Peter Maffay

小简介
本名Peter Alexander Makkay的教父级摇滚歌手Peter Maffay，生于罗马尼亚，1963年随父母返回德国居住，同年在当地求学同时，组织起自己的乐团The Dukes。1969年Peter推出首支单曲〈Du〉，成为70年代极为畅销作品之一，名声也随之快速建立，1979年的专辑《Steppenwolf》狂销一百六十余万，入主年终销量亚军席次，Peter已是德国家喻户晓巨星。1980年的《Revenge》打破自己记录，缔造两百一十余万红盘，长青树级的Peter，12张专辑曾占据排行榜第一的位置，14张专辑销售量超过百万，都是德国流行音乐史上的记录，累积至今更有三千五百余万的销售身价，不时制造出令各国乐迷摄伏之乐章。
Rocker Peter Maffay was the best-selling German pop star of his generation, wielding his celebrity to become a powerful advocate for antiwar efforts and an outspoken critic of domestic abuse. Born Peter Alexander Makkay on August 30, 1949, in Brasov, Romania, he was 14 when his family relocated to his parents' native Germany. Soon after, he founded his first rock band, the Dukes. After a short stint working with art manufacturer Chemigraphics and moonlighting in local nightclubs, Maffay flung himself into music full-time. His 1969 debut single, "Du," proved a career-defining smash, selling in excess of a million copies and setting the stage for his debut LP, Für das Mädchen, das Ich Liebe. Maffay's career almost ended in tragedy in 1972, when he was critically injured in a motorcycle accident. He not only survived, but his music enjoyed even greater popularity than before, with subsequent efforts including the two-LP set Omen, 1974's Samstag Abend in Unserer Straße, and 1977's Dein Gesicht all entering the German Top Ten. With 1979's Steppenwolf Maffay broke German sales records, moving over 1.6 million copies; a year later, he bettered his own mark, selling 2.1 million copies of Revanche, and his live shows were box-office bonanzas as well. With 1983's Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft Maffay shifted gears, teaming with children's musician Rolf Zuckowski and author Gregor Rottschalk to create a fairy-tale world headlined by the dragon Tabaluga. Books, an animated series, a live stage musical, and additional LPs expanded the franchise. In 1986 Maffay also expanded into film, co-starring in director Peter Patzak's The Joker. In the years to follow his political activism shaped his music, and in 1996 he received the Order of Merit for his social commitment, and in 2005 performed for German troops stationed in Afghanistan. The children's charity project Begegnungen: Eine Allianz für Kinder followed in 2006.