Ethnicity Jewish Name David Brandes Children Aviva and Noa Brandes | Spouse(s) Deena Brandes Religion Judaism Role Songwriter | |
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Born December 8, 1968 (age 55) ( 1968-12-08 ) Albums The Power of Sex, Sex Affairs, Cocktail E-Rotic Similar People Bernd Meinunger, Lyane Leigh, Felix Gauder, Gracia Baur, Jeane | ||
David Brandes (born December 9, 1968 in Basel, Switzerland as David Brändle) is a Swiss-born German songwriter and producer.
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Biography
Brandes was born to a Jewish family in Basel, Switzerland and raised in Germany. He has written and produced for many artists, including E-Rotic, Bad Boys Blue, Chris Norman, Lemon Ice and Vanilla Ninja. Brandes also had two hits in Europe during 1994, with "Heartbreak Angel" and "Heartless Dancer".
In 2005, it was revealed that Brandes had bought hundreds of his own CDs (Gracia, Vanilla Ninja, Virus Incorporation) to manipulate the charts. The musicians produced by Brandes were banned from the German Top 100 for three months. In contrast to Vanilla Ninja, Gracia continued her co-operation with Brandes.
Due to his managing both Gracia and Vanilla Ninja at the time, Brandes had two songs in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005; Gracia's "Run & Hide" for Germany and Vanilla Ninja's "Cool Vibes" for Switzerland. In 1999, Brandes co-wrote the play, The Quarrel with his friend Rabbi Joseph Telushkin based on a short story by Yiddish writer Chaim Grade.
Personal life
Brandes is married to Deena Brandes; they have two daughters, Aviva and Noa. They are members of Beth Jacob Congregation.