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Frank Duval

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Frank Duval
Born (1940-11-22) 22 November 1940 (age 83)
OriginBerlin, Germany
GenresPop
Occupations
  • Conductor
  • composer
  • singer
Years active1977–2001
LabelsBrunswick/Universal. (2001–)
Eastwest (1989–95)
Teldec (1979–89)
Websitefrankduval.com

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

Life

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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

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As Frank Duval

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Studio albums

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Year Title Peak chart positions
AUT[1] GER[2] NL[3] NOR[4] SWI[5]
1979 Die schönsten Melodien aus Derrick und Der Alte 33
1981 Angel of Mine 1 22 11 1
1982 Face to Face 7
1983 If I Could Fly Away 6 3 20
1984 Living Like a Cry 31 9 27
1985 Time for Lovers 19 28 39 15
1986 Bitte laßt die Blumen leben
1987 When You Were Mine
1989 Touch My Soul
1991 Solitude
1994 Vision

Compilation albums

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  • 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)

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions
AUT[6] BE (FLA)[7] GER[2] NL[8] NOR[9] SWI[10]
1977 "Love"
"Hey Girl"
1978 "Blizz"
1979 "Kalina's Melodie"
"Todesengel" 6 20 1
1980 "Schwarzer Walzer"
"Mystic Love"
"Angel of Mine" 1 2 1 1 7 1
1981 "Cry (For Our World)" 11 12 4
"Autumn Dreams"
1982 "Face to Face" 13 4
1983 "If I Could Fly Away" 69
"Give Me Your Love" 1 2 5
"Ways" 27 18
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) 30 27
1986 "Liebe und Tod" (with Kalina Maloyer) 19 25 7
"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"

References

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