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Baccara - 71% match to Dschinghis Khan

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StarSound - 38% match to Dschinghis Khan

The credit for the Star Sound phenomenon possibly belongs to an unknown European bootlegger who created a medley of songs by original artists for use in discotheques during 1980. One of the tunes in the sequence was Shocking Blue’s ‘Venus’ and its appearance so outraged publisher William van Kooten that he was determined to record a rival legal version. Producer Read more

Gloria Gaynor - 33% match to Dschinghis Khan

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Jason Donovan - 25% match to Dschinghis Khan

Jason Sean Donovan, 1 June 1968, Malvern, Melbourne, Australia. Donovan appeared in the Australian television soap-opera Neighbours, which, when shown on British television, commanded a considerable viewing audience of pre-pubescent/teenage girls who instantly took his character, Scott Robinson, to their hearts. His co-star Kylie Minogue had already begun to forge a career i Read more

Nena - 24% match to Dschinghis Khan

Gabriele Susanne Kerner, 24 March 1960, Hagen, West Germany. This German pop/rock performer has maintained a successful and long-lived career, spanning her time with the short-lived Stripes in the late 70s, through worldwide success with Nena (the band) and a series of artistically diverse solo albums. Read more