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 ...

Imagine a song. (After you’re done imagining Scatman John’s “Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop),” let me finish my prompt.) Imagine a song about legendary classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. There's a theme ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

40 years ago, Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus” was released in the German-speaking region, with the worldwide release following in January 1986. To this day, it remains the only German-language song to top ...

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A little-known Austrian artist died in a car crash on this day in 1998. Johann Holzel’s death didn’t make headlines in the United States, but in German-speaking countries, he was huge. He was here, ...

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 ...

Bolland & Bolland wrote the song after watching the Amadeus movie, and while Falco's team apparently liked the tune, the singer was worried that the song would be disrespectful to Mozart's legacy.