Purple Schulz
Illustration — Purple Schulz in 2015 Karl Rüdiger "Purple" Schulz (born 25 September 1956 in Cologne) is a German pop singer. The nickname "Purple" came from covering Deep Purple tunes as a 13-year-old. He had his greatest successes in the 1980s.
Also recorded as Karl Rüdiger Schulz
Purple Schulz
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- Purple Schulz was born on 25 September 1956. · Cologne.
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- Germany
- Occupation
- singer · songwriter · composer · musician
- Fields
- pop music
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Purple Schulz in 2015 Karl Rüdiger "Purple" Schulz (born 25 September 1956 in Cologne) is a German pop singer. The nickname "Purple" came from covering Deep Purple tunes as a 13-year-old. He had his greatest successes in the 1980s.
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Purple Schulz (born 1956) is a composer, musician and singer, among other activities, of German nationality. The composer was born in Cologne.
The work spans pop music. Languages used include German.
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Purple Schulz was born at Cologne.
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Some of Purple Schulz's songs are noted for highbrow literary references; his „Sehnsucht“ of 1983 cites the poet Eichendorff's „Sehnsucht.“
• Die Härte – 1982 (as Neue Heimat) • Hautnah – 1983 (as Neue Heimat, and Purple Schulz und die Neue Heimat) • Verliebte Jungs – 1985 • Der Stand der Dinge – 1987 • ['tsvai] – 1988 • Purple Schulz – 1990 • haha – 1992 • Die Singles 84 – 92 • Spass beiseite? – 1994 • POP – 1997 • Sehnsucht (Die Balladen 1984–1999) – 1999 • Programmänderung – 2003 • Stunksitzung 2004/2005 • So und nicht anders - 2012 • So ist das live! - 2013 • Der Sing des Lebens - 2017 • Nach wie vor - 2019
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q33064: Purple Schulz
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- “Purple Schulz”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 5530513-1, Purple Schulz.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- 1.Website of Purple Schulz
- 2.Purple Schulz in hr3.
- 3.Tobias Eilers Robert Gernhardt: Theorie und Lyrik Page 399 - 2011 "Neuhaus demonstriert die literarische Qualität eines Popsongs exemplarisch an Purple Schulz' „Sehnsucht“ von 1983 und seinen Bezügen zu Eichendorffs „Sehnsucht“ und deutet es präzise als „Gegenentwurf zur Lyrik der Romantik“ "
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