Falco

Known for ActingBorn 1957-02-19Died 1998-02-06Vienna, Austria

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Na siehste!

Falco - L.I.V.E Donauinsel + Stadthalle Wien

Falco - Hoch wie nie

Falco: Donauinsel Live

Falco: Everything

Falco - Muss ich denn sterben, um zu leben?

Mini Playback Show

Leute

Auf los geht's los

Too Young to Die

Falco - Forever Number One: 40 Jahre "Rock Me Amadeus"

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol2

Flitterabend

Heut' abend

Champs-Elysées

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee

NDR Talk Show

Jeanny - The Fifth Girl

Na sowas!

Wetten, dass..?

Falco: Symphonic

Austropop-Legenden

Geld oder Leber!

Ein Kessel Buntes

Heroes of Today

Feel the Motion

Falco - In concert

Er war Superstar - Falco

Falco - Die ultimative Doku

Falco - Forever Young

Opus & Friends-Graz Liebenau 1985

ECHO-Verleihung

Falco Live am Rathausplatz

Musik Convoy

Die verflixte 7

Okay

Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren

Melodies and Rythms of Foreign Pop Music

Disco

Die ZDF-Hitparade