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Paso Doble

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Paso Doble is a band associated with the Neue Deutsche Welle movement, founded in 1983 by composer, music producer, and keyboardist Frank Oberpichler, born Hieber (born May 9, 1957, in Paderborn), and singer Rale Oberpichler (born December 14, 1952, in Pinneberg). The musical duo is named after the Spanish-Latin American dance paso doble (English: "double step"). After participating in and producing several musical projects during the Neue Deutsche Welle period, they became known under the name Paso Doble with their own hit songs "Computerliebe" and "Herz an Herz." Before founding the band, Rale Oberpichler worked as a background singer, including for Udo Lindenberg and Marius Müller-Westernhagen, and had collaborated successfully with Rolf Zuckowski. She portrayed the bird mother in his "Vogelhochzeit" (1977). Frank Hieber had already achieved success as a producer and composer; the track "Major Tom (völlig losgelöst)", recorded with Peter Schilling, reached number one on the German singles chart for eight weeks in 1983 and was the best-selling single of the year. Paso Doble's first single, "Computerliebe", remained in the German Top 20 for several weeks in 1985, at a time when the Neue Deutsche Welle had already begun to fade. The subsequent album and its title track "Fantasie" failed to replicate that success, as did the single "Herz an Herz", although it still managed to chart in the lower rankings. In the following year, the band received the Goldene Stimmgabel award and won in the ZDF-Hitparade.

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