Dschinghis Khan
Dschinghis Khan | |
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The new Dschinghis Khan in 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Munich, West Germany |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1979–1985, 2005–present |
| Labels | Jupiter Records Columbia Victor |
| Members | Siegel lineup Claus Kupreit Angelika Erlacher Läm Virat Phetnoi Marco Matias Selina Kohl Michael Thurner Track lineup Stefan Track Leila Melikova Tatiana Gerisamova Denis Loginov Andrey Ivanoff |
| Past members | Henriette Strobel Edina Pop Steve Bender (deceased) Louis Hendrik Potgieter (deceased) Leslie Mándoki Wolfgang Heichel (deceased) Johannes Kupreit (deceased) |
| Website | Siegel faction Track faction |
Dschinghis Khan (German pronunciation: [ˌdʒɪŋɡɪs ˈkaːn]; lit. 'Genghis Khan') is a German Eurodisco pop band. It was originally formed in Munich in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Dschinghis Khan".
The original group consisted of six members: Louis Hendrik Potgieter, Edina Pop, Henriette Strobel, Wolfgang Heichel, Leslie Mándoki, and Steve Bender, who performed from 1979 to their first disbandment in 1985.
In 2005, the surviving Dschinghis Khan members reunited to recreate the music group that had been broken up, but years later they separately organized different bands all under the brand name "Dschinghis Khan".