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Dieter Thomas Kuhn
12+ albums
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Dieter Thomas Kuhn was born on January 7, 1965, in Tübingen, Germany. When the German music scene experienced a revival of the schlager genre - simplistic pop songs with overly kitschy and sentimental lyrics and imagery - in the mid-'90s, filtered somewhat through an ironic, tongue-in-cheek sense of embracing "uncool," dated music (similar to the easy listening and lounge revival, usually expressed through a "so bad it's good" attitude), Kuhn quickly rose to fame by covering old schlager hits, presented as a cheesy, in-your-face mixture of homage and parody - complete with over-the-top costumes and a chest hair toupee. He has released several successful albums, even though attempts at more serious musical endeavors have largely failed. After a number of false starts -- among them a trumpet combo called James Fast Orchestra -- Kuhn put together a band called Kapelle (Ensemble), and - as a party joke - began to play entire shows consisting of schlager covers. When the concerts turned out to be hugely successful, Kuhn recorded his debut album, the independently released schlager covers collection Lieder Meines Lebens (Songs of My Life), in 1994 -- and was quickly promoted to larger venues. His first major-label album, Mein Leben für die Musik (My Life for Music), was released in 1995, and followed the first album's blueprint. The same year, Kuhn was the lead actor, alongside Esther Schweins, in Wolfgang Büld's comedy Der Trip -- Die Nackte Gitarre 0,5 (The Trip -- The Naked Gu
