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Truck Stop (band)

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Truck Stop
Truck Stop at the International Truck Grand Prix Country Festival 2013, Nürburgring, Germany
Truck Stop at the International Truck Grand Prix Country Festival 2013, Nürburgring, Germany
Background information
OriginGermany
GenresCountry
Years active1973–present
MembersTeddy Ibing
Uwe Lost
Knut Bewersdorff
Chris Kaufmann
Andreas Cisek
Tim Reese
Past membersRainer Bach
Cisco Berndt
Lucius Reichling
Erich Doll
Eckart Hofmann
Rudolf Steinmetz
Dirk Schlag
Websitehttp://truck-stop.de

Truck Stop is a previously best-selling German country band from Seevetal-Maschen, Harburg, south of Hamburg, that has been performing for over 40 years.

History

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Andreas Cisek of Truck Stop at the International Truck Grand Prix Country Festival 2013, Nürburgring, Germany

Originally singing in English, the band converted to German in 1977 with its album Zuhause (Home), which sold 150,000 copies. From this album, the single "Die Frau mit dem Gurt" reached number 27 on the German hit parade. Another song on the album, "Ich möchte so gern Dave Dudley hör’n" ("I Would Like So Much to Hear Dave Dudley"), reached number nine on the German single hit parade in April 1978. The band earned number one placement with the singles "Der wilde, wilde Westen" and "Old Texas Town" in 1980 and 1981.[1]

In their 50 year tenure, the band have released 40 albums plus anniversary compilations, and dozens of singles.

References

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  1. ^ "Truck Stop (Biografie), Stefan Leibeling". October 30, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
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