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26 October 2020. Dutch producers and songwriters Rob and Ferdi Bolland are working together again after twenty years of no contact. They told Dutch daily paper De Telegraaf that they are participating in a musical about the Austrian musician Falco. The musical will premiere in 2021 or according to Ferdi “after corona pandemonium“. “New songs have to be written for new roles to be added to the story,“ explains Rob. A Viennese producer approached the brothers for the musical project. In the 1990s, the Bolland brothers already participated in two musicals about Falco, the stage name of Johann (Hans) Hölzel, born and raised in Vienna. Falco’s first hit was ‘Der Kommissar’. He sings in the dialect he invented: “Manhattan-Schönbrunner-Deutsch“, a mix of Viennese dialect, High German and English. The song produced by Robert Pronger reached a modest 12th place in the Top 40 in the Netherlands, but in Germany and Austria it reached the first place, in Switzerland the 2nd and even in New Zealand, Norway and Sweden it reached the top 5. The song became an evergreen over the years and is arguably the first European rap record. His Toppop recording of ‘Der Kommissar’ was first aired in March 1982. Years later Falco recorded Bolland & Bolland’s composition ‘Rock Me Amadeus’ which became a worldwide hit in 1985. It became # 1 in America, UK, Germany, Austria, New Zealand and Sweden and # 2 in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. It is the only German-language song to ever reach 1st place in America. Also his single ‘Jeanny became a no. 1 hit. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 16 March 1982 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
