Peter Maffay

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本名Peter Alexander Makkay的教父級搖滾歌手Peter Maffay，生于羅馬尼亞，1963年隨父母返回德國居住，同年在當?shù)厍髮W同時，組織起自己的樂團The Dukes。1969年Peter推出首支單曲〈Du〉，成為70年代極為暢銷作品之一，名聲也隨之快速建立，1979年的專輯《Steppenwolf》狂銷一百六十余萬，入主年終銷量亞軍席次，Peter已是德國家喻戶曉巨星。1980年的《Revenge》打破自己記錄，締造兩百一十余萬紅盤，長青樹級的Peter，12張專輯曾占據(jù)排行榜第一的位置，14張專輯銷售量超過百萬，都是德國流行音樂史上的記錄，累積至今更有三千五百余萬的銷售身價，不時制造出令各國樂迷攝伏之樂章。
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.