Dieter Thomas Heck

Dieter Thomas Heck ( born December 29, 1937 in Flensburg, actually Carl -Dieter Heckscher ) is a German pop singer, presenter, actor, emcee, producer and entertainer.

Life

Childhood

Heck was born in Flensburg, but grew up in Hamburg, where his father was employed as a sales manager in a soft drink company. At the age of five he was buried at night during an air raid under a basement staircase. Because of this trauma stern began to stutter after his rescue, which he took back with a vocal training. This also led to his ability as a fast-talker. After graduating from middle school and a technical high school he trained as a technical officer at the Hamburg Borgward general agency, where he was then working for some time as a car salesman, left the company but before the bankruptcy of the Borgward group.

Beginnings of the show career

Heck came in 1959 in Peter Franken field talent show toi, toi, toi as a singer with the title Hippe -di- hip, my girl and sang in 1961 in the preliminary round of the Grand Prix Euro Vision Song Contest, today's Euro Vision Song Contest. In order to promote his singing career, he spent DM 400 monthly salary to a record company. While visiting the Southwest Radio in Baden -Baden on November 26, 1963 Herbert Falk, head of department radio, right in the studio asked him to give an interview because a guest had failed. The moderator presented in such awkward questions that stern took the conversation into their own hands and then received an offer for a radio broadcast of Falk. From then went stern every Saturday for 90 minutes on the air.

Radio Luxembourg

In the spring of 1964 Camillo rims called with a request to post a vacation replacement Südwestfunk. The holiday cover then followed from February 1965 to September 1966, a time at Radio Luxembourg. There it was customary to call each other by name. But since there already was a Charly and a Dieter, rear came up with the idea to search for themselves a new name. For this, the youth magazine Bravo launched an appeal under the heading: "Disk Jockey no name." The reader found the name Thomas fittest, whereupon the now known name Dieter Thomas Heck showed where Thomas was initially placed in quotation marks, but this very soon accounted for. At Radio Luxembourg, he worked with Frank Elstner, with whom he is on friendly terms until today.

Europawelle Saar

The time at RTL ended quickly, as it was the presenters both forbidden to play their own plates than run their own advertising contracts. It was followed by the European Saar wave of the Saarland Radio. Heck there forced the German Schlager, an unpopular among most presenters segment. His mission The German hit parade got this extremely successful, prompting even more hit records appeared with his presentations. Together with his boss invented rear also 1967, the Goldene Europa, a price which paid tribute to the German singer.

ZDF

Truck Branss said the music which played the German hit parade, not to. But it impressed the 2 million listeners. That's why he offered stern to a TV program. The two devised a plan, and sent it to the Saarland Radio. This was on a TV show but no interest, while the ZDF entertainment chief promised. Then presented rear 1969-1984 a total of 183 times (excluding special editions ) ZDF hit parade. After initial criticism of the media, the ZDF hit parade quickly established itself as one of the main music shows of the 1970s and 1980s.

Heck moderated for ZDF also 4 v 4 (1973 ), The Pyramid (1978), Black on White, your use - Made in Germany, this is her life (1994 ), The large lot, Show Palace, The Summer Hitfestival, the New Year's Eve Hitfestival and finally melodies for Millions, the Gala for the German cancer Aid.

As part of the reform program ZDF announced ( " The Summer Hit Festival ", " Melodies for Millions " ) set the entertainment and charity programs. The expiring contract in late 2007 with rear was not renewed. On 18 November 2007, the Moderator after 38 years and exactly 11 months announced his retirement from the stage known and said goodbye to his audience.

Other activities

Heck initiated the prize Golden Tuning Fork. In 1970 he played the emcee in the acclaimed television play The Million game. As an actor he has performed with guest roles on television in crime series such as crime scene and Rosenheim - Cops or Bülowbogen in the evening series practice.

Heck hosted at SWF consignments good mood from the Southwest From phone to microphone from 1982 until 1989.

Heck was the first patron of Action and Remembrance "Day of the German Schlager " (2009).

Heck is an avowed CDU supporters and took for his party, often involved in campaign events part.

Heck is a member of the club German language.

Private life

Dieter Thomas Heck divorced in 1974 from his first wife Edda Heckscher († 2000). From this marriage two sons Rolf Nils and Thomas Kim. 1976 married Ragnhild rear Möller. The couple 's daughter Saskia Fee Isabel. Heck lived until 2009 for 23 years in Castle Aubach in running in Baden -Württemberg. Since then he has his residences in Switzerland and Spain.

Film and Television

Entertainment shows

Awards