12 Facts About Georg Danzer

Georg Franz Danzer was an Austrian singer-songwriter.

Georg Danzer was the son of a communist Viennese magistrate.

In 1967 Georg Danzer had started to write and play music after he returned from a longer hitchhiking tour of Crete, Hamburg, and Sweden.

In 1973, Georg Danzer released the album Honigmond, which Georg Danzer partially financed himself and flopped.

In 1981, Danzer played 47 concerts solo, followed by an Open-Air-Tournee with Ludwig Hirsch, Konstantin Wecker, Chris de Burgh and Georges Moustaki.

In 1983, Georg Danzer was among the first German-language musicians who created a CD-album.

From 1990, Georg Danzer spent again some time in Vienna and produced the album Wieder in Wien, with Peter Cornelius, Marianne Mendt and Wilfried.

In 2000, Georg Danzer became president of the human rights organization "SOS Mitmensch".

In September 2006 Georg Danzer informed the public that he was suffering from lung cancer.

Georg Danzer died at home on 21 June 2007, and was cremated the next day.

Georg Danzer wanted to keep his burial place secret; almost none of his friends were invited to the funeral, except his long-time manager Franz Christian "Blacky" Schwarz, whose duty it was to inform the press a few hours after the burial had taken place.

Georg Danzer had stated before his death that, if it were offered to him by Viennese authorities, he would refuse an honorary grave usually bestowed to artists of high calibre.