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**Serge7** · 10-22-2006, 09:28 PM

Johann (Hans) Hölzel (February 19, 1957 – February 6, 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was a classical music prodigy turned Austrian hip hop-pop and rock star. Born in Vienna, he studied at the Vienna Music Conservatory. Before becoming an international rock star, he was bass player in the Austrian hard rock band Drahdiwaberl. As a solo artist, Falco had taken an interest in the sounds and rhythms of rap music, and was one of the first Europeans to incorporate rap stylings into pop and rock music. He is best known internationally for the rap-styled "Rock Me Amadeus" (inspired in part by the Oscar-winning film Amadeus) from his album Falco 3, which became a worldwide hit in 1986 and reached #1 on the US charts (arguably the first "rap" song to achieve this feat, notwithstanding Blondie's success with their 1981 hit "Rapture" and the fact that Vanilla Ice's 1990 "Ice Ice Baby" was cited as the first "true" rap record to top the Billboard Hot 100).

**Serge7** · 10-22-2006, 09:53 PM

Falco "Where Are You Now (Jeanny 3)"

**Serge7** · 10-26-2006, 09:34 PM

Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face "

"Eyes Without a Face" is a song by Billy Idol, co-written with guitarist Steve Stevens from Idol's 1984 album Rebel Yell.
Released in May of 1984, this was the second single from the Rebel Yell album. It was very successful and reached a high of #4 on the Billboard Charts becoming Idol's first Top 10 hit in the U.S.

**Serge7** · 10-31-2006, 10:13 PM

Sting "Desert Rose"

Sting's September 1999 album Brand New Day included the Top 40 hits "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose" (Top 10). The album went Triple Platinum by January 2001. In 2000, he won Grammy Awards for Brand New Day and the song of the same name. At the awards ceremony, he performed "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami.