Roland Kaiser (singer)
German schlager singer (born 1952)
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Roland Kaiser (born Ronald Keiler; 10 May 1952) is a German Schlager singer.[1] He is one of the most successful German-speaking Schlager singers.[2]
10 May 1952
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| Born | Ronald Keiler 10 May 1952 |
| Occupation | Singer |
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| Children | 3 |
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Kaiser was born in West Berlin.[3] He was working as a marketing executive in a car firm[3] where he was discovered by German music producers Gerd Kämpfe and Thomas Meisel,[4] after Kaiser picked up singing cover songs at small pubs and private parties as a hobby.[5] In 1974, he released his first single under the stage name of Roland Kaiser, titled "Was ist wohl aus ihr geworden?",[6] and in 1976 he got his first chart placement with "Frei, das heißt allein",[7] which reached under Top 20 on the West German top list.[8]
In 1980, he competed in the West German trial for the Eurovision Song Contest but did not win.[9] In the same year, he had his greatest success on the lists so far with the song "Santa Maria" (by Oliver Onions/Guido & Maurizio De Angelis),[10] which maintained its first place in West Germany for six weeks.[11] After years in Berlin-Charlottenburg Kaiser lives in Münster-Aaseestadt.
