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Decades: 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's
Udo Lindenberg is one of most influential German rock singers of the '70s. Developing a unique straight-rock style mixed with occasional jazzy or symphonic influences and witty lyrics, he was the first to show that rock music with German lyrics was possible and could even be successful. Starting off in the beginning of the '60s in several jazz bands, he came to Hamburg in 1968, where he met Inga Rumpf, another influential German rock singer, and finally founded his first band, called Free Orbit. After a sho... Read More