Frank Duval
Frank Duval is a German composer, conductor, record producer, songwriter, and singer.
Also recorded as Franco Duval
Frank Duval
- Full name
- Frank Uwe Patz.
- Born
- 1940. · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- composer, singer, musician, manufacturer, music arranger and bandleader.
- Fields
- pop music.
- Languages
- German.
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Frank Duval is a German composer, conductor, record producer, songwriter, and singer.
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Frank Duval (born 1940) is a bandleader, composer and film score composer, among other activities, of German nationality. The bandleader was born Frank Uwe Patz in Berlin. Frank Duval is also known as Franco Duval.
The work spans pop music. Languages used include German.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Born into a family of artists, Frank Duval studied as an actor and dancer, and also sang with his sister, Maria.
Career
Career
By the 1960s, Duval was composing music, both orchestral and pop, and his first soundtrack, for an episode of the German serial Tatort, was broadcast in 1977. The song "Todesengel" from his 1979 debut album, Die schönsten Melodien aus Derrick und Der Alte, became a moderate hit, and was a number one in Switzerland in 1979. During the 1980s, Duval released several soundtracks, as well as solo albums, with lyrics occasionally co-written with his wife Kalina Maloyer. He had several singles enter the German charts, including "Angel of Mine" (Number One in 1981), "Ways" (1983), "Lovers Will Survive" (1986), and "When You Were Mine" (1987). Duval wrote songs for Ivan Rebroff, Alexandra, Karin Huebner, Margot Werner, Klaus Löwitsch, and Maria Schell.
Compilation albums
Compilation albums
Die grössten Erfolge (1985) Greatest Hits (1986) Frank Duval (1988) Seine grössten Erfolge (1989) Derrick Forever (2000) Angel of Mine (2001) Spuren (2001) (3 CD-box) Colour Collection (2006)
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1940
Frank Duval born at Berlin.
Primary material
Documents and archives
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q661792: Frank Duval
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10275241-2, Frank Duval and Orchestra.
Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
reference work
- “Frank Duval”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. austriancharts.at.
- 2.Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. www.offiziellecharts.de.
- 3.Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. dutchcharts.nl.
- 4.norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. norwegiancharts.com.
- 5.The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community. swisscharts.com.
- 6.Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. austriancharts.at.
- 7.ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. ultratop.be.
- 8.Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. dutchcharts.nl.
- 9.norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. norwegiancharts.com.
- 10.The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community. swisscharts.com.
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Institutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q661792: Frank DuvalWikimedia Foundation
Verifiedauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 10275241-2, Frank Duval and Orchestra.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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