Born: May 12th, 1947, Hamburg (British Occupation Zone in Germany)
Nationality: German
In due course, the short impression below will be replaced with a more extensive career overview
BIOGRAPHY
Hailing from Hamburg in Northern Germany, Rolf Zuckowski started his career in music in the band The Beathovens. Later, he regularly wrote the lyrics to pop songs, amongst which the German translation of ‘Oliver’, Norway’s entry to the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest. From the late 1970s onwards, Zuckowski started writing songs, theatre plays, musicals, books especially for children; his children’s records ‘Rolfs Vogelhochzeit’ (1978) and ‘Lieder, die wie Brücken sind’ (1982) made him a star in West Germany. In between all song writing and recording, Zuckowski presented the ZDF TV series Singen macht Spass and toured in Germany and abroad. In 2000, he was awarded the German Music Prize for his qualities as a composer, lyricist, producer, and singer of children’s music. Eight years later an ECHO Award for lifetime achievement was conferred upon him.
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
In the 1970s, Zuckowski often worked with Swiss songwriter Peter Reber, member of Peter, Sue & Marc. With Reber, Zuckowski penned the orchestrations to four Swiss Eurovision entries, of which three by Peter, Sue & Marc, namely: ‘Djambo, Djambo’ (1976), ‘Trödler und co.’ (1979), and the international hit ‘Io senza te’ (1981). The latter two songs were conducted by Zuckowski himself. In 1977, Reber composed ‘Swiss Lady’ for the Pepe Lienhard Band; he and Zuckowski wrote the arrangement with Pepe Lienhard, but it was Peter Jacques who conducted the orchestra that year. Also in 1980, Zuckowski had a hand in the Swiss entry, 'Cinéma' by Paola, this time co-producing the item with Peter Reber.
EUROVISION INVOLVEMENT YEAR BY YEAR
Country – Switzerland
Song title – “Djambo, Djambo”
Rendition – Peter, Sue & Marc
(Peter Reber / Susan Schell / Marc Dietrich)
Lyrics – Peter Reber
Composition – Peter Reber
Studio arrangement – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski
Live orchestration – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski
Conductor – Mario Robbiani
Score – 4th place (91 votes)
Country – Switzerland
Song title – "Swiss Lady"
Rendition – Pepe Lienhard Band
(Pepe Lienhard / Bill von Arx / Pino Gasparini / Christian von Hoffmann / Mostafa Kafa’i Azimi / Georges Walther)
Lyrics – Peter Reber
Composition – Peter Reber
Studio arrangement – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski / Pepe Lienhard Band
Live orchestration – Peter Jacques
Conductor – Peter Jacques
Score – 6th place (71 votes)
Country – Switzerland
Song title – “Trödler und co.”
Rendition – Peter, Sue & Marc feat. Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri (Peter Reber / Susan Schell / Marc Dietrich / Pfuri Baldenweg / Anthony Fischer / Kniri Knaus)
Lyrics – Peter Reber
Composition – Peter Reber
Studio arrangement – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski
Live orchestration – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski
Conductor – Rolf Zuckowski
Score – 10th place (60 votes)
Country – Switzerland
Song title – “Io senza te”
Rendition – Peter, Sue & Marc
(Peter Reber / Susan Schell / Marc Dietrich)
Lyrics – Peter Reber / Nella Martinetti
Composition – Peter Reber
Studio arrangement – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski
Live orchestration – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski
Conductor – Rolf Zuckowski
Score – 4th place (121 votes)
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