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Tony Holiday (Rolf Peter Knigge) was born on 24 February, 1951 in Hamburg, West Germany, is an A 20th-century german male singer. Discover Tony Holiday's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 38 years old?

Popular As Rolf Peter Knigge
Occupation Singer-songwriter
Age 38 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 24 February 1951
Birthday 24 February
Birthplace Hamburg, West Germany
Date of death 14 February, 1990
Died Place Lausanne, Switzerland
Nationality Germany

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1951

Tony Holiday (born Rolf Peter Knigge; 24 February 1951 – 14 February 1990) was a German pop and schlager singer and songwriter.

Knigge was born in Hamburg.

He began his career initially as a textile businessman and fashion designer.

1974

In 1974, he received a record contract with Hans Bertram, who rechristened him "Tony Holiday".

His first two singles met with little success.

1975

Between 1975 and 1984, Holiday performed 11 times on the popular German music television program ZDF-Hitparade.

1977

Holiday's breakthrough came in 1977 with the German recording of Italian singer Raffaella Carrà's 1976 single "A far l'amore comincia tu", retitled "Tanze Samba mit Mir" ("Dance the Samba With Me").

The song quickly became a hit in both Germany and Austria, peaking at No. 4 on the German music charts and reaching the Top 20 on the Austrian music charts.

1979

In 1979, he participated with the title "Zuviel Tequila, zuviel schöne Mädchen" ("Too Much Tequila, Too Many Beautiful Girls") in the German finals for the Eurovision Song Contest and the song finished in ninth place.

1980

In 1980, Holiday scored a second European hit with "Nie mehr allein sein" which reached the number 15 on the German music charts.

The song was a reworking of "Sun of Jamaica" by the German band Goombay Dance Band.

Holiday subsequently hosted several music programs on television and released several more singles throughout the 1980s.

Holiday was gay, but did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality.

1990

He died on Valentine's Day, 1990 of an AIDS-related illness in Lausanne, aged 38, just ten days shy of his 39th birthday.

2000

In 2000, Tony Holiday's single "Tanze Samba mit Mir" was prominently featured in the Teddy Award-winning François Ozon directed film Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (Water Drops on Burning Rocks), an adaptation of the play Tropfen auf heiße Steine by German filmmaker and dramatist Rainer Werner Fassbinder.