Real name: Johann Hammerschmid

Austrian pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor, born in Vienna (12 March 1930). Worked as a pianist and arranger in various jazz ensembles in the 1950s. Later on, he turned to composing and arranging pop records, working with the likes of Curd Jürgens, Hildegard Knef, and Inge Brück. In 1966, in Luxembourg, he arranged and conducted Udo Jürgens' winning Eurovision Song Contest entry 'Merci chérie'.