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- Died
- Günther-Eric Thöner was born on March 25, 1941 in Bucharest, Romania. He died on February 7, 2001 in Starnberg, Germany.
- Thöner took part in the West German preselection as a composer several more times, e.g. in 1985 with Wolff Gerhard and 'Also lebe ich'. In 1986, Thöner himself had a go as a vocalist with 'Du bist der Wind, der meine Flügel trägt', but the honour to represent West Germany in Bergen (Norway) that year went to Ingrid Peters with a song composed by Hans Blum, "Über die Brücke geh'n'.
- For the 1981 hit recording 'Angel of mine' by Frank Duval, he sang the backing vocals.
- His nickname was "Jay", because he was the founding member and manager of the Würzburg based beat band The Jay Five.
- With his composition "Junger Tag" he took 8th place with Gitte Hænning in 1973's Eurovision Song Contest.
- He was a German pianist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer, especially for commercials and advertising (for example Schwäbisch Hall "Auf diese Steine können Sie bauen").
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