Dschinghis Khan ( German pronunciation: [ˌdʒɪŋɡɪs ˈkaːn] ; " Genghis Khan ") is a German Eurodisco pop band. It was originally formed in Munich in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest with their song " Dschinghis Khan ".
21-438: The original group consisted of six members: Louis Hendrik Potgieter, Edina Pop, Henriette Strobel, Wolfgang Heichel, Leslie Mándoki, and Steve Bender, performed from 1979 to their first disbandment in 1985. In 2005, the surviving Dschinghis Khan members reunited to recreate the music group that had been broken up, but years later they separately organized different bands all under the brand name "Dschinghis Khan". Dschinghis Khan
42-514: A duet with David Pomeranz , becoming the first Soviet singer to collaborate with an American musician since the breakout of the Cold War . Between 1990 and 1996, he gave several sold-out concerts named Балы с Александром Малининым (Dances with Aleksandr Malinin), breaking attendance records. The series of concerts were also broadcast on television. In 1994, he received the World Music Award as
63-601: A permanent member of Dschinghis Khan. In 2014, Heichel left the group due to creative differences. In 2018, Dschinghis Khan re-recorded "Moskau" with new lyrics for the 2018 FIFA World Cup , which was hosted in Russia. For the German and English versions, the lead vocals were performed by former US5 member Jay Khan. Alexander Malinin and his daughter Ustinya performed the Russian version, titled "Moskva". The Spanish version, titled "Moscú",
84-449: A rare appearance playing classical guitar in 1984 video footage of Dschinghis Khan performing "Corrida" and "Olé Olé". In 2021, Siegel premiered his musical Zeppelin . Ralph Siegel's first marriage was to Dunja Siegel from Slovakia in 1975, with whom he had two daughters Giulia Siegel (born 1974) and Marcella Siegel (born 1976). The couple divorced in 1989. In 1992 he married Dagmar Kögel, (née Weber). His third daughter Alana Siegel
105-477: A statement on his Facebook in regards to his split from Stefan Track's iteration of Dschinghis Khan, due to serious creative differences and the claim that Track's "Dschinghis Khan" account falsely claims to be the original Dschinghis Khan. In 2023, the Siegel lineup was revamped with three new members: Marco Matias, Selina Kohl, and Michael Thurner. Ralph Siegel Ralph Siegel (born 30 September 1945)
126-493: Is a German record producer and songwriter. Siegel is one of the most notable figures at the Eurovision Song Contest , in which he has participated with 24 songs so far, among them the 1982 winner song Ein bisschen Frieden . Ralph Siegel was born the son of composer Ralph Maria Siegel [ de ] and of singer Ingeborg Döderlein. Siegel is a prolific producer in the German genre of Schlager music . Since
147-510: The 1980s, the group was banned in the Soviet Union and was accused of anti-communism and nationalism. Following the success of the singles "Hadschi Halef Omar", "Rom", "Pistolero", and "Loreley", Dschinghis Khan underwent an image change, with their songs becoming more folk-oriented with their fourth album, Helden, Schurken & der Dudelmoser . As a result, their popularity waned. The group released their fifth album, Corrida , which served as
168-606: The Contest and became a hit in Europe. In 2003, both writers had success with Let's Get Happy , performed by Lou which came in 11th. In February 2010, it was announced by RTÉ that he would have an entry in the Irish National Final-Eurosong 2010. The song titled River of Silence was performed by Lee Bradshaw. It finished in last place. He also composed 'C'était ma vie', performed by Lys Assia for representing Switzerland in
189-700: The Eurovision Song Contest . She reached an 8th position in Swiss National Final. Siegel organized a comeback event for the Disco band Dschinghis Khan in June 2018. Dschinghis Khan had been originally organized by Siegel and Dr. Bernd Meinunger to compete in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest . After the success of their first hit, Dschinghis Khan , both men continued to write popular songs for this band, including " Moskau " and "Hadschi Halef Omar". Siegel makes
210-591: The early 1970s, he worked with artists like Udo Jürgens , Mary Roos , Heino , Rex Gildo , Michael Holm , Chris Roberts , Costa Cordalis , Mireille Mathieu , Peter Alexander , Roy Black , Karel Gott and Marianne Rosenberg . Since 1972 has participated with 24 songs in the Eurovision Song Contest, the latest being the 2017 Sammarinese entry " Spirit of the Night " by Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson . In 1982, Siegel's and Bernd Meinunger 's song Ein bißchen Frieden (A Little Peace), performed by Nicole won
231-508: The group released the singles "Dschinghis Khan" and " Moskau ". A year later, the English version of "Moskau" topped the charts in Australia for six weeks, largely thanks to Seven Network using the song as the theme music for coverage of the 1980 Summer Olympics . In an interview with Russian television presenter Alexandra Glotova, the producer of the group Dschinghis Khan, Heinz Gross, said that in
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#1732870171803252-779: The group reunited as "Dschinghis Khan Family", but only with original members Strobel on vocals, Mándoki on drums, and Potgieter on keyboards. The song "Wir gehör'n zusammen" led them to a national qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest , where they finished in second place. In 1994, Potgieter died of AIDS in South Africa. On 17 December 2005, Dschinghis Khan reunited at the Retro FM Festival in Moscow , with founding members Bender, Pop, Heichel, and Strobel joined by new members Stefan Track, Kaya Ebru, and Daniel Käsling. In May 2006, Bender died of cancer. The song "Wie Feuer im Wind" on
273-547: The group's 2007 album 7 Leben was dedicated to both Potgieter and Bender. In 2006, Track left the group and started his own solo project called Rocking Son. On July 15, Strobel, Heichel, and Pop were joined by the dance group The Legacy of Dschinghis Khan in a concert in Mongolia . The dance group consisted of Claus Kupreit, Corinna Günzel, Benjamin Schobel, Evi Weigand, Stefan Sauter, and Angelika Nimbach; Kurpreit would go on to become
294-485: The latter attempted to bar him from releasing the 2018 FIFA World Cup version of "Moskau" and claimed to have full ownership of the Dschinghis Khan name. The Munich Regional Court ruled in favor of Siegel and awarded him the trademark rights to the group, citing him as the group's original creator and producer and the group's prior disbandments did not affect his ownership rights. In January 2022, Wolfgang Heichel posted
315-581: The marriage. Alexander Malinin Aleksandr Nikolaevich Malinin ( Russian : Александр Николаевич Малинин , born Vyguzov, Russian : Выгузов ; 16 November 1958) is a Russian singer who was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1997. Malinin was born in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) as Aleksandr Nikolaevich Vyguzov. At the end of the 1980s, he toured the United States and made
336-550: The name Dschinghis Khan. On 12 September 2020, dancer and singer Johannes Kupreit died in a car accident in Germany. Tributes were paid from the members and Dschinghis Khan fans from around the world. By the end of 2020, Pop and Strobel retired from their band. Meanwhile, the Heichel and Track faction of Dschinghis Khan released the studio album Here We Go , which is a mix of new songs and self-covers. In July 2021, Siegel sued Heichel when
357-599: The name of the historical figure Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire . The only native Germans in the group were the bald-headed Karl-Heinz "Steve" Bender and Wolfgang Heichel, who brought his Dutch -born wife Henriette ( née Strobel) with him. Louis Hendrik Potgieter (Genghis Khan) was South African . Edina Pop (Marika Késmárky) was a Hungarian who had started her singing career in West Germany in 1969. Leslie Mándoki , also Hungarian, had left Hungary in 1975. In 1979,
378-505: The soundtrack to the musical of the same name by Siegel and Meinunger. After the release of the single "Mexico", Dschinghis Khan disbanded in 1985. Following Dschinghis Khan's disbandment, the members took different paths. Mándoki became a successful musician and producer while Pop pursued a solo singing career and Bender worked as a music producer. The success of the band eventually led to Wolfgang and Henriette's divorce in 1986, with Henriette reverting to her maiden name of Strobel. In 1986,
399-611: Was born in 1996. The couple separated in 2002. His third marriage to the soprano Kriemhild Siegel , (née Jahn), lasted from 2006 until the official separation in August 2014. The legal divorce then took place in 2016. In 2015 he met the Swiss music manager Laura Käfer. After a 3-year relationship, the couple got married in September 2018 in the church Grünwald near Munich . Laura Siegel brought her daughter Ruby Siegel (born 2000), (née Käfer) into
420-471: Was managed by German producer Ralph Siegel and choreographed by Hannes Winkler, one of the most famous German choreographers during that time. Their original eponymous song was written and produced by Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger and came in fourth place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem . Their name is one of several possible German spellings (the most common is "Dschingis Khan") of
441-449: Was performed by Jorge Jiménez and Marifer Medrano. At the same time, Heichel teamed up with Track to record the song "We Love Football". It was revealed that Heichel gained the rights to the Dschinghis Khan name in Germany and Spain. Strobel, Pop, Kupreit, and producer Heinz Gross also own the rights to the name Dschinghis Khan, with both group patents revealing the use of their own logos. As a result, there are two disco groups operating under
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