Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Dschinghis Khan (known in some countries as Genghis Khan) is a primarily German-language pop band originally formed in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. Steve Bender and Wolfgang Heichel were the only Germans in the group. Louis Hendrik Potgieter was South African, Henriette Heichel was Dutch, and Leslie Mándoki and Edina Pop were Hungarian. The group's name was taken from the title of their song, \"Dschinghis Khan\", which was written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.In 1980, their single \"Moscow\" (the English-language version of \"Moskau\") topped the charts in Australia and remained No. 1 for six weeks. Its success there had much to do with the Seven Network's use of the song as the theme music for their television coverage of the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Australian single was issued in a die-cut Channel 7 sleeve.In an interview with Russian television presenter Alexandra Glotova, the producer of the group Dschinghis Khan, Heinz Gross, said that in the 1980s, the band was forbidden in the Soviet Union and was accused of anti-communism and nationalism.While the group broke up in the mid-1980s, the German video for \"Moskau\" was a part of the show Disco on ZDF, as was the similarly-staged \"Dschinghis Khan\".1986 saw a brief reunion as Dschinghis Khan Family. Only Henriette Heichel (vocals), Leslie Mándoki (drums) and Louis Potgieter (keyboards) returned from the original lineup. The song \"Wir gehör'n zusammen\" led them to a national qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest, where they finished in second place.In 1988, Leslie Mándoki and Éva Csepregi, the vocalist of Hungarian pop group Neoton Família, sang the song \"Korea\" on the opening of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Dancer and front man Louis Potgieter died of AIDS in 1993, while singer Karl-Heinz \"Steve\" Bender died from cancer in 2006."@en }
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- Dschinghis_Khan abstract "Dschinghis Khan (known in some countries as Genghis Khan) is a primarily German-language pop band originally formed in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. Steve Bender and Wolfgang Heichel were the only Germans in the group. Louis Hendrik Potgieter was South African, Henriette Heichel was Dutch, and Leslie Mándoki and Edina Pop were Hungarian. The group's name was taken from the title of their song, \"Dschinghis Khan\", which was written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.In 1980, their single \"Moscow\" (the English-language version of \"Moskau\") topped the charts in Australia and remained No. 1 for six weeks. Its success there had much to do with the Seven Network's use of the song as the theme music for their television coverage of the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Australian single was issued in a die-cut Channel 7 sleeve.In an interview with Russian television presenter Alexandra Glotova, the producer of the group Dschinghis Khan, Heinz Gross, said that in the 1980s, the band was forbidden in the Soviet Union and was accused of anti-communism and nationalism.While the group broke up in the mid-1980s, the German video for \"Moskau\" was a part of the show Disco on ZDF, as was the similarly-staged \"Dschinghis Khan\".1986 saw a brief reunion as Dschinghis Khan Family. Only Henriette Heichel (vocals), Leslie Mándoki (drums) and Louis Potgieter (keyboards) returned from the original lineup. The song \"Wir gehör'n zusammen\" led them to a national qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest, where they finished in second place.In 1988, Leslie Mándoki and Éva Csepregi, the vocalist of Hungarian pop group Neoton Família, sang the song \"Korea\" on the opening of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Dancer and front man Louis Potgieter died of AIDS in 1993, while singer Karl-Heinz \"Steve\" Bender died from cancer in 2006.".