Forty years ago, on March 29, 1986, Austrian New Wave artist Falco made music history when his quirky, rapped synth-pop tune “Rock Me Amadeus” became the first-ever German-language song to top the ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. There's a theme ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It may sound like an April Fools' joke, but on April 1, 1986, a synth-pop song about Mozart complete with German rap verses was No ...

Imagine a song. (After you’re done imagining Scatman John’s “Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop),” let me finish my prompt.) Imagine a song about legendary classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a ...

Hans Hölzl aka FALCO (+ 06.02.1998), one of Austria's All-Time greatest and most outstanding artists (right after Mozart), found its way back on the Musical stage. The Vereinigte Bühnen Wien decided ...

Bolland & Bolland wrote the song after watching the Amadeus movie, and while Falco's team apparently liked the tune, the singer was worried that the song would be disrespectful to Mozart's legacy.

40 years ago, Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus” was released in the German-speaking region, with the worldwide release following in January 1986. To this day, it remains the only German-language song to top ...

It was Mozart-mania for a while there in the mid-80s. The film Amadeus arrived in 1984 and served up prime Oscar bait. And then there was “Rock Me Amadeus”, which came along a year later and became a ...

Visiting a club like the famous U4 Club during the day might be rather unusual, but what was once a second home to Falco, aka Hans Hölzl, is probably the best choice to present the cast of the highly ...

Listen30 years ago, Falco's 'Rock Me Amadeus' hits No. 1 When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters overdeliver. Sign-up now for headlines, breaking news, hometown stories, ...