Frank Duval Explained

Frank Duval
Background:solo_singer
Birth Date:1940 11, df=y
Origin:Berlin, Germany
Genre:Pop
Years Active:1977–2001
Label:Brunswick/Universal. (2001–)
Eastwest (1989–95)
Teldec (1979–89)

Frank Duval (born 22 November 1940, Berlin, as Frank Uwe Patz) is a German composer, conductor, record producer, songwriter and singer.

Life

Born into a family of artists, Duval studied as an actor and dancer, and also sang with his sister, Maria. 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.

Discography

As Frank Duval

Studio albums

YearTitlePeak chart positions
AUT[1] GER[2] NL[3] NOR[4] SWI[5]
1979Die schönsten Melodien aus Derrick und Der Alte33
1981Angel of Mine122111
1982Face to Face7
1983If I Could Fly Away6320
1984Living Like a Cry31927
1985Time for Lovers19283915
1986Bitte laßt die Blumen leben
1987When You Were Mine
1989Touch My Soul
1991Solitude
1994Vision

Compilation albums

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
AUT[6] BE (FLA)[7] GERNL[8] NOR[9] SWI[10]
1977"Love"
"Hey Girl"
1978"Blizz"
1979"Kalina's Melodie"
"Todesengel"6201
1980"Schwarzer Walzer"
"Mystic Love"
"Angel of Mine"121171
1981"Cry (For Our World)"11124
"Autumn Dreams"
1982"Face to Face"134
1983"If I Could Fly Away"69
"Give Me Your Love"125
"Ways"2718
1984"Something Is Crying"
"Living Like a Cry"40
"Alaya"
"What a Day" (featuring Peter Bischof)68
1985"It Was Love" (with Kalina Maloyer)18
"Angel By My Side" (with Kalina Maloyer)19
"Time for Lovers" (with Kalina Maloyer)3027
1986"Liebe und Tod" (with Kalina Maloyer)19257
"Lovers Will Survive" (with Kalina Maloyer)
1987"Face to the Wind"
"Why"
"Fight in Myself"
1988"Love Me, Love"
"Children of Our Time"
1989"Touch My Soul"
1990"Living My Way"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. 2020-11-01. austriancharts.at.
  2. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2020-11-01. www.offiziellecharts.de.
  3. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2020-11-01. dutchcharts.nl.
  4. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2020-11-01. norwegiancharts.com.
  5. Web site: The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community. 2020-11-01. swisscharts.com.
  6. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. 2020-11-01. austriancharts.at.
  7. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. 2020-11-01. ultratop.be.
  8. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2020-11-01. dutchcharts.nl.
  9. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2020-11-01. norwegiancharts.com.
  10. Web site: The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community. 2020-11-01. swisscharts.com.