter. Everything he achieved was at stake. Everyone understood that M. T» has already disbanded, but there was also a contract… The group was supposed to exist for another whole year… Dieter began to plan his future without Thomas. The songs he wanted to present after Modern Talking were already ready in his studio, Dee was looking for new musicians to work on a new project. At that time, "M. T" had 5 singles. 6th single - "Geronimo's Cadillac", the song was not so bad, but the press did their job. Negative remarks about the duo appeared, especially because of Nora. She was not a member of M. T", but desperately tried to seize leadership of the group. Nobody loved her, but she was everywhere and always with Thomas, deciding when to photograph Thomas and Dieter. When she was with Thomas, she decided who he would give an interview to...
With each new article, hatred for Hope grew, and therefore for Thomas and Dieter too. For Dieter "M. T no longer existed. Dieter was famous in America, England, and many wanted him to become their producer. "Modern Talking" disappeared in 1987... Two years later, on a show, Dieter said that it was Nora's fault. Nora tried to take part in the same show, but they only laughed at her. Because of this case, M. T lost $200,000. 1987 - the end of "Modern Talking". The last two albums have been released: "Romantic Warriors" (June), "In The Garden Of Venus" (November).
While Thomas performed Dieter's songs in the USSR, Dieter himself founded a new group - "Blue System". "System" was introduced on October 1, 87, and became known after the first song - "Sorry Little Sagah" ("Forgive Little Sarah"). With this song, Dieter showed that he had found a new sound. The single did not become a hit, but was still quite popular. Dee hoped that MT fans would become Blue System fans. In November, the first album "Blue System" was released - "Walking on rainbow" ("Walking on the rainbow"). About the song “Sorry Little Sarah”, Dieter said: “After Modern Talking, I thought for a long time about what I would do next. This song is Germany's first samba hit, but it was a big challenge for me to write it (song)." Somewhere around Christmas, Dieter got a call from Sylvester Stallone's wife, Bridget Nelson. Stallone offered Dieter $600,000 to listen to his wife. Dieter flew to the studio in Los Angeles and after recording a few songs, flew back to Germany to process them. But, this project failed, because Bridget's lawyers decided that Dieter simply could not write more than three songs, and he ceased to interest them. At the beginning of 88g. Dieter moved to Oldstadt, near Hamburg. Dieter's studio occupied about 40 sq. m. With this, Dieter proved that he likes to work alone, and show the results of work only after completion. The studio in his house allowed Dieter to be close to his family. In 88g. 2nd single "Blue System" was released - "My bed is too big" ("My bed is too big"). The video for this song was filmed in "Dead Valley" (in California). At the same time, a video for C.S. Catch was filmed in Las Vegas - "House of mystic lights" ("House of mystic lights"). This track was placed on the Diamonds album. The most interesting thing about the album was that three tracks had already been released: "House of mystic lights", "Don't shoot my sheriff tonight" and "Do you love as you look?". In the same year, Dieter wrote S.S. Catch for the 5th album - "Big fun". In 89g. The album "Lyrics" was released. But, suddenly, the news came that CC Katch was breaking the contract with Dieter. No one even expected that such a good "team" would break off all relations because of some kind of quarrel! The quarrel arose because of the pseudonym Carolyn. Dieter insisted that he invented it and demanded to change it when she left. So what's the real reason? Caroline wanted to change the style and the music. She turned to an English composer and left all work with Dieter. The fact that he was simply "traded" hurt Dieter very much ... But not only Caroline, but also Chris Norman left him, although Dieter returned Norman to the stage and brought him fame. But, this sadness was replaced by joy - Dieter's 2nd son was born - Marvin Benjamin (December 21, 88) Well, back to Blue System ...
By Christmas, the 2nd album "Blue System" - "Body heat" was released. The album contained songs such as "Under my skin", "Love suite" and "Silent water" (this song was written for the TV series Tatort, where Dieter was given the opportunity to play a killer). On March 26, "Blue System" took to the stage for the first time. It happened in a sports hall in Alstendorfer, Hamburg. This was organized by Radio Schleswig Hobstein, because they wanted to give Dieter and his new band a chance. It was noticeable that Dieter was very worried about receiving an award from this radio. Dieter thanked the radio and the public with the words: “Thank you to all my fans who are so loyal to me…“. Then 2 songs were played: "I'm sorry little Sarah" and "My bed is too big." In October, the 3rd video for "Under my skin" appeared, the idea for the song was born by Dieter because of the record company that "bugged" him; you can also translate the song into Russian as “under my skin”, but it will be more accurate - “in the liver”. The newspapers were full of headlines: "Dieter's Terrible Clip" or "Dieter Bohlen's Video Experiment". The German channel ZDF found the clip too lustful and they aired the clip on Ronnie's Popshow. The team of this show “cleaned up” this video for a long time, and the video was aired already different, not the same as it was shown on the ARD channel.
The video for "When Sara smiles" ("When Sarah smiles") incorporated excerpts from two other clips. This video was filmed on the island of Ibiza. In 89g. (autumn) the 3rd album "Twilight" (Twilight) was released with a wonderful hit No. 1 - "Magic Symphony" ("Magic Symphony"). After 3 weeks, this song was at the top of its glory! The second track on the album - "Love on the rock" was very dynamic. The video for this song was filmed in Moscow, 28. 10. 89. Dieter was awarded the title of the best composer and producer in Germany. At the end of 89g. Dieter produced Elgelbert Gamberding and the result is the album "Ich denk an dich" ("I think of you"). The songs in this album were very different from what Dieter wrote for M. T”, “Blue System”, and other performers. These songs were intended for the older generation, but they were so beautiful that anyone could listen to them. At the same time, Dieter wrote a song for Lori Bonnie Bianco: "A cry in the night". Dieter brought the band "Smokie" back to life by writing the song "Young hearts" for them. In February 90 Dieter became a father again. This time it was a girl - Marilyn (d/b: Feb. 23, 90). In August 90 released a new album "Blue System" - "Obsession". Soon a video for the song "Love is such a lonely sword" appeared. Nadia Farrag also starred in this video (Dieter met her at a disco in Hamburg). In this video, Dieter plays the piano, $10,000 was spent on the video. April 90. Dieter flew to Kenya to film the video for "48 Hours". In this video, Dieter drives a jeep around Travo Wild Park, where he meets the beautiful Nadia in the village. Later, Dieter and Nadia settled in a huge, white house in Quickborn (10 km from Hamburg), so Dieter could easily visit the children who lived with Erika in Hamburg. In 1990 was released fideoalbum "All around the World" - which included all the hits from 1987 to 1990. In 1991 (summer) was released the album "Seeds of Heaven". Aug 21 91 Dieter recorded the song for Dion Warwick in a Los Angeles studio. Dieter even thought of offering her to work with him in a duet. When he returned to Germany, he wrote the song "It's all over", which he then sang with her as a duet. By the way, the song and video were made in one day.
In subsequent years, Dieter did not stop giving out new hits and albums, both from Sistema and from his protégés. You can get acquainted with these in the corresponding section of the site ... He also wrote the soundtracks "Die Stadtindianar" and "Rivalen der Rennbahn"
With his first wife, Erica (Erica Sauerland (Bohlen), September 29, 1954), Dieter Bohlen lived for almost 11 years (from 1983 to 1994). In marriage, they had 2 sons Mark (Marc, July 09, 1985), Marvin Benjamin (Marvin Benjamin, December 21, 1988) and daughter Marilin (Marielin, February 23, 1990). In 1996, Dieter Bohlen married a second time, Verona Feldbusch became his wife (Verona Feldbusch, May 30, 1969), but the marriage lasted only four weeks. From 1990 to 1996 and from 1997 to 2000 Bohlen lived together with Naddel Abd el Farrag (March 05, 1965), part-time backing vocalist for Blue System and Modern Talking. From 2001 to 2006, Dieter had a relationship with Estefania Kuster (Estefania Kuster, July 28, 1979), with whom he has a son, Maurice Cassian (Maurice Cassian, July 7, 2005). From 2006 to this day, Dieter Bohlen lives with his girlfriend Carina Fatma Walz (Carina Fatma Walz, 1984), with whom they had two children: daughter Amelie (Amelie, March 24, 2011) and son Maximilian (Maximilian, September 7, 2013) .
Verona Feldbusch, another dark-haired one, is said to be a beauty. She was born in Bolivia, either on April 30, 1968, or on May 30, 1969, or on the same date and the same year only in June, the data in all publications, the press, the official website of Verona differ, one thing is known for certain, dad was a German with a technical education and her mother was a Bolivian hairdresser.
At the age of one, she moved to Hamburg, where her cloudless childhood passed, although her parents eventually divorced. They also say that she loved to dress up fashionably since childhood and even spent her childhood with a needle in her hand, and even with the help of her mother she sewed a dress for herself at the age of 6.
She was also called a beauty since childhood, and, barely waiting for 15 years, Verona made her debut as a model. Immediately after graduation, the road to Paris laid down for her, the child was torn under the spotlight, moving from one "city of big lights" to another began.
Nadia Ab del Farrag, aka Nadia Farrag without the Afro-Arabic "ab", "del", "ibn" and the like, she is Naddel, as Bohlen called her for almost 12 years of her life, in consonance with the German word "Needle" and the visual impression of this pretty girl (tall - 1.80, slender, long-legged).
As might be expected, based on the tastes of Mr. Bohlen, she was born in a mixed marriage. Nadia's father, Sudanese Ibrahim, came to Europe to seek happiness and knowledge, but did not want to study - he wanted to get married, which he did - Yuta, a typical German, became his wife. And on March 5, 1965, the first child was born in a young family - Nadia, in a few years she will have a younger sister, Tamara. When Nadya was two years old, her father decided to return to his native land, but his wife endured the charm of Africa for no more than a year, and the family returned to Hamburg, where they quietly ran a small family business.
Ingrid Estefania Küster was born on July 28, 1979 in Asuncion, Paraguay. A cocktail to the taste of Bohlen: the mother is a young Paraguayan beauty Marie-Luz, the father is a strong German, and the child in a mixed marriage came out according to the high category of the standard.
Dieter believes that outwardly Estefania is somewhat similar to Gloria Estefan, most gossips in Germany said: "she looks like Verona Feldbusch." And they are all right, the resemblance of the new girlfriend of the pop music meter to the American singer of Cuban origin Gloria Estefan really exists, but on the other hand, Bolen's dream came true: he got the appearance of Verona and the character of a fluffy kitten, that's what he actually calls her - "Puschi" ("Pussy").
Erika Wilma Emma Frieda Sauerland, you can simply - Erika Bohlen, because after the divorce she added her husband's surname to the hardships and joys of raising three more Bohlen.
She was born on September 29, 1954 in a small town. The eldest daughter in the family of a driver, she received her general education at a public school (that is, for nothing), since the funds in the family were registered until the last pfenning and her younger sister demanded more attention. I had to grow up quickly and switch to self-support. Arriving in Göttingen, she got a job as a window dresser in a large Karstadt supermarket, “she could talk about curtains for hours,” as her husband would later say, which, however, did not prevent him from admitting that Erica had an innate gift for design.
Jeanne (although some call her Gina, and Jeanne, and Jean) Dupuy (Jeanne Dupuy) was the first backing vocalist of the Blue System. A girl from the Caribbean, originally from France, born in 1966, almost immediately fascinated Dieter. He fell madly in love with her at the end of 1987, when Blue System started its activities. When Dieter recruited a new group, Jean was the last to join her.
She previously worked as a photo model and backing vocalist. Also, it is said that, in addition to the work of a backing vocalist, she served as a percussionist in the Blue System. It was Ginny who starred in the Sorry Little Sarah video as Sarah herself, and then in the My Bed Is Too Big video.
