Tony Holiday
- January 10, 2024
- German Singer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Tony Holiday |
| Occupation | German singer |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 24, 1951(1951-02-24) |
| Age | 73 |
| Date Of Death | February 14, 1990, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Birthplace | Hamburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Tony Holiday Biography
| Name | Tony Holiday |
| Birthday | Feb 24 |
| Birth Year | 1951 |
| Place Of Birth | Hamburg |
| Birth Country | Germany |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Tony Holiday is one of the most popular and richest German singer who was born on February 24, 1951 in Hamburg, Germany. Tony Holiday (born Rolf Peter Knigge; 24 February 1951 – 14 February 1990) was a German pop and schlager singer and songwriter.
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.
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.
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.
Tony Holiday Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | German singer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Tony Holiday is one of the richest German singer from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tony Holiday 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Knigge was born in Hamburg. He began his career initially as a textile businessman and fashion designer. In 1974, he received a record contract with Hans Bertram, who rechristened him “Tony Holiday”. His first two singles met with little success. 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.
Between 1975 and 1984, Holiday performed 11 times on the popular German music television program ZDF-Hitparade.
Holiday was gay, but did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality. He died on Valentine’s Day, 1990 of an AIDS-related illness in Lausanne, aged 38, just ten days shy of his 39th birthday.
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Facts & Trivia
Tony Ranked on the list of most popular German singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Tony Holiday celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.