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. 1 in the U.S.: "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco. Austrian singer Falco was ...

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 ...

In 1986, the Austrian artist Falco made a huge splash on American shored. And he did it with, of all things, a song about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you weren't around in the mid-80s, it might be difficult to understand what a huge celebrity Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was at the ...

He was a superstar - he was popular. The latest VBW in-house production tells the exciting and moving story of the young Viennese musician Hans Hölzel and his rise to world stardom in a spectacular ...

Ex-Mclusky/Jarcrew types Future of the Left have announced details of their debut single. 'Fingers Become Thumbs!'/'The Lord Hates A Coward' will hit all good record shops on the 29th of January via ...

Falco was already a big star in Europe following the success of his second single, 1981's "Der Kommissar," when producer brothers Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland sent him a collection of unfinished ...

If you weren't around in the mid-80s, it might be difficult to understand what a huge celebrity Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was at the time. Sure, he'd been dead for almost 200 years at that point, but ...