Jack White’s First US No. 1 (as Producer): Worldwide Hit “Gloria” Today (November 27, 2022) 40 Years Ago Top 1 in US Charts!
Music producer JACK WHITE has made a significant contribution to the German pop music culture in German-speaking countries and around the world with more than a thousand songs he wrote and more than a billion records sold like no other German producer and promoted Germany’s reputation as an authority on international light music culture for more than 50 years. He continues to work with his German songs, which have become classics and evergreens, such as “Schöne Maid”, “Komm give me your hand”, “Football is our life”, “A heart for children” and “A new love is come a new life”. as well as the fall of the wall song “Looking for Freedom”, the international mega hit “When the rain begins to fall”.
But above all are the two world hits “Gloria” and “Self Control” – both hits no. 1 in the US, with over 800 million hits on YouTube and Spotify alone, although singer Laura Branigan died in 2004.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Gloria’s pole position in the US charts – the first ever number 1 for Jack White (as producer) in the US charts.
Jack White is the only music producer and songwriter in the world who, in addition to his evergreens and million hits in German, also works with international superstars (Laura Branigan, Anne Murray, Pia Zadora, Audreey Landers, Jermaine Jackson, Barry Manilow, Paul Anka, Al Martio, David Hasselhoff, Johnny Logan, Engelbert) and the worldwide hits he produced from the USA made music history.
honors
Jack White has received over 400 gold and platinum records,
the German media prize “Bambi”,
from Radio Luxembourg the “RTL Honorary Lion”,
the German television award “Golden Europe”,
the German music award “Golden Diapason”,
the GEMA “Golden Badge of Honor”.
and from the BZ the “BZ Kulturpreis”
von www.smago.de the “heavy! prize”
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