- Patrick Lindner
Patrick Lindner (b.
September 6 ,1960 inMunich, Germany ) is a GermanVolksmusik singer.Life
Born as Friedrich Günther Raab, Lindner worked as a
chef before his breakthrough in 1989 when he made it to the second rank in the Grand Prix of popular Music. He then released various singles andalbum s and hosted TV shows such as "Patrick Lindner persönlich" ("Patrick Lindner Personally"), "So ein Tag mit guten Freunden" ("A Day with Good Friends") and the "Patrick Lindner Show" onZDF (until 1998). He also had appearances in movies and series as "Weißblaue Wintergeschichten" ("Wintertime Stories"), "Das Traumschiff" and "Soko Special".By 1997, Lindner abandoned classical
Volksmusik in order to make more progressive music. By this time, hiscoming out and his relationship with managerMichael Link made him popular in Germany – newspapers called them a "Germany's top gay couple". They adopted eight-month old Daniel, a child brought up in an institution inRussia .citation |title=State Seeks to Stop Federal Gay Adoption Rights |first=Christine |last=Böhringer |first2=Markus |last2=Verbeet |periodical=Der Spiegel |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,353942,00.html |date=2005-04-29 |accessdate=2007-09-10 ] Link wrote the children's books "Come I'll show you my parents" and "Adventure Adoption or: a lifetime dream comes true" in order to promote tolerance towards homosexuals. The couple broke up in March, 2005.Awards
*Bambi 1991
*Goldene Stimmgabel 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 and 1999Albums
*"Die kloane Tür zum Paradies" (1989)
*"Die kleinen Dinge des Lebens" (1990)
*"Weihnachten mit Patrick Lindner" (1990)
*"Eine Handvoll Herzlichkeit" (1991)
*"Ohne Zärtlichkeit geht gar nix" (1992)
*"Träum Dich ins Paradies – meine 18 schönsten Lieder" (1993)
*"Liebe ist das Salz der Erde" (1994)
*"Meine Lieder streicheln Dich" (1995)
*"Weihnachtszeit – Stille Zeit" (1995)
*"Herzlich willkommen in meinem Leben" (1996)
*"Das Beste aus der Patrick Lindner Show" (1997)
*"Himmelweit" (1998)
*"Stark genug" (1999)
*"Wenn es noch Wunder gibt" (2000)
*"Mammamia" (2001)
*"Nur das Beste" (2002)
*"Halleluja – auf das Leben" (2003)
*"Ganz privat – meine schönsten Liebeslieder" (2004)
*"Gigolo" (2005)References
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