German singer, producer and writer, born 9 May 1946 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany, died 9 June 2006 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was married to Isabel Varell from 1989 to 1991 and had two twin sons, René Deutscher and Drafi Deutscher Jr. He broke through in 1965 with "Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht" and wrote songs for Tina Rainford ("Silverbird", "Charly Boy"), Peggy March ("Fly Away Pretty Flamingo"), Bino ("Mama Leone") Boney M. ("Belfast"). He had some side projects under different names like Mr. Walkie Talkie ("Be My Boogie Woogie Baby") and was part of the duos Mixed Emotions and Masquerade (5) ("Guardian Angel").
