Wolfgang Petry
German schlager musician and songwriter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wolfgang "Wolle" Petry (born 22 September 1951[1] as Franz Hubert Wolfgang Remling) is a German schlager musician and songwriter from Cologne, Germany. In 1997, he was named the leading German language musician in terms of chart figures for the year, with his most successful album Alles.[2]
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Born | Franz Hubert Wolfgang Remling (1951-09-22) 22 September 1951 (age 72) Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Nationality | German |
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Spouse |
Rosemarie Remling (after 1972) |
Children | Achim Petry |
Website | www |
He won the award for "Best Folk/Pop Artist" National/International" during the Echo awards in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. He also won the Goldene Stimmgabel award in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005 for Most successful German solo pop act. In 1998 and 2006 he also won the "Platinum Life Award" during the same Goldene Stimmgabel awards.
In his side-project, the Pete Wolf Band he sings in English to more country-oriented music. The project started in 2017 and released albums in 2017 and 2019 as well as an EP in 2022.[3]