Dr. Michael Kunze (born 9 November 1943) is a German lyricist, book writer and librettist.
Born in Prague, Kunze grew up in Munich. While studying law in the mid-1960s, he began writing song lyrics. Stars such as Holger Biege, Jürgen Drews, Münchener Freiheit, Nana Mouskouri, Peter Alexander, Sofia Rotaru and Udo Jürgens had some of their greatest hits with his songs.
Kunze also had international success with Silver Convention, Julio Iglesias, He...
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Dr. Michael Kunze (born 9 November 1943) is a German lyricist, book writer and librettist.
Born in Prague, Kunze grew up in Munich. While studying law in the mid-1960s, he began writing song lyrics. Stars such as Holger Biege, Jürgen Drews, Münchener Freiheit, Nana Mouskouri, Peter Alexander, Sofia Rotaru and Udo Jürgens had some of their greatest hits with his songs.
Kunze also had international success with Silver Convention, Julio Iglesias, Herbie Mann, Gilbert Bécaud, Lulu and Sister Sledge, among others; for these purposes he sometimes used the pseudonym "Stephan Prager" (composed of the name of his son, Stephan, and his birth city, Prague). Silver Convention's hit Fly, Robin, Fly reached number 1 in the US Billboard charts.
At the height of his success he would occasionally withdraw from the pop scene in order to write books. Straße in Feuer (English: Highroad to the Stake: A Tale of Witchcraft) became a worldwide best-seller, to which the New York Times Book Review Supplement...
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